Cornish miners believed that creatures known as “Tommyknockers” lived in gold and silver mines. It makes sense that superstitious miners in the old days, with their oil lanterns and wide eyes ...

Tommyknockers, like the Irish equivalent Leprechauns, are wee people who shared the underground with superstitious Cornish miners. Miners hear eerie sounds working underground. Sounds made by the ...

While the mines brought an economic change to Colorado, it also came with an urban legend known as the Tommyknockers. Local legend: How a farmer’s mistake made Sloans Lake .

While the mines brought an economic change to Colorado, it also came with an urban legend known as the Tommyknockers. Local legend: How a farmer’s mistake made Sloans Lake ...