A lime pit miner rescued at around 4:30 p.m. Monday, 170 hours after the May 12 earthquake, was in a stable condition, military sources said Tuesday.

Peng Guohua, the survivor, was found buried in a 10-meter-deep lime mine near the Suishui Township of Mianyang's Anxian County.

He was working in the lime mine when the 8.0-magnitude earthquake collapsed the mine and sealed him inside.

The 37-year-old man lived on clean toilet paper and his own urine for 170 hours until he was found on Monday.

Peng received medical treatment at the site of the lime mine, the military sources said but did not elaborate.

He was then taken by an ambulance to a military medical team stationed in Anxian County at around 5 a.m. Tuesday.

He is currently in stable condition, according to the military sources.

(Xinhua News Agency May 20, 2008)