Ute found in search for two missing miners who plunged into a void in north-west Queensland

Company still hopes for positive outcome after rescuers work through night at Dugald River mine

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A mining company says it is still hopeful for a “positive” outcome in the search for two missing miners after it found their utility vehicle, which plunged into a hole in an underground mine in north-west Queensland.

But it has deep concerns for the two men, who have not yet been seen or heard from.

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