This book is a story of heroes - a newspaper editor igniting the effort to build a hospital, doctors treating severely injured miners at all hours of the day and night, dedicated nurses caring for the sick and injured, prominent citizens stepping forward to provide critical financial aid to save the hospital, a mysterious doctor arriving in town with a revolutionary idea to save miners' lives, and finally, farsighted citizens joining together to not only save a building, but also the region's colorful history before it disappeared forever.