Man killed in Colorado mine accident identified as tour guide
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.
The man who died in a Colorado mine elevator accident was a 46-year-old father and tour guide there, officials said Friday as investigators try to understand what exactly occurred.
What Teller County Sheriff Jason Mikesell called a “very tragic accident” occurred as an elevator was about 500 feet down the 1,000-foot deep shaft at the Mollie Kathleen Gold Mine near Cripple Creek at around noon Thursday.
The man killed was identified as Patrick Weier, who worked as a tour guide at the mine. Weier had a 7-year-old son and lived in Victor, a community of less than 400 in the area, officials said.
“Currently, we don’t know exactly what happened at 500 feet to cause this,” Mikesell said. “That’s something we’re working through.”
Patrick Weier gives a tour of the Mollie Kathleen Gold Mine in Cripple Creek, Colo.Jennifer Nolan via APThe elevator was on its descent when the accident occurred, he said.
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