Two faults intersect there precisely where the tunnel diggers drove under the river.

Using big black felt-tip markers, they signed their names on the tunnel wall, then posed for pictures with the sandhogs, as the tunnel diggers are called.

Altogether, the legendary tunnel has claimed 24 lives, counting actual tunnel diggers (called sandhogs), engineers, inspectors and one child who fell into a shaft.

They're like the tunnel diggers, only portable.

This included engineers, builders, tunnel diggers (around 2000 hard-rock miners), and service workers to the area.

He collapsed a whole side, excavated it like a tunnel digger, and started sucking the frosting from his palm.

Topography About a dozen scenes on various construction sites, especially the subterranean habitat of sandhogs or tunnel diggers.

However the action was detected and ended with shots exchanged between the border guards and the tunnel diggers.

This seems to be a fitting reference as moles are tunnel diggers, in turn symbolizing the earth realm.

An Israeli military spokesman said the purpose of the operation was to eliminate all snipers, tunnel diggers and Qassam rocket crews in the area.