LONDON ( CNN ) -- The search for missing workers in a flooded Wales coal mine ended tragically Friday as rescuers discovered the fourth and final man 's body , South Wales police said . Authorities identified the men as Phillip Hill , 45 , from Neath ; and Charles Breslin , 62 , David Powell , 50 , and Garry Jenkins , 39 , all from the Swansea Valley . Searchers have recovered all of the bodies , police said . Three other miners escaped Thursday after water rushed into the area where the men were working , apparently after they broke through to a neighboring abandoned mine , Rescue Officer Andrew Watson said . One of the surviving miners was hospitalized . His condition was not immediately known . First Minister Carwyn Jones , who leads the Welsh government , paid tribute to the efforts of rescue workers and families of the miners before the discovery of the fourth was announced . `` My thoughts and deepest sympathies are with all of the families as this horrifying news filters through , '' he said . `` The people of Wales , and indeed people across the world stand together in solidarity with the families through this terrible tragedy . '' The British government will carry out a full investigation into the incident , Welsh Secretary Cheryl Gillan said in a statement released Friday . As of June 2011 , 1,500 people in Wales worked in the mining industry . according to government figures . In a drift mine like the one where the men were trapped , coal is excavated from the side of a hill using shafts that are almost horizontal . CNN 's Laura Perez Maestro and Laura Smith-Spark contributed to this report .
Rescuers locate the body of the fourth and final man missing in a Wales coal mine . The mine flooded on Thursday . All four bodies have been recovered ; three other miners escaped .