RENO, Nev. (AP) — Authorities say a man who was injured after plunging nearly 200 feet into a rural Nevada mine shaft has died.
U.S. Bureau of Land Management spokesman Doran Sanchez says the 28-year-old Battle Mountain, Nevada, man was pronounced dead at 12:30 p.m. Friday by the Pershing County officials.
Authorities say the mine shaft was so treacherous that they abandoned efforts to reach him even when he was still alive.
Federal officials gave first word of the death to The Associated Press on Saturday afternoon. County authorities plan to release the man’s name and further details later.
Authorities said Friday that the man was still alive but any rescue attempt would have posed too great a risk to people trying to descend into the pit.
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