A father and son are dead after they went missing in an eastern Kentucky mine Sunday.
Emergency officials in Harlan County say a lack of oxygen caused the deaths of 41 year-old Ricky Dixon and 19 year-old Kevin Dixon.
Police say the two went inside an abandoned mine in Harlan county Saturday just off highway 221.
Officials say they were looking for scrap metal inside the mine.
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