RENO, Nev. (AP) \u2014 Authorities say a man who was injured after plunging nearly 200 feet into a rural Nevada mine shaft has died.<\/p>\n
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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.<\/p>\n
Authorities say the mine shaft was so treacherous that they abandoned efforts to reach him even when he was still alive.<\/p>\n
Federal officials gave first word of the death to The Associated Press on Saturday afternoon. County authorities plan to release the man\u2019s name and further details later.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
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