State regulators have ordered a former Colorado gold mine where a tour guide was killed and a group of tourists was trapped for hours after an elevator accident to remain closed while its operations are reviewed.

Colorado officials made the order about a week after a tour guide was killed and 23 people trapped underground when an elevator malfunctioned.

TELLER COUNTY, Colo. (KKTV) - A cease and desist letter was sent to a Colorado gold mine following the death of one of their employees.

A cease and desist letter was sent to the owners of Colorado's Mollie Kathleen Gold Mine a deadly elevator malfunction trapped visitors for hours forcing a rescue where one person died.

Authorities say one person has been killed and 12 people have been rescued after being trapped for hours about 1,000 feet below ground at a former Colorado gold mine when an elevator malfunctioned at

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.

Twelve people were rescued Thursday night after being trapped for six hours at the bottom of a former Colorado gold mine when an elevator malfunctioned, killing one person, authorities said. The incident occurred at the Mollie Kathleen Gold Mine,

The Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety sent a cease and desist letter to the owners of the Mollie Kathleen Gold Mine in Cripple Creek after last week's tour guide death.