Hats were thrown into the air, camera flares lighted the vicinity, automobile horns were blown and in the downtown section, storekeepers closed their places of business and joined the paraders behind the Ironwood municipal band. The second man to appear from the cage was Thomas Trewartha, shift boss. Thereafter the entombed miners, who were found upon the eighth level by a rescue party in the afternoon, were brought to the ground in small squads. Trewartha came with eight companions. The rescued men descended G shaft of the Pabst mine from the eighth to the twentieth level, climbing down the ladderway, with sturdy miners beneath them as support, and by an indirect route were led out of the bottom of the mine to the H shaft, where the cage awaited them.
Rescuers dig through the rubble of the collapsed shaft toward the trapped miners.
As soon as they appeared from below, the miners were taken to the first aid car of the U.S. Bureau of Mines, where they were given stimulants. Then they were speeded to the hospital, after they had an opportunity to greet their families. Scenes of great confusion were enacted as the miners came out of the cage. Wives, mothers and children leaped into their arms. Sons and brothers rushed forward to shake hands.