Officials say they are making progress in W.Va. mine rescue attempt of 4 missing

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Officials say conclusion of W.Va. mine saga near

MONTCOAL, W.Va. — Officials are saying they are close to a conclusion in the rescue attempt of four West Virginia miners.

Gov. Joe Manchin said Friday night that finality could come by midnight. Crews are within 2,000 feet of the refuge chamber and prepared to make a run to the face to see if the miners are there.

Officials have said that chamber is their only chance of survival.

It’s their fourth attempt to find the four miners missing since Monday’s explosion killed 25 others in the nation’s worst coal mining disaster since at least 1984.