Colorado mine accident: Police announce one fatality and twelve trappedCBS News
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00:00When we got here, the scene, there was a lot of things happening, but what we were able to do with the owner's assistance, with our fire department, the Cripple Creek Fire Department, and many others, was to get that trolley car that goes down 1,000 feet in the earth, up from the 500 foot position where the incident occurred.
00:19We were able to get them out, and the 11 people that were on that conveyance are okay.
00:25We did have one fatality that occurred during this issue at 500 feet. I can't give you a lot of information on it because it's an active investigation as to what occurred.
00:34I will tell you that we are in contact with the state of Colorado, and actually Jared Polis, the governor of Colorado, has called me directly and our commissioners and is working with us directly to make sure that this issue can be resolved.
00:46I do have 12 people at 1,000 feet that are still there.
00:51At this time, they're all safe at the bottom with one of the workers here.
00:56We're looking at trying to find out what occurred with the elevator system and be able to get them out of the mine utilizing the elevator system.