In Chile, engineers trying to rescue 33 miners trapped underground for more than six weeks have begun drilling a third escape tunnel. A huge drill borrowed from an oil company has joined two others digging through the 630 metres of rock separating the miners from the surface. The Chilean President Sebastian Pinera told the trapped men he was confident the rescue effort would succeed. Mr. Pinera inspected the giant oil drill that has joined the rescue effort. His government has said it hopes to get them out by early November. President Pinera, in a video conference, told the miners he hoped that on his next visit he would be meeting them above ground. The miners were trapped when the main access tunnel to the San Jose copper and gold mine near Copiapo collapsed on 5th of August.