Families of the deceased miners will receive compensations totaling 100,000 hryvnias, (approx.

The plan did not include recovery of the bodies of the deceased miners.

On January 5, notes written by some of the deceased miners were submitted to family members.

Private funerals for the 12 deceased miners were held on January 8 to 10, 2006.

The Pleasant Valley Coal Company supplied each deceased miner with a coffin and burial clothes.

It is thought to be carrying the body of the deceased miner though this has not been confirmed.

The compensation board had already paid out a similar amount of funds to the deceased miners' families.

On November 21, 2007, the mine was sealed, entombing the deceased miners.

One hundred ten deceased miners left behind 72 widows and 158 fatherless children.

Police officially announced the identities of the deceased miners the following day.