Polbreen Mine, near St.
Agnes, is haunted by the wraith of a woman named
"Dorcas" who committed suicide at the mine.
St. Ives Consols
Mine also possessed a similar spirit who appeared in
the shape of a woman, dressed all in black, being
much muffled up at the face, appearing in the
vicinity of Wheal Mary shaft. This story is told of
her:
The miners had
vowed to obtain 'mouth speech' with the spirit
but without success.
One day, a man
shouted to her: "Thee'rt a great fool to
stand there frightening people like thee dost,
and never answerin' nothen when they do spake to
thee."
Hardly were the
words out of his mouth when a sudden gust of wind
blew off his hat. On turning to pick it up, he
was astonished to see that it had utterly
disappeared; and turning back to the figure, that
it too had disappeared likewise.
The next
morning, the hat was found close to the
shaft-torn to sheds and quite useless.
The miner's
plain speaking had had its effect apparently,
because the spirit was never again seen at the
mine.
