A general view shows workers standing by the lifter at a tin ore mine in Lengshuijiang City, in central China’s Hunan province, October 9, 2009. Twenty-six miners were confirmed dead as two lifters collapsed in the tin ore mine Thursday. There were 31 miners in the two lifters, which plunged because of brake failure at about 9:15 a.m. Five workers were injured in the accident, said the rescuers.[Xinhua]