The Forest Service and the Colorado Division of Reclamation ... a hiker or pet can fall into an abandoned mine shaft or injure themselves in old mining structures. Last year a 19-year-old college ...

Erica Crosby’s job is straightforward: Make sure no one ends up at the bottom of a mine shaft. Colorado's long history ... of rusted gearboxes and old storage tanks. The location of the ...

Stuck between a rich past and uncertain future, Colorado’s ... had to rescue a 15-year-old boy in Golden after he used clothes line to rappel into an abandoned mine shaft in December 2017.

The Colorado Division ... and left behind a 7-year-old son. The accident that caused Weier's death happened 500 feet underground on an elevator in one of the mine's shafts. Four others were ...

“There have been instances of fatalities in Colorado associated with folks in abandoned mines,” Graves said. “A child fell into a mine shaft just ... mines closed with old equipment still ...

MORE: Tour guide killed after elevator malfunctions underground in Colorado gold ... A 16-year-old was rescued after using a household rope to explore a mine shaft in Placer County.

As the elevator descended, the door swung out and caught the side of the mine shaft ... Weier had a 7-year-old son and was from the nearby town of Victor, Colorado. Some people who went on ...

The man who died in a Colorado mine elevator accident was a 46-year-old father and tour guide there ... about 500 feet down the 1,000-foot deep shaft at the Mollie Kathleen Gold Mine near ...

Even if a sinkhole isn't involved, people who wander into mines "can drown in flooded shafts, get lost in underground tunnels or perish from poisonous gases present in many old coal mines." ...