NICHOLAS COUNTY, W.Va. – Rescue operations are underway in central West Virginia after a miner was trapped Saturday afternoon, when officials said the crew struck a pocket of water that caused the mine to flood .

Three other miners were rescued Saturday, according to Nicholas County Commissioner Garrett Cole.

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The Commissioner said the crew hit an "unknown pocket of water" that quickly flooded the section of the Rolling Thunder Mine where the miners were working.

Gov. Patrick Morrisey said in Sunday morning statement that an old mine wall was compromised.

Gov. Morrisey said state rescue teams are working with the mine's operator, Alpha Metallurgical Resources, Inc., and are using divers to search for a way into the flooded section.

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