A police officer clears the roadway for an emergency vehicle at the Mollie Kathleen Gold Mine near Cripple Creek, Colo. Investigators were trying to figure out Friday what led to an elevator door malfunction at a former Colorado gold mine that killed a man, injured four others and left 12 people trapped for hours at the bottom of the tourist …
Emergency personnel gather outside Mollie Kathleen Gold Mine, a tourist site near Cripple Creek, Colo., where one person died and 23 were rescued after an elevator failed. One person died and 12 people were rescued Thursday night after being trapped for about six hours at the bottom of a former Colorado gold mine when an elevator malfunctioned at the tourist …