Fatal accident at Kellogg, Idaho, silver mine

Published June 3, 2014 9:37pm ET



KELLOGG, Idaho (AP) — A worker was fatally crushed between an elevator-like device and a mineshaft Monday afternoon at the Sunshine Mine near Kellogg, in northern Idaho, according to a preliminary federal investigation.

Sunshine Silver Mines identified the worker as Nick Rounds, 36, of Osburn.

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