Hundreds are still trapped at the Stilfontein gold mine, a rights group said. Authorities tried to flush out the miners by depriving them of food and water.

Hundreds more people could be underground following a monthslong effort to force them out of the mine.Months after efforts began to remove people working in an abandoned gold mine in South Africa, rescuers removed 60 bodies and 106 survivors from the mine after two days of operations,

The authorities had at one point limited the miners’ access to food, water and other supplies in a blockade that drew criticism from human rights groups.