Upon their ascent back, the rope broke, and the victim fell about ... Tour guide killed after elevator malfunctions underground in Colorado gold mine: Sheriff Once crews arrived on the scene ...

UPDATE: Man killed in Colorado gold mine elevator malfunction identified ... also had other rescue options available, including using ropes and harnesses to lift people out of the mine.

CRIPPLE CREEK, Colo — A 46-year-old man who was an employee of the Mollie Kathleen Gold Mine has been identified ... running – other than to lower a rope with somebody on a ropes team to ...

The elevator was descending into the Mollie Kathleen Gold Mine near the town of Cripple Creek ... They had been prepared to bring them up by rope had they not been able to get the elevator fixed.

That means it's a long rope trip right? If we have to ... I've ever been on in the state of Colorado,” Heath Gay, a gold mine enthusiast, told CPR News. “And I have gone to multiple, multiple ...

The rope the group was using broke when attempting ... MORE: Tour guide killed after elevator malfunctions underground in Colorado gold mine: Sheriff Once crews arrived on the scene, the teen's ...

The Buffelsfontein Gold Mine, the scene of the disaster ... they and the mine owners also dismantled a rope and pulley system that was used to get into the mine and send down supplies.