NOTES

1 “The Ghost of The Cage, An Explanation of Otherwise Inexplicable Elevator Accidents”, Trenton Times, Trenton, NJ, 26 Mar 1901.

2 “Many Old Legends Debunked. Ghosts Hold Up Mining Work”, Oakland Tribune, Oakland, CA, 28 Oct 1936.

3 “Ghost in Coal Mine”, Manti Messenger, Manti, UT, 19 Jan 1901.

4 “Dazzling Star. Seen in a Mine Near Barnesville”, Cincinnati Enquirer, Cincinnati, OH, 25 Mar 1889

5 Het Toekomstig Leven, 15 Dec 1906, p390.

6 Illustrated Times, 22 April 1871.

7 “The Odd Corner”, Idaho Falls Times, Idaho Falls, ID, 11 Sept 1902.

8 “Superstitious Miners”, Wasatch Wave, UT, 20 May 1890; John Nicholson, Folklore of East Yorkshire, 1890, foreword.

9 “Strange Haunt of The

Refugio Mine”, An Arbor Daily Argus, Ann Arbor, MI, 19 Jan 1903. 10 Lydia Wheeler, “The Ghost of a Sonoma Mine”, San Francisco Call, San Francisco, CA, 11 April 1909.

11 “A Ghost in a Mine, Strange Apparition That Made a Miner Feel Sick”, Evening Telegram, New York, NY, 20 April 1887.

12 “Ghosts in Coal Mines”, Wheeling Register, Wheeling, WV, 19 Oct 1890.

13 Ibid.

14 “Ghosts in a Mine”, The Evening Post, Denver, CO, 21 Oct 1895.

15 “Rescued Miners Saw Strange Things During

14-Day Ordeal’, Oregon Statesman, Salem, OR, 29 Aug 1963; “We Saw Strange Things. Fellin Describes Waiting for Rescue”, Florence Morning News, Florence, SC, 29 Aug 1963.

16 “Some Myths About Mining”, Arkansas City Daily

Traveler, Arkansas City, KS, 20 April 1892. I sifted through 30 newspapers that carried the story between 1892 and 1920, but none identified the mine of the ladder dwarf.

17 “Why Underground Workers Are Superstitious”,

Palmyra Spectator, Palmyra, MO, 24 Mar 1920.

18 “Spectre Orders 300 Miners To Walk Out’, Des Moines Daily News, Des Moines, IA, 16 March 1913.