The canary in the mineshaft is the music industry.    From Wordnik.com.  [Author Don Tapscott on the growing influence of public participation] Reference

Michael is a very loud canary freedom's mineshaft.    From Wordnik.com.  [Dr. Peter Breggin: Michael Savage: Irrepressible Canary in Freedom's Mineshaft] Reference

Search crews found them in a mineshaft this morning.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Sep 2, 2007] Reference

And another mineshaft becomes the scene of heartbreak.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Sep 2, 2007] Reference

Shabalala and others were dumped down a mineshaft near.    From Wordnik.com.  [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference

Whistleblowers are truly our canaries in the mineshaft.    From Wordnik.com.  [Caught in the Crosshairs: Former Governor Don Siegelman Talks with OpEdNews, Part Two] Reference

The miners were trapped in a mineshaft 240 feet below ground.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jan 2, 2006] Reference

And our top story, two girls trapped in an Arizona mineshaft.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Sep 2, 2007] Reference

Says he shot Prehost and let his body go down an old mineshaft.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Best Revenge]

Still relevent today since we still cannot afford a mineshaft gap.    From Wordnik.com.  [John Terry’s sacking as England captain tells us something interesting...] Reference

Well, perhaps this is where a vast mineshaft of patience would help.    From Wordnik.com.  [cbrimble Diary Entry] Reference

This list is a but like going down a mineshaft to look at the scenery.    From Wordnik.com.  [5 most influential comics] Reference

Precisely, why Greece is the canary in the mineshaft for Euro economies.    From Wordnik.com.  [Matthew Yglesias » Is The Left in Crisis?] Reference

They've progressed about 645 feet into the main mineshaft past the rubble.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Aug 13, 2007] Reference

The collapse of Doha is "the canary in the mineshaft," the Ambassador said.    From Wordnik.com.  [Mayhill Fowler: Mrs Palin Goes To Washington] Reference

Every time I've sent email there it has been like throwing it down a mineshaft.    From Wordnik.com.  [Boing Boing: January 9, 2005 - January 15, 2005 Archives] Reference

These great animals are the modern canaries-in-the-mineshaft for climate change.    From Wordnik.com.  [Michael Markarian: On National Hunting and Fishing Day, Hunters Should Walk the Conservation Talk] Reference

Two young girls missing since last night found today at the bottom of a mineshaft.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Sep 2, 2007] Reference

With a large explosion Cavern Canyon mineshaft vanished from the face of the earth.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine]

Well, just off this road, concealed by a line of brush, is a mineshaft, a vertical mineshaft.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Sep 2, 2007] Reference

Rescue crews are trying to recover the body of a 13-year-old girl from a mineshaft in Chloride.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Sep 2, 2007] Reference

The PAC supported the mineshaft prisons idea, while the IFP said it supported the investigation.    From Wordnik.com.  [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference

Divers tried to enter the mineshaft but were deterred by the dark and complex network of tunnels.    From Wordnik.com.  [China Rescues Dozens From Mine] Reference

Hopefully this doesn't mean that we'll have to go down a mineshaft in order to get any treatment.    From Wordnik.com.  [Morgan promises NHS miracle] Reference

One miner was killed after a rock fell through the roof of a mineshaft, causing the roof to collapse.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jan 11, 2006] Reference

Too diffident to intrude, he hovers at the opening to the mineshaft, clutching her letter in his hand.    From Wordnik.com.  [Absolute Friends]

Two sisters, one 13 years old, one 10, fell 125 feet into a mineshaft over the weekend while riding an ATV.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Sep 3, 2007] Reference

His cloak is the color of a mineshaft at midnight, untouched by the wind whipping through the stony corridors.    From Wordnik.com.  [I'm Writing] Reference

Meantime, other rescue teams are inching their way toward the men, pushing through tons of rubble in the mineshaft.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Aug 11, 2007] Reference

We're looking at northwestern Arizona today where a missing persons hunt ended with a tragic discovery at a mineshaft.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Sep 2, 2007] Reference

They announced that rescue teams had moved much faster into the mineshaft than initially anticipated, getting 9,200 feet in.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jan 3, 2006] Reference

Atomic Energy Agency, have played down the dangers of the uranium at Shinkolobwe, whose primary mineshaft was sealed after the.    From Wordnik.com.  [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference

And ultimately they find Rikki Howard, 13 years old, dead, one of the girls trapped under the ATV at the bottom of a mineshaft.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Sep 2, 2007] Reference

He had failed to take steps to prevent the accident in which a locomotive and carriage plunged down a mineshaft in May last year.    From Wordnik.com.  [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference

Accommodation, camping and braai facilities are built around the dumps while scuba divers dive in an abandoned asbestos mineshaft.    From Wordnik.com.  [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference

We're hoping for the very latest news here from the governor of Pennsylvania on the rescue of these nine miners trapped in a mineshaft.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jul 27, 2002] Reference