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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 dozen people were trapped approximately 1,000 ft. below the gold mine 23 People Rescued, 1 Dead After Elevator Malfunction at Colorado Gold Mine Tourist Attraction Skip to main content
The elevator was descending into the Mollie Kathleen Gold Mine near the town of Cripple Creek when it had a mechanical problem around 500 feet (150 meters) beneath the surface, creating a “severe danger for the participants,” and one person was killed, Teller County Sheriff Jason Mikesell said at a press conference.
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 ...
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. 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. ___ Brown reported from Billings, Montana.
The mine is in Cripple Creek, a town of about 1,100 people southwest of Colorado Springs. It opened in the 1800s and closed in 1961, but continued as a tourist site. Its website describes a one-hour tour where visitors can see veins of gold in the rock and ride an underground tram.
The elevator was descending into the Mollie Kathleen Gold Mine near the town of Cripple Creek when it had a mechanical problem around 500 feet (152 meters) beneath the surface, creating a “severe danger for the participants,” Teller County Sheriff Jason Mikesell said. The cause of the vistor's death was not immediately provided.
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.