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Patrick Weier, a Mollie Kathleen Gold Mine tour guide, died after being trapped for several hours underground on Thursday after an elevator malfunctioned, authorities said.
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 Mollie Kathleen Gold Mine is a historic vertical shaft mine near Cripple Creek, Colorado, United States. [1] The mine shaft descends 1,000 feet (300 m) into the mountain, a depth roughly equal to the height of the Empire State Building in New York City. [2] The mine currently gives tours, [3] and is visited by around 40,000 people annually. [4]
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.
People became trapped due to an equipment malfunction at the Mollie Kathleen Gold Mine near the town of Cripple Creek, but the mine did not collapse, according to the Teller County Sheriff’s Office and the governor’s office. Authorities planned an afternoon press conference to provide more details.
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 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.
The tourists became stuck in the Mollie Kathleen Gold Mine attraction in Cripple Creek on Thursday, according to officials. The deceased victim was identified Friday as Patrick Weier, 46, who was ...