A 16-year-old teen was rescued from a 50-foot deep mine shaft in Northern California after the rope he was using to climb back out of the hole snapped.

According to officials, the incident occurred when the teen and his friends were exploring a horizontal mine shaft and attempted to rappel down a vertical section using household ropes.

A California teenager is safe after falling down a 50-foot vertical mine shaft in Placer County on Sunday That’s according to a press release from the Placer County Fire Department. At roughly 3:30 p.

A 16-year-old boy was rescued from a 50-foot-deep mine shaft by the Placer County Technical Rescue Team of the Cal Fire Nevada Yuba Placer Unit (NEU) and Placer ...