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Colorado authorities have identified the person that died in a former gold mine that is now a tourist attraction.. Patrick Weier, a Mollie Kathleen Gold Mine tour guide, died after being trapped ...
A tour guide died at a Colorado gold mine after an elevator experienced a mechanical issue hundreds of feet below ground, trapping a dozen tourists for several hours, authorities said. The ...
The Colorado man who was killed after an elevator malfunctioned at the Mollie Kathleen Gold Mine on Thursday, Oct. 10, has been identified.. Teller County Sheriff Jason Mikesell identified the ...
The incident, which was reported to authorities at about noon, happened during the final week of the Mollie Kathleen Gold Mine season before it shuts down for the winter, Mikesell said. Cripple Creek is a town of about 1,100 in the Rocky Mountains southwest of Colorado Springs.
DENVER (AP) — Investigators on Friday were trying to figure out what led to an elevator accident inside a former Colorado gold mine that killed a tour guide, injured four others and left a separate group of 12 people trapped for hours at the bottom of the tourist attraction 1,000 feet (305 meters) beneath the surface.
The incident, which was reported to authorities at about noon, happened during the final week of the Mollie Kathleen Gold Mine season before it shuts down for the winter, Mikesell said. Earlier in the afternoon — while the 12 were stuck at the bottom — 11 other people who were riding the elevator were rescued. Four had minor injuries.
The Mollie Kathleen Gold Mine is located at 9388 Highway 67 in Cripple Creek, which is about an hour west of Colorado Springs. It advertises itself on its website as the "Only Vertical Shaft Gold ...
Mollie Kathleen Gold Mine in Cripple Creek, Colo One person died and 23 others were rescued after an elevator malfunctioned at the Molly Kathleen Gold Mine in Cripple Creek, Colo. on Thursday, Oct ...