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Callum Godde

Miner on the mend in hospital after deadly collapse

The miner who survived a rockfall in an underground collapse is recovering in the Alfred Hospital. (James Ross/AAP PHOTOS)

A miner rescued after surviving a rockfall in an underground collapse that killed his colleague is on the mend in hospital.

The 21-year-old Ballarat man was rushed to the Alfred Hospital in a critical condition hours after becoming pinned underneath fallen rocks at the Ballarat Gold Mine at Mount Clear on Wednesday.

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