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 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.

The person who died in an accident on Thursday inside Colorado's Mollie Kathleen Gold Mine was a 46-year-old tour guide. Teller County Sheriff Jason Mikesell identified him on Friday as Patrick Weier.

A tour guide for the Mollie Kathleen Gold Mine Tour in Colorado was identified as the lone death following an elevator mishap that trapped 23 others who were rescued.

Weier, 46, was killed in an accident at the Mollie Kathleen Gold Mine in Colorado, where he worked as a tour guide. He was with 10 others on an elevator when it malfunctioned Thursday. Patrick ...

DENVER — Investigators on Friday were trying to figure out what led to an elevator accident inside a former Colorado gold mine that killed a tour guide, injured four others and left a separate ...

DENVER (AP) — Investigators on Friday were trying to figure out what led to an elevator accident inside a former Colorado gold mine that killed a tour guide, injured four others and left a ...

Twelve others, as well as another guide, who were already on a tour were rescued after being trapped for six hours at the 1,000-foot level, officials said. The cause of the accident remains under ...

A tour guide died at a Colorado gold mine after an elevator experienced a mechanical issue hundreds of feet below ground, trapping nearly two dozen others, authorities said. The tourists became ...

A tour guide died at a Colorado gold mine after an elevator experienced a mechanical issue hundreds of feet below ground, trapping nearly two dozen others, authorities said.