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An October elevator malfunction in a Colorado gold mine that killed a tour guide and stranded nearly two dozen people underground for hours was caused by “operator error,” Teller County ...

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A tour guide killed at a former Colorado gold mine last year fell out of a crowded elevator taking tourists below ground after apparently not latching its door closed, documents obtained by The ...