An incident involving an elevator at a former Colorado gold mine that led to the death of a tour guide and trapped a group of tourists for hours last year was caused by “operator error,” authorities said Wednesday.
The Teller County Sheriff's Office did not provide details about what went wrong in a news release announcing the results of its investigation in the Oct. 10 death of Patrick Weier, 46, at the Mollie Kathleen Gold Mine. However, investigators found there were no equipment malfunctions and that the mine met state regulations, the sheriff's office said in a news release.
