Five miners died on Saturday in a elevator accident at an emerald mine in northeastern Brazil.
The elevator the workers were riding in crashed down its shaft from a height of 100 metres when the steel cable broke that pulled it up and let it down.
The accident occurred ina mine worked by gemstone artisans on the Carnaiba mountains in the Pindobacu municipality, some 400km from Salvador.
The elevator was a fairly primitive structure consisting of a small cabin suspended from a cable, the daily A Tarde reported.
