Four Chinese miners, who were trapped for 36 days in a collapsed gypsum mine, have been safely rescued and brought up to the ground.

The four miners were brought out from the mine one by one through a specially drilled access shaft, reports chinese state media.

CCTV aired a footage of a crowd roaring in applause as the miners were brought out inside a cramped capsule, between 9:20 and 10:50 local time, Friday.

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Once out, the rescued miners were then wrapped in military blankets and taken to a local hospital via ambulance.They are currently being treated.

According to medical staff, the four miners, namely Hua Mingxi, 36, Li Quisheng, 39, Hao Zicheng, 50, and Guan Qingji, 58, did not suffer from any major injuries. They will be able to join their families just in time for the spring festival next week.

The mine, owned by Yurong Commerce and Trade Ltd. Co., mines gypsum, a soft mineral used for construction purposes. It is located in Pingyi County's Linyi City, Shandong province.

It reportedly collapsed on Dec. 25 last year while 29 miners were still working underground. Eleven of the trapped were immediately evacuated, while one died.

The rescue operations for the trapped miners was admittedly hard, according to the Shandong Provincial Work Safety Bureau. This is because of the geological conditions and the terrain found.

"The two biggest obstacles were continual cave-ins and water outbursts underground that had threatened the lives of rescuers and forced the rescue operation to be suspended several times," said the Bureau's Fu Wei.

The rescuers had to drill through a depth of 220 meters to reach the trapped miners, boring through limestone, gypsum and sandstone.

About 1,000 people have been working throughout the rescue operation. Despite that, 13 miners are still missing.

The owner of the mine, named Ma Congbo, reportedly committed suicide while rescue operations were undergoing.

Tagsshandong, Gypsum Mine, Ma Congbo