Aries Industries, a manufacturer of pipeline inspection and rehabilitation equipment, supplied the camera system to the Chilean government to locate the 33 miners trapped underground for the past month.Government rescuers used the camera to find the miners 2,200 feet below ground. The camera system is 1.375 inch in diameter and can go to distances up to 5,000 feet. Aries manufacturers a mine disaster camera system that has been used many times in the Virginia coal mine disasters. However, the borehole drilled in Chile was not large enough for that equipment. Aries swept into action and sent the smaller camera
