1 dead in Colorado mine incident as rescuers attempt to free 12 others trapped 1,000 feet underground

https://coloradosun.com ^ | October 10 2024 | Olivia Prentzel

[Beowulf9]

[A strike]

Why want to get underground ahead of time ?

[ProtectOurFreedom]

That hoist looks undersized.

[BenLurkin]

tourist mine

Well, at least they didn’t take their chances in a home-made submarine.

[mouse1]

I have been to Cripple Creek. It is a really cool little town with old buildings turned into casinos. Alot of mining history. I took the train tour and visited the Mine. This is not a rinky dink attraction but a real mine. I am so sorry for the loss of life and pray for those remaining.

[OKSooner]

It’s gonna have new owners soon.

[jerod]

World Famous??? It will be now...

As far as tourist attraction death go, 12 is a pretty large number... Hopefully it will remain at 1 death, but I’m pretty sure none of the 11 tourist trapped in this mine have a clue about surviving a mine cave in.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

...I’m pretty sure none of the 11 tourist trapped in this mine have a clue about surviving a mine cave in.

It's not a cave-in. It's an elevator failure.

[wjcsux]

I visited Cripple Creek a few times when I lived in Colorado. The last time I was there was in 1981. I’m sure that it’s changed a lot, the casinos weren’t there. It was a fun place to go for a weekend.

[bigbob]

It’s a drunkards dream if I ever did see one

[laplata]

That hoist looks undersized.

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That is a rock/ore bucket and it is a display. It has nothing to do with what’s happened.

[PAR35]

Truth in advertising? It says you can descend 1000 feet underground. They don’t say you can come back up.

Must have been written by a lawyer.

[VAFreedom]

why haven’t we replace all the miners with mining bots yet?

if they can replace workers with ai/robot, we should start with the most dangerous jobs

[Round Earther]

My stomach was full as it could be
And nobody ever got around
To finding Timothy
Timothy

[bleach]

Nice! When they get off/outta that mountain...

[alternatives?]

The person who died could have been due to a heart attack. Or it could have been the vaccine.

[fidelis]

Then came the day at the bottom of the mine
When a timber cracked and men started cryin'
Miners were prayin' and hearts beat fast
And everybody thought that they'd breathed their last, 'cept John

(Big John, Big John)
Big Bad John

Jimmy Dean - Big Bad John

[Colorado Doug]

What a shame. It was an awesome mine tour. I have taken a number of out of town friends on that mine elevator. I can’t remember how many people could fit in it but they packed you in like sardines and I think the elevator had two levels, if I remember correctly. It was the same one that they used to take miners down back in the day. The tour was very authentic.

[Colorado Doug]

I also recall that the elevator had some kind of emergency braking system if the cable broke or the winch failed. I wonder if it went into a freefall and then the brakes stopped it abruptly and violently. At 500 feet, there is still a lot of air between the passengers and something solid to land on below.