According to a 1994 Gazette-Telegraph story, the mine shaft elevator system failed twice within a five week span during the late spring and summer of that year, trapping visitors underground, in one case for more than 12 hours.

A tragic accident occurred at a former gold mine in Cripple Creek, Colorado, which is now a tourist attraction. Due to an elevator failure, one person died, and 12 others were trapped underground. The incident took place at the Mollie Kathleen mine,

One person died and 23 people were rescued, including 12 who spent several hours trapped 1,000 feet underground, after an equipment failure in a Colorado gold mine, officials said.

One person has died and 23 others have been rescued after a lift malfunctioned at a disused Colorado gold mine. Two groups of 12 people were touring Mollie Kathleen Gold Mine in Cripple Creek, a privately owned tourist attraction,

One person died, four were injured and 23 rescued after an equipment malfunction during tours Thursday of the Mollie Kathleen Gold Mine in Cripple Creek, Colorado, according to the Teller County Sheriff's Office.

Authorities say one person died and 12 people were rescued after being trapped for hours at the bottom of a former Colorado gold mine when an elevator malfunctioned at the tourist site. Earlier, 11 other people were rescued.

A group of tourists experienced a terrifying ordeal on Thursday when an equipment malfunction caused them to be trapped underground in a Colorado gold mine shaft, leaving one person dead. The tour group became trapped near the bottom of the Mollie Kathleen Gold Mine in Cripple Creek,