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23 People Rescued, 1 Dead After Elevator Malfunction at Colorado Gold Mine Tourist Attraction. Angel Saunders. October 10, 2024 at 9:00 PM ... so there’s a good news story at the end of this.” ...
12 more people were rescued late on Thursday after a group became trapped in Colorado gold mine located in Teller County just outside of Colorado Springs where 1 died.
The group was trapped about 1,000 feet down in the Mollie Kathleen Gold Mine, which offers tours to the public, following an "equipment malfunction," the Teller County Sheriff's Office said.
The mine opened in the 1800s and closed in 1961, but still operates tours. Its website describes a one-hour tour. It says visitors can see veins of gold in the rock and ride an underground tram. A woman named Mollie Kathleen Gortner discovered the site of the mine in 1891 when she saw quartz laced with gold, according to the company’s website.
Cripple Creek is a town of about 1,100 in the Rocky Mountains southwest of Colorado Springs. The mine opened in the 1800s and closed in 1961, but still operates tours. Its website describes a one-hour tour in which visitors descend 1,000 feet. It says they can see veins of gold in the rock and ride an underground tram.
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 ...
Its website describes a one-hour tour in which visitors descend 1,000 feet (305 meters). It says they can see veins of gold in the rock and ride an underground tram. A woman named Mollie Kathleen Gortner discovered the site of the mine in 1891 when she saw quartz laced with gold, according to the company’s website. ___
The Cripple Creek & Victor Gold Mine, formerly and historically the Cresson Mine, is an active gold mine located near the town of Victor, in the Cripple Creek mining district in the US state of Colorado. The richest gold mine in Colorado history, [1] it is the only remaining significant producer of gold in the state, and produced 322,000 troy ...