The individuals were part of a tour group and became stuck near the bottom of Mollie Kathleen Gold Mine in Cripple Creek on Thursday, according to officials.

The man who died in a Colorado mine elevator accident was a 46-year-old tour guide with a 7-year-old son, officials said as investigators look at what occurred.

DENVER – A man killed when a mine elevator malfunctioned approximately 500 feet underground at the Mollie Kathleen Gold Mine near Cripple Creek, Colorado, was a tour guide and local resident, Teller County sheriff’s officials said Friday.

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

The elevator descending into the Mollie Kathleen Gold Mine near the town of Cripple Creek had a mechanical issue.

An elevator accident inside Colorado's Mollie Kathleen Gold Mine killed a tour guide, injured four, and left 12 people trapped for hours. Investigators are now looking into the cause of the malfunction as the mine shuts down for further inspection.

Investigators were trying to figure out Friday what led to an elevator accident at a former Colorado gold mine that killed a tour guide

One person died in an elevator malfunction at the Mollie Kathleen Gold Mine tourist site near Cripple Creek, which left 12 others stuck 1,000 feet underground.

According to authorities, the incident occurred when an elevator shaft had a mechanical issue that "created a severe danger for the participants."

Investigators on Friday were trying to figure out what led to an elevator accident inside a former Colorado gold mine that killed a tour guide, injured four others and left 12 people trapped for hours at the bottom of the tourist attraction 1,