A man described as a 75-year-old mining hobbyist died Wednesday morning when the ground beneath him caved in, according to the Washoe County Sheriff’s Office.
It happened around 8 a.m. in the ghost town of Olinhouse north of Interstate 80 about 8 miles northwest of Wadsworth. The sheriff’s office said the man, who it did not identify, was mining with a friend when the ground gave way. Sheriff’s HASTY volunteers retrieved the body at about 1 p.m.