In 1986, Wayne Tease fell into a 1,000 foot mine in Teller County and died. Crews were unable to recover his body.
Tease's mother traveled here from Utah to speak at a mining board meeting Wednesday morning.
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While the board approved the mine's expansion permit, it recommended the mine and Tease's family work out their issues.
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