AGUILA, Ariz. (KSAZ/AP) -- We now know the identity of a man who was rescued from a mine shaft near Aguila, having been trapped there since Monday. 
 
 Victim has been pulled out of the mine shaft ready for transport. Great job by all MCSO staff and volunteers who assisted in the rescue. Victim will be flown out for emergency care. — @SgtJEnriquez (@SgtJEnriquez) October 18, 2018 
 
 FOX 10's Matt Rodewald learns that the man, 62-year-old John Waddell, was rescued without any life-threatening injuries. 
 
 Waddell was found by his friend, identified as Terry Schrader, on Wednesday near Eagle Eye Road and Mile Post 13, which is south of Aguila. Aguila is located west of Wickenburg and about 90 miles northwest of Phoenix. 
 
 MCSO says he had been in the 100 foot shaft since Monday and is being flown to a nearby hospital. 
 
 Waddell reportedly fell into the shaft, and killed three rattlesnakes at the bottom of the 100-foot hole. He reportedly had no cell service, and was rescued with two broken legs and severe dehydration. 
 
 "He had called me Monday, and told me he was coming to the mine," Schrader said. "We always had a deal. If he is not back by Tuesday, because he said he would be back Tuesday. I didn't come down Tuesday, I did today. He didn't get back and here's what we found. I was afraid of what I was going to find." 
 
 Schrader also described what he saw, when he arrived at the scene. 
 
 "As I pulled up my truck, I could hear him hollering help, help, you know," said Schrader. 
 
 The Associated Press (AP) contributed to this report. ||||| The victim that was rescued from the mine shaft today was airlifted to a local hospital with non life threatening injuries. He is a male in his 60’s and we are looking forward to his recovery. Great outcome today with all MCSO and law enforcement partners. ||||| Crews from the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office rescued a man who was trapped in a mine shaft in western Arizona since Monday. 
 
 According to MCSO, the man fell into the 100-foot-deep shaft on Monday but was not located until Wednesday. His friend found him in the area of Eagle Eye Road and milepost 13, which is about 35 minutes south of Aguila. 
 
 John Waddell, 62, went 48 hours without food or water and broke multiple bones. 
 
 He was airlifted from the scene to be treated for non-life-threatening injuries. 
 
 “He’s got both artificial knees. One of them is messed up,” said friend Terry Shrader. 
 
 Despite surrounding caution signs, Waddell was alone when he fell into the 100-foot gold mine shaft Monday. 
 
 “The carabiner broke I guess, and he supposedly fell 40 to 50 feet,” Shrader said. After the fall, Shrader says Waddell found himself trapped -- and with several rattlesnakes around him. 
 
 Shrader has been friends and neighbors with Waddell for eight years, and it was a pact the two had that saved Waddell’s life. 
 
 “He called me Monday and told me he was coming to the mine. And we always had a deal, if he is not back by Tuesday [to come check on him].” 
 
 Waddell never came back, and Shrader had a bad feeling. 
 
 “Since he didn’t come home yesterday, I was bound determined to come out here today,” he said, expressing guilt he did not check sooner. 
 
 His fear was confirmed. 
 
 “As I pulled out my truck I could hear him hollering. 'Help, help!'” 
 
 Shrader quickly drove out of the desert to get service. 
 
 “I did get enough [service] that the deputies were on their way,” he said. 
 
 The mountain rescue team also came. The team of more than a dozen hooked up hundreds of feet in rope, created a pulley system and worked for more than six hours to get Waddell out. 
 
 “I’ve been around a few rescues, but never anything like this," Shrader said. 
 
 Despite the screams of pain from Waddell once he was pulled out, Shrader said, "he's a tough guy." 
 
 Banner – University Medical Center said Thursday that Waddell is in good condition, recovering at the hospital with loved ones. 
 
 It took hours, but rescuers pulled a 62-year-old father out of a 100-foot gold mine shaft this evening. 
 
 He fell on Monday and was trapped for 48 hours before a friend checked on him. 
 
 Hear from that friend at 10...AND how the man handled 3 rattlesnakes in the mine with him! pic.twitter.com/fmswVnCVur — Zach Crenshaw ABC15 (@ZachCrenshaw) October 18, 2018
– An Arizona man should be a bit more comfortable in a hospital bed having spent two days stuck at the bottom of a 100-foot mine shaft. Believed to have been descending into the gold mine shaft near Aguila, 90 miles northwest of Phoenix, when he fell Monday, 62-year-old John Waddell suffered two broken legs, per FOX 10. But his hardships didn't end there. The father also battled three rattlesnakes (now dead) and severe dehydration over 48 hours without food or water before a neighbor discovered him Wednesday. Terry Schrader had agreed to check on Waddell at the shaft if he didn't return by Tuesday, though it was Wednesday before he actually went searching. "I was afraid of what I was going to find," Schrader says. "As I pulled up my truck, I could hear him hollering, 'Help, help.'" Schrader adds, per ABC15, that "the carabiner broke, I guess, and he supposedly fell 40 to 50 feet." Though Waddell had a phone, there was no cell service; Schrader had to drive out of the desert to call authorities. The Maricopa County Sheriff's Office organized the rescue beginning around 2pm, reports the Arizona Republic. It took more than six hours and a team of more than a dozen before Waddell could be airlifted to a hospital. "We are looking forward to his recovery," an MCSO rep says. Regardless of his screams as he was removed from the shaft, "he's a tough guy," Schrader says. (Rescuers decided to abandon efforts to pull a man out of a Nevada mine shaft.)