An elevator rises from deep inside a coal mine in northern China.<br/> Inside - rescuers carry an injured miner.<br/> He was one of 12 people trapped Friday when a mine in the province of Inner Mongolia collapsed.<br/> On Saturday, rescuers pulled five survivors from the rubble.<br/> They were then working furiously to free the remaining miners, only two of whom were thought to be alive.<br/> The collapse was the latest in a series of mine accidents in China, that last year claimed the lives of almost two-and-a-half thousand people.<br/> Critics say furious demand for raw materials combined with lax safety standards make Chinese mines the deadliest in the world.<br/> Andrew Raven, Reuters
