Six black miners have been killedand two injured in a rock fall three km underground at a South
African gold mine, the owners said on Sunday.
    &lt;Rand Mines Properties Ltd>, one of South Africa's big six
mining companies, said in a statement that the accident
occurred on Saturday morning at the &lt;East Rand Proprietary
Mines Ltd> mine at Boksburg, 25 km east of Johannesburg.
    A company spokesman could not elaborate on the short
statement.
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