Eleven workers trapped for two weeks inside a Chinese gold mine were brought safely to the surface on Sunday.

State broadcaster

CCTV showed workers being hauled up one-by-one in baskets on Sunday afternoon,

their eyes shielded to protect them after so many days in darkness.

One worker was

reported to have died from a head wound following the explosion that deposited

massive amounts of rubble in the shaft on Jan. 10 while the mine was still

under construction.

The fate of 10

others who were underground at the time is unknown. Authorities have detained

mine managers for delaying reporting the accident.

The cause of the

accident is under investigation but the explosion was large enough to release

70 tonnes of debris that blocked the shaft, disabling elevators and trapping

workers underground.

Rescuers drilled parallel shafts to send down food and nutrients and eventually bring up the survivors, 10 of whom had been in a lower chamber and one in a separate area slightly closer to the surface.

–AP