ELANDSRAND MINE, South Africa, Oct 4 (Reuters) - The last miner among some 3,200 trapped deep in a South African gold shaft for more than 24 hours was rescued on Thursday.
He walked out of the mine at 1838 GMT at Harmony Gold's <HARJ.J> Elandsrand mine a day after an electricity cable to the mine's main lift was severed, stranding the workers.
The miners had been stuck in a cramped space in the mine where temperatures were believed at times to have reached 40 degrees Celsius (104 Fahrenheit). "

