This video is courtesy of CAL FIRE. It shows the responders employing a complex rope system to reach and secure the 16-year-old.

A 16-year-old teen was rescued from a 50-foot deep mine shaft in Northern California after the rope he was using to climb back out of the hole snapped.

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According to officials, the incident occurred when the teen and his friends were exploring a horizontal mine shaft and attempted to rappel down a vertical section using household ropes.

A California teenager is safe after falling down a 50-foot vertical mine shaft in Placer County on Sunday That’s according to a press release from the Placer County Fire Department. At roughly 3:30 p.

The county had leased a home in the Armstrong neighborhood with the intention of opening Hope Ridge House for up to five ...

A 16-year-old teen was rescued from a 50 feet deep mine shaft in Northern California on Monday, according to the California ...

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Placer County Supervisor Cindy Gustafson, who was recently reelected to her second term, looks at the year ahead and her four ...