15 miners remain trapped in New Zealand gold mine Thirteen of the 28 miners trapped in an underground New Zealand gold mine have been rescued, the New Zealand Herald reported. The miners were trapped when a fire broke out early Tuesday morning at the Newmont Waihu Gold underground mine. The trapped men have been in touch by phone with mine officials, the Herald reported. In coal mines you get out. In gold mines you wait it out," mine spokesman Kit Wilson told the Herald. The men had followed protocol and headed to rescue chambers, he said. Those are stocked with oxygen masks and first aid equipment. The mine is owned by Newmont Mining Corporation, based in Denver, Colo. The company's web site says that it is one of the world's largest gold producers and the only gold company listed as a Fortune 500.