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  2. Colorado investigators blame 'operator error' in deadly 2024 ...

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    An incident at a former Colorado gold mine that killed a man and trapped a group of tourists for hours underground in 2024 was caused by "operator error," authorities said.

  3. Tour guide identified as victim who died in Colorado gold ...

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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 ...

  4. 12 rescued from underground mine after fatality during tour - AOL

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    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 ...

  5. 12 rescued after they were trapped in former Colorado gold ...

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    DENVER (AP) — Twelve people were safely rescued Thursday night after being trapped for hours at the bottom of a former Colorado gold mine when an elevator malfunctioned at the tourist site, authorities said Thursday. One person died in the accident.

  6. 1 person dies and 12 are rescued after elevator malfunctions ...

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    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. 10/11/2024 06:17 -0400

  7. 12 rescued from Colorado gold mine tourist site where ...

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    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.

  8. Twelve people trapped deep underground at Colorado mine are ...

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    (Reuters) -Twelve people were trapped 1,000 feet (300 meters) underground in a former Colorado gold mine for about six hours on Thursday before a malfunctioning elevator was repaired, enabling ...

  9. Gold mining in Colorado - Wikipedia

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    Only one Colorado mine continues to produce gold, the Cripple Creek & Victor Gold Mine at Victor near Colorado Springs, an open-pit heap leach operation owned by Newmont Corporation, which produced 322,000 troy ounces of gold in 2019 and reported 3.45 million troy ounces of Proven and Probable Reserves as at December 31, 2019.