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,

The Mollie Kathleen Gold Mine near Cripple Creek in Teller County where rescue personnel are working to free 12 people who were trapped during a tour about 1,000 feet underground. One person is known to have died after what officials are calling an equipment malfunction.

Patrick Weier, a Mollie Kathleen Gold Mine tour guide, died after being trapped for several hours underground due to an elevator malfunction.

The man who died in a Colorado mine elevator accident was a 46-year-old tour guide with a 7-year-old son, officials said as investigators look at what occurred.

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

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,

Authorities in Colorado were working to rescue several people trapped inside the Mollie Kathleen Gold Mine in Cripple Creek.

One person was killed and officials were working to rescue 12 others trapped deep beneath the surface of a former Colorado gold mine.