One person has died in an accident at a Teller County tourist mine. Another four people were injured and 12 people are still trapped about 1,000 feet underground. There are children involved as well. Eleven people have already been rescued from the Mollie Kathleen Gold Mine near Cripple Creek.

The Mollie Kathleen Gold Mine, site of a deadly incident Thursday, is a former gold mine now turned into a tourist destination in Cripple Creek that takes guests on a vertical descent 100 floors below ground.

One person died and 23 people were rescued, including 12 who spent several hours trapped 1,000 feet underground, after an equipment failure in a Colorado gold mine, officials said.