Victim Killed in Colorado Gold Mine Tour Accident Identified as Tour Guide
Published on October 12, 2024
The individual who died in an elevator malfunction that left 23 people trapped for hours in a Colorado gold mine on Oct. 10 has been identified as a mine tour guide, local authorities said on Friday. Teller County Sheriff Jason Mikesell told reporters that the victim was Patrick Weier, a 46-year-old tour guide at the Mollie Kathleen Gold Mine, where the incident took place. The sheriff described Weier as “a good man” and a member of the community who loved his job. Weier is survived by his 7-year-old child. “We did lose a person in our local community who will be missed, who is the father of a child and has family in the area,” Mikesell said during a press conference on Oct. 11....