The Pike River Recovery Agency has reached the furthest point in the mine it plans to go. The agency reached the roof fall, 2.260km up the drift access tunnel, on Tuesday. Families of the men who lost their lives gave the agency mementos which were placed into the Rocsil plug facing the roof fall. Anna Osborne, who lost her husband Milton, said the end of the drift recovery process has left her with mixed emotions. "The drift recovery was always about retrieving evidence and, if they were there, remains.

Source: New Zealand Herald February 16, 2021 23:13 UTC