CRIPPLE CREEK, Colo. (KKTV) - Emergency personnel responded to the Mollie Kathleen Gold Mine near Cripple Creek to reports of multiple people trapped underground after an elevator malfunctioned on Thursday afternoon. On Friday, officials identified the person who died in the incident as Patrick Weier, 46, a local father and a tour guide at the mine. Officials got the call around 12 p.m. on Thursday. Upon arrival, first responders learned there were 11 people on an elevator about 500 feet down. That elevator was brought back to the surface. Teller County Sheriff’s Office confirmed one person died in the incident. Multiple were injured, but officials did not detail the extent of the injuries. The mine – a family-owned tourist attraction for “well over 50 years” – last experienced an accident in 1986. In that accident, two people were trapped in an elevator, but no fatalities were reported. The one-hour tour – an entirely underground experience that takes guests through the 1890s gold mine – “is not claustrophobic but, the descent in the shaft is very close for 2 minutes (each way),” the tour website states. After going down the elevator at a speed of about 5 mph, guests take a short ride on an underground rail car, then continue on foot for a quarter mile of flat and level walking and are shown how gold mining worked, according to the website. Guests are provided hard hats and are told to leave personal items like walkers and wheelchairs behind during the tour. The attraction was scheduled to close for the season this weekend before opening back up in May. Eleven people were rescued earlier Thursday, and a dozen more people who came from out-of-statewere trapped at the bottom of the 1,000-foot-deep mine for about six hours before being rescued Thursday night. As the 12 people were stuck in cold temperatures around 50 degrees F (10 degress C), they had water, blankets, chairs and a radio, Mikesell said. Facilities like restrooms, however, weren’t available underground, according to the tour website. 困在1000英尺地下6小时，想想都绝望。
CRIPPLE CREEK, Colo. (KKTV) - Emergency personnel responded to the Mollie Kathleen Gold Mine near Cripple Creek to reports of multiple people trapped underground after an elevator malfunctioned on Thursday afternoon.
On Friday, officials identified the person who died in the incident as Patrick Weier, 46, a local father and a tour guide at the mine.
Officials got the call around 12 p.m. on Thursday. Upon arrival, first responders learned there were 11 people on an elevator about 500 feet down. That elevator was brought back to the surface. Teller County Sheriff’s Office confirmed one person died in the incident. Multiple were injured, but officials did not detail the extent of the injuries.
The mine – a family-owned tourist attraction for “well over 50 years” – last experienced an accident in 1986. In that accident, two people were trapped in an elevator, but no fatalities were reported.
The one-hour tour – an entirely underground experience that takes guests through the 1890s gold mine – “is not claustrophobic but, the descent in the shaft is very close for 2 minutes (each way),” the tour website states.
After going down the elevator at a speed of about 5 mph, guests take a short ride on an underground rail car, then continue on foot for a quarter mile of flat and level walking and are shown how gold mining worked, according to the website. Guests are provided hard hats and are told to leave personal items like walkers and wheelchairs behind during the tour.
The attraction was scheduled to close for the season this weekend before opening back up in May.
Eleven people were rescued earlier Thursday, and a dozen more people who came from out-of-state were trapped at the bottom of the 1,000-foot-deep mine for about six hours before being rescued Thursday night. As the 12 people were stuck in cold temperatures around 50 degrees F (10 degress C), they had water, blankets, chairs and a radio, Mikesell said. Facilities like restrooms, however, weren’t available underground, according to the tour website.
困在1000英尺地下6小时，想想都绝望。