Jose Ojeda penned the note "Estamos bien en elrefugio los 33" ("We are okay in the refuge, the 33 of us") which was discovered attached to a probe 17 days after the mine collapse.
Mario Gomez - at 63 the oldest of the men, who has been in the mining industry since the age of 12 - wrote the now famous note: "Estamos bien en elrefugio los 33 - All 33 of us are fine in the refuge".