Tag: tour group
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1 dead, 23 rescued at Mollie Kathleen Gold Mine in Cripple Creek
CRIPPLE CREEK • One person died, four were injured and 23 rescued after an equipment malfunction during tours of the Mollie Kathleen Gold Mine in Cripple Creek on Oct. 10, according to the Teller County Sheriff’s Office. By 7:15 p.m., the 12 who had remained trapped for close to seven hours at the bottom of…
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Mollie Kathleen Gold Mine victim identified in fatal equipment malfunction
The person who died in the Oct. 10 elevator malfunction during tours at the Mollie Kathleen Gold Mine in Cripple Creek was identified as Patrick Weier, a tour guide at the mine. Weier, 46, is survived by a 7-year-old son, officials with the Teller County Sheriff’s Office said during a news conference Friday. Weier was…
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Mollie Kathleen Gold Mine victim identified in fatal accident; ‘door was broken’
Editor’s note: This story has been updated multiple times since its original time of publication. DIVIDE • The person who died in Thursday’s elevator malfunction during tours at the Mollie Kathleen Gold Mine in Cripple Creek was identified as Patrick Weier, a tour guide at the mine. Meanwhile, officials pointed to a broken door on the…
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1 dead, 23 rescued at Mollie Kathleen Gold Mine in Cripple Creek after equipment malfunction
CRIPPLE CREEK • One person died, four were injured and 23 rescued after an equipment malfunction during tours Thursday of the Mollie Kathleen Gold Mine in Cripple Creek, according to the Teller County Sheriff’s Office. By 7:15 p.m., the 12 who had remained trapped for more than six hours at the bottom of the tourist mine…