Reuters and other news agencies reported on the 10th that one person died and 12 others who had been trapped underground for about 6 hours were rescued due to an elevator malfunction at a gold mine in Colorado that is operated as a tourist attraction.
According to Colorado authorities, an elevator going down to an underground mine in the town of Mollie Kathleen Gold Mine in Cripple Creek malfunctioned due to mechanical problems about 500 feet below the surface at around noon that day, killing one person.
In addition, 11 tourists and a guide were trapped at the bottom of the mine 1,000 feet underground when the elevator stopped operating and were rescued after about 6 hours. Authorities said that the 11 people who were in the elevator were rescued first immediately after the accident, and four of them suffered minor injuries.
The gold mine near Colorado Springs opened in the 1800s and operated a tour program for tourists after it closed in 1961.