By Patrick Oppmann
Copiapo, Chile (CNN) -- The miners trapped since August 5 in Chile are "getting a light" in more ways than one.
The 33 men will receive a power line that will allow them to install electric lights in their shelter 2,300 feet underground, mining officials said Saturday.
Rescuers will send down two packs of cigarettes a day to be split among the miners who want to smoke, Chilean Health Minister Jaime Manalich said.
Cigarettes were among the first requests made by some of the miners, but officials have been supplying them with nicotine patches and gum instead. A new compressor is improving air circulation in the mine. This upgrade made to ventilation in the mine led officials to allow them to smoke.
The addition of electricity will allow the men to have more lighting in the area where they are trapped, helping restore their sleep patterns.
The lights might help the men adjust to daylight. However, doctors will still take special precautions to protect the miners' eyes once they reach the surface.
Officials estimate it could take until at least November to free the miners.
Rescuers are using three drilling methods -- dubbed Plan A, Plan B and Plan C -- in their efforts to reach them.
Photo - Crews are working on the assembly of the oil drill, which will work on "Plan C" The men underground have expressed concern over hearing the rescue drills' stopping and starting, Manalich said.
"We explained to them that the drills stop and start, there isn't any big change," Manalich said. "The drills stop for maintenance, they have programmed stoppages and they have stoppages like we are seeing with Plan B."
Plan B is a drill used to make water bore holes. It has not been drilling since it hit a steel beam in the mine which "completely destroyed" the drill's bit. Workers are digging the broken bit out and then they will replace it - but that process could take several days.
On Saturday, more pieces of the Plan C platform arrived at the drilling site. This oil drilling platform the size of a soccer field, is expected to drill faster than the other two drills already at work.
