TELLER COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) - Joe O'Conor is the Fire Chief of the Cripple Creek Fire Department (CCFD). On Monday, O'Conor told KRDO13 how two tourists bravely climbed up a ladder to alert workers ...

On a cool, sunny Thursday morning, Cripple Creek was transformed as local resident Patrick Weier was memorialized. Weier died a week earlier in an equipment malfunction at the Mollie Kathleen Gold ...

An inspection of the Mollie Kathleen Gold Mine in Cripple Creek prompted by an elevator malfunction that killed tour guide Patrick Weier and left 23 stranded for hours has wrapped up, according to a ...

CRIPPLE CREEK — Decades of state inspection reports for the Mollie Kathleen Gold Mine Tour in Cripple Creek show the mine had complied with state requirements in the years following a cease and desist ...

State mining authorities have ordered the company operating the tourist mine in Cripple Creek where a worker was killed in an elevator malfunction last week to stop running all tours and restrict ...

CRIPPLE CREEK — The main street through Cripple Creek closed Thursday morning for a procession to honor the man killed in an accident over the weekend at the Mollie Kathleen Mine tourist attraction.

CRIPPLE CREEK, Colo. (KRDO) - The Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining, and Safety (DRMS) sent a cease and desist letter to the owners of the Mollie Kathleen Gold Mine in Cripple Creek after an ...

CRIPPLE CREEK, Colo — A gold mine that caters to tourists in Cripple Creek has been ordered to stop giving tours while the state investigates the site after a deadly accident on Oct. 10. Patrick Weier ...

The Mollie Kathleen Gold Mine is a former gold mine turned into a tourist destination that takes guests on a vertical descent 100 floors below ground. We are praying for the family and friends of the ...

(TELLER COUNTY, Colo.) — The Teller County Sheriff’s Office (TCSO) said the City of Cripple Creek will be honoring the man who died after an equipment malfunction at a Colorado gold mine during a ...

DENVER — Investigators on Friday were trying to figure out what led to an elevator accident inside a former Colorado gold mine that killed a tour guide, injured four others and left a separate group ...

DENVER — A former Colorado gold mine where a tour guide was killed and a group of tourists was trapped for hours after an elevator accident has been ordered to remain closed and not conduct tours ...