{"id":113228,"date":"2024-10-12T08:09:49","date_gmt":"2024-10-12T01:09:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=113228"},"modified":"2024-10-12T08:09:49","modified_gmt":"2024-10-12T01:09:49","slug":"man-killed-in-colorado-gold-mine-was-tour-guide-authorities-say-colorado","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=113228","title":{"rendered":"Man killed in Colorado gold mine was tour guide, authorities say | Colorado"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">The person killed Thursday during an elevator malfunction at a former <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/colorado\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">Colorado<\/a> gold mine \u2013 which left 23 stranded underground \u2013 worked as a tour guide at the site, authorities said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">Authorities identified 46-year-old Patrick Weier of Victor, Colorado, as the victim who died. Weier\u2019s survivors include a seven-year-old son, <a href=\"https:\/\/gazette.com\/news\/mollie-kathleen-gold-mine-victim-identified-in-fatal-equipment-malfunction\/article_fb106e40-87f9-11ef-8a10-5b5f3a5000d4.html\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">according to the Colorado Springs Gazette<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">Weier was preparing to become a volunteer firefighter in his town of about 400, the newspaper reported. \u201cEverybody will be in mourning when they realize who it is,\u201d Victor\u2019s mayor, Barbara Manning, reportedly said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">The local sheriff, Jason Mikesell, said he didn\u2019t know specifically what happened \u2013 but he thought Weier \u201cwas attempting to make everybody safe,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/US\/multiple-people-trapped-underground-colorado-mine-officials\/story?id=114700907\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">ABC News<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">\u201cAll I know is that he was a good man, and he loved his job,\u201d Miskesell said at a news briefing.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"e5484e8c-fd23-4156-91df-c2b8607a0022\" data-spacefinder-role=\"richLink\" data-spacefinder-type=\"model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.RichLinkBlockElement\" class=\" dcr-1your1i\"><gu-island name=\"RichLinkComponent\" priority=\"feature\" deferuntil=\"idle\" props=\"{&quot;richLinkIndex&quot;:5,&quot;element&quot;:{&quot;_type&quot;:&quot;model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.RichLinkBlockElement&quot;,&quot;prefix&quot;:&quot;Related: &quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;One dead and 12 rescued after elevator malfunction trapped group in Colorado gold mine&quot;,&quot;elementId&quot;:&quot;e5484e8c-fd23-4156-91df-c2b8607a0022&quot;,&quot;role&quot;:&quot;richLink&quot;,&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2024\/oct\/10\/colorado-gold-mine-people-trapped&quot;},&quot;ajaxUrl&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/api.nextgen.guardianapps.co.uk&quot;,&quot;format&quot;:{&quot;display&quot;:0,&quot;theme&quot;:0,&quot;design&quot;:0}}\"\/><\/figure>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">\u201cThis is a county tragedy,\u201d a local government commissioner, Dan Williams, was quoted as saying by the Gazette. \u201cThis is a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/colorado\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" data-component=\"auto-linked-tag\">Colorado<\/a> tragedy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">Weier\u2019s death unfolded at about 12pm local time at Mollie Kathleen gold mine. The site near Cripple Creek, Colorado, which opened in the 19th century as a mine but closed in the 1960s, now offers tours.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">Participants take an elevator 1,000ft down the mine shaft. The trip takes approximately two minutes, with the tour lasting about an hour.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">\u201cWe know that at 500ft is where the issue occurred,\u201d Mikesell told reporters. \u201cWe know that there was some type of an incident with the doors, and at that point, something went wrong.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">\u201cCurrently we don\u2019t know what happened at 500ft to cause this.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">Authorities said that the lift operator at the top of the shaft noticed there was a problem with the elevator when 11 people were riding it. After they were brought back to the main level, authorities realized that Weier was killed and four other adults injured, the Gazette reported.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">Another group of 12 \u2013 including 11 visitors and one guide \u2013 remained at the bottom after the elevator malfunctioned. Officials told the group that they would be taken back to the main level once they deemed the elevator safe to ride. They were stranded about seven hours.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">Technicians repaired the elevator at 500ft so as to rescue those trapped at the bottom of the mine shaft. They inspected the cables, and then tested they the lift by sending it to the bottom as well as bringing it back, ABC News said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">The mine\u2019s owner traveled with inspectors to check that the elevator could travel safely. The owner\u2019s son worked the hoist system to lower the lift, Mikesell reportedy said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">\u201cWithout their help, we may not have been able to get people up out of there,\u201d Mikesell remarked, describing them as \u201cheroes\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">When the elevator was deemed safe, authorities brought those stranded back to the surface four at a time, officials said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2024\/oct\/11\/colorado-gold-mine-tour-guide-killed\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The person killed Thursday during an elevator malfunction at a former Colorado gold mine \u2013 which left 23 stranded underground \u2013 worked as a tour guide at the site, authorities &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=113228\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8629],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-113228","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-u-s","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113228","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=113228"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113228\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=113228"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=113228"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=113228"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}