A 46-year-old Teller County resident was killed when a mine elevator malfunctioned approximately 500 feet underground at a tourist attraction near Cripple Creek, sheriff’s officials said

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 tourists became stuck in the Mollie Kathleen Gold Mine attraction in Cripple Creek on Thursday,

On Friday, the Teller County Sheriff's Office identified the person who died in a mine malfunction near Cripple Creek.

A tour guide for the Mollie Kathleen Gold Mine Tour in Colorado was identified as the lone death following an elevator mishap that trapped 23 others who were rescued.

Investigators were trying to figure out Friday what led an elevator to malfunction at a former Colorado gold mine, killing one person.

The Mollie Kathleen Gold Mine was closed in the 1960s but has since held tours of the mines which remained popular over the years.

One person has died and 23 others have been rescued after a lift malfunctioned at a disused Colorado gold mine. Two groups of 12 people were touring Mollie Kathleen Gold Mine in Cripple Creek, a privately owned tourist attraction,

One person died in an elevator malfunction at the Mollie Kathleen Gold Mine tourist site near Cripple Creek, which left 12 others stuck 1,000 feet underground.