One person is dead, four people have minor injuries and multiple people are being rescued from underground after an “equipment malfunction” at a gold mine attraction in southern Colorado, the Colorado Springs Fire Department said.
The Teller County Sheriff’s Office told 9NEWS partners KRDO that they are responding to a “serious incident” at the Mollie Kathleen Gold Mine in Cripple Creek. It’s unclear exactly what happened, but authorities said there was an “equipment malfunction” that left people stuck underground. They said the mine did not collapse.
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I hope they can get them out.
Is that the true landscape behind him, or a painting? It's beautiful. (I waited to ask until after the rescue was successful. I sincerely don't mean to be disrespectful.)
My best guess is the cable snaped and what's called the "safety dogs" deployed. It brings the cage to a verry abrupt stop. This mine takes 2min to get to 1000ft or roughly 27 feet per second. The cage at normal speed travels quite fast. Injury will occur if the safety dogs were to deploy.
This is no different than an amusement park roller coaster, you take a risk when you ride
Up on Cripple Creek she sends me, If I spring a leak, she mends me ,I don't have to speak ,she defends me, a drunkards dream if I ever did see one.
how often is maintenance done on the equipment 🤔🧐🤔🤔🤔🧐??????????
This is literally the most corrupt guy you could ever meet. His band of meat head thugs that we call cops should be the ones at the bottom of that mine
Sign said "Farting on the Miner's Cage is strictly prohibited."
Sounds like another Movie.
Go with plan C.. use a connector tunnel to get out another way.