Some miners wives can feel the shift that has happened. One said her husband was a shift foreman or something similar and that changes were on the horizon.

Here is from another wife...

Elsa Beaudoin wrote:
Posted 2010/10/13
at 12:42 PM ETI live in a strong minning community and am a wife of a miner. There is not a day that goes by that I dont worry about what could go wrong. I would just like to say that I am truly touched and amazed with all the people involved with the rescue of these minors. This is a true global effort that has become a historical success. I would like to speak on behalf of all miners, miners wives and their families accross the globe and just say that there is a new found hope and belief being felt all over the world because of the true success of this rescue. My heart goes out to every single miner and their families....