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By Olivia Prentzel | Colorado Sun A Colorado tourist mine was inspected and declared safe six weeks before an elevator malfunction killed a tour guide and stranded 23 people underground last week. The Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety sent a cease and desist letter to Mollie Kathleen tourist mine near Cripple Creek on Wednesday, ordering its owners to halt tours and restrict all public access to the mine, with the exception of law enforcement and other agencies investigating the fatal incident. A message posted on Mollie Kathleen’s website after the incident said the gold mine “will be closed until further notice.” The mine, which isn’t open year-round, was scheduled to end tours a few days after the Oct. 10 incident. READ THE FULL STORY AT THE COLORAD...

By Shawn Fleetwood | The Gazette One person died, four were injured and 23 rescued after an equipment malfunction during a tour 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 close to seven hours at the bottom of the tourist mine on the east side of town wrapped up their 1,000-foot ascent to the surface after workers fixed a broken elevator. Eleven others were rescued shortly after the issue happened at 500 feet. The Sheriff’s Office received a report shortly after noon that an elevator transporting visitors at the mine had malfunctioned and stopped at the midway point, said Jason Mikesell, the Teller County sheriff. READ THE FULL STORY AT THE GAZETTE...

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State orders Mollie Kathleen mine to halt all tours after guide killed, 23 trapped

1 dead, 23 rescued at Mollie Kathleen Gold Mine in Cripple Creek after equipment malfunction

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