The person who died in an accident on Thursday inside Colorado's Mollie Kathleen Gold Mine was a 46-year-old tour guide.

Gov. Jared Polis announced that the 12 people who were trapped in the Mollie Kathleen Gold Mine for 6 hours have been successfully rescued. "I am relieved," Polis said in a prepared statement.

The elevator was descending into the Mollie Kathleen Gold Mine near the town of Cripple Creek when it had a mechanical problem around 500 feet (152 meters) beneath the surface, creating a ''severe ...