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* EitherOrTitle: While pretty easy to identify you may find translations of this story as "The Mines of Falun", "The Mines at Falun" or "The Mines in Falun".
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* BittersweetEnding: Elis dies on his wedding day in a mine cave-in, but Torbern tells Ulla she will see him again one year. Which she does, his dead preserved body so that she can die touching him and be bured together. 50 years later on the supposed wedding day.

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* BittersweetEnding: Elis dies on his wedding day in a mine cave-in, but Torbern tells Ulla she will see him again one year. Which she does, or at least his dead preserved body so that she can die body. She dies touching him and be bured together. they are buried together 50 years later on the supposed wedding day.



* GhostStory: Elis gets told the truth aout Torbern as turns out to be one.
* GodSaveUsFromTheQueen: Apparently there is a Queen of the underground that if you pledge your loyalty and live to she will help you find the right spots to dig out ores and minerals.

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* GhostStory: Elis gets told the truth aout about Torbern as turns out to be one.
* GodSaveUsFromTheQueen: Apparently there is a Queen of the underground that if you pledge your loyalty and live life to she will help you find the right spots to dig out ores and minerals.



* TheUglyGuysHotDaughter: While not dwelled upon, most of the cast are old miners, and Ulla is obviously pretty nice to look at. So she's probably this.

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* TheUglyGuysHotDaughter: While not dwelled dwelt upon, most of the cast are old miners, and Ulla is obviously pretty nice to look at. So she's probably this.
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The Mines of Falun (or The Mines At Falun) is another short story written by Creator/ETAHoffmann. In yet another tale he spins a haunting tale with a bit of Mindscrew for good measure.

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The "The Mines of Falun Falun" (or The "The Mines At Falun) Falun") is another short story written by Creator/ETAHoffmann. In yet another tale he spins a haunting tale with a bit of Mindscrew for good measure.
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The Mines of Falun is another short story written by Creator/ETAHoffmann. In yet another tale he spins a haunting tale with a bit of Mindscrew for good measure.

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The Mines of Falun (or The Mines At Falun) is another short story written by Creator/ETAHoffmann. In yet another tale he spins a haunting tale with a bit of Mindscrew for good measure.
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The Mines of Falun is another short story written by Creator/ETAHoffmann. In yet another tale he spins a haunting tale with a bit of Mindscrew for good measure.

Our story follows a young man, Elis Frobom who is not happy with his life as a seaman anymore. He listens to a weird old guy about going to be a miner. What could possibly go wrong? Maybe if the guy is a ghost miner and he's about to be torn between love and career.

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!!This story provides examples of:
* AbandonedMine: Well more like a Haunted Mine, but do to certain quakes it does become abandoned from time to time.
* AllJustADream: Elis has a strange dream, that never really happened. It just happened to be symbolic to what would happen.
* ArrangedMarriage: Pehrson Dahlsjö pretends to put his daughter Ulla into one, but it's only really a trick to test if Elis really loves her.
* BittersweetEnding: Elis dies on his wedding day in a mine cave-in, but Torbern tells Ulla she will see him again one year. Which she does, his dead preserved body so that she can die touching him and be bured together. 50 years later on the supposed wedding day.
* DidNotGetTheGirl: Zig-zagged. He is going to marry the girl. But dies before he can. But she gets to die next to his dead preserved body so they could be buried together on their supposed wedding day (50 years later). So who "got" what, is a MindScrew.
* GhostStory: Elis gets told the truth aout Torbern as turns out to be one.
* GodSaveUsFromTheQueen: Apparently there is a Queen of the underground that if you pledge your loyalty and live to she will help you find the right spots to dig out ores and minerals.
* MagicRealism: It's a realistic set piece of well, the Mines of Falun, with ghosts and mythology involved.
* MindScrew: How much is in the mind Elis or it all supernatural hijinks.
* OurGhostsAreDifferent: Torbern is a ghost miner who will goad new miners to join the crew and tries to convince Elis to abandon the upper world and devote himself to the supposed queen of the underground.
* PutOnABus: The girl at the bar at the beginning of the story seems to be a fake set up as she does tell Elis he won't see her again in a week. But we never hear from her again for the rest of the story, period.
* TheUglyGuysHotDaughter: While not dwelled upon, most of the cast are old miners, and Ulla is obviously pretty nice to look at. So she's probably this.
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