MULLAN, Idaho (AP) — Two people have been injured in an accident at the Lucky Friday Mine near Mullan, Idaho.
The Shoshone County Sheriff’s Office says one of the injured is in critical condition after the Thursday night incident at the silver mine.
Mine spokesman Mike Dexter says the accident occurred during construction of a new mine shaft. Other details were not immediately available.
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