Beneath Hněvín, in the area later occupied by Jezerní Street, stood Most’s largest coal mine, called the Golden Three. Originally there were said to be three shafts, which eventually joined. It was called golden because it allegedly contained a gold vein as well as coal seams. A tale tells of a local miner visited underground by a sprite who asked him to shoe his companions’ horses. As a reward the miner received an apron full of straw. He placed it outside the Capuchin monastery, where it turned to gold by the following day. The poor were given the treasure; only the last two gold coins remained for the miner and his wife.
Location and map
- Place
- Most
- Municipality / starting point
- Most
- District / region
- Not stated in the sources
- Country
- Not specified in the sources
- Distance and direction
- 35 km SW of Ústí nad Labem
Beneath Hněvín, in the area later occupied by Jezerní Street, stood Most’s largest coal mine, called the Golden Three. Originally there were said to be three shafts, which eventually joined. It was called golden because it allegedly contained a gold vein as well as coal seams. A tale tells of a local miner visited underground by a sprite who asked him to…
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Sources of the original atlas Tajemná místa · page 227
This legend preserves a folk tale. Its motifs do not constitute evidence of supernatural events.