A dog has been rescued by volunteers after spending over 26 hours - down an old mining shaft.<br /><br />Suka, a Terrier, went missing on Sunday while out for a walk with her owner Ben Weston near St Ives, Cornwall.<br /><br />She was off lead and ran off in to the woods and when she never returned her owners searched for her into the night and Monday morning.<br /><br />Eventually, they came across an deep hole, and could hear their poor pup whimpering from inside.<br /><br />An intense video filmed by Carbis Bay Crew - a volunteer group of cavers, divers, mine explorers and climber - shows the extraordinary operation in action.<br /><br />The footage also shows the moment the pup is reunited with her emotional owners.<br /><br />Sam Perkin's, a member of Carbis Bay Crew who was present at the rescue said: "The fire brigade turned up first and then we did five minutes later.<br /><br />"They assessed the situation and couldn't pick up any signs of life, so couldn't commit to sending anyone down.<br /><br />"But as soon as they left, we could hear the dog yipping again - so I called up some other members to help get her out.<br /><br />"We weren't exactly sure what we were standing on, but one of our crew got rigged up and went down.<br /><br />"He could see miners had put timber across the shaft and put granite on top of that - but the timber had rotted out so the only thing holding it all up was some soil and granite compacting in on itself.<br /><br />"Eventually we got dog out and her owners were really chuffed - not all of our rescues have such a good ending unfortunately"<br /><br />Suka is now reportedly safe and sound at home with her owners.
