Mining is an ancient profession, and along with the back-breaking work and dangers of working in the dark underground come century-old superstitions, the most notable being that of the Tommyknockers. These impish, gnome-like men are the Cornish equivalent of Irish leprechauns and English brownies. Germans called them Berggeister or Bergmännlein, meaning “mountain ghosts” or “little … Continue reading Tommyknockers of the Western Mines