Towering over the machine, whose controls he manipulates, the lean and powerful automaton is given an unashamed phallic authority by the drill-shaft thrusting down from his loins.

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Officials said both efforts -- to drill a rescue shaft and widen a bore hole -- could be carried out concurrently.

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This drill will be used, engineers say, for the so-called plan B, as a parallel attempt to a drill a rescue shaft down to the miners.

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The Plan B would drill at an 85 degree angle into an area of mine shaft that is used as a mechanical workshop.

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