AT APPROX. 8:10 A.M., 4 MINERS BOARDED WHITTAKER PORTAL ELEVATOR TO ENTER MINE. ELEVATOR STARTED DOWN AND STOPPED AFTER APPROX. 80' OF TRAVEL. SCHINDLER ELEVATOR CO. ARRIVED & MANUALLY RAISED THE ELEVATOR; MINERS EXITED ON SURFACE AT APPROX. 9:45 A.M. A BRAKE COIL WAS BAD & WAS REPLACED. ELEVATOR BACK IN WORKING ORDER APPROX. 10:30 P.M. (NOT A DESIGNATED ESCAPEWAY ELEVATOR.)