33 men survived over 2 months thanks to the quick action of a mystery woman. Daily, she lowered a brown paper bag full of sandwiches through a narrow opening a half mile deep. Another hero, a somewhat thin man, helped to keep the trapped miner's minds occupied by lecturing to them over 2-way radio with extra big wires on the assembly and cleaning of a 38 revolver, and reading to the men from the infamous Learn-A-Month magazine. When the trapped miners grew quiet he'd recite safety procedures for county roads, and teach them vocal exercises.