The individuals were part of a tour group and became stuck near the bottom of Mollie Kathleen Gold Mine in Cripple Creek on Thursday, according to officials.

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 person who died in an accident on Thursday inside Colorado's Mollie Kathleen Gold Mine was a 46-year-old tour guide.

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.

Investigators were trying to figure out Friday what led to an elevator accident at a former Colorado gold mine that killed a tour guide ...

Tour guide killed after elevator malfunctions underground in Colorado gold mine: Sheriff Nearly two dozen people were rescued in the incident Thursday.