Old Dreisbach
| Old Dreisbach | |||
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| General information about the mine | |||
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| Information about the mining company | |||
| Employees | 308 (1913) | ||
| Start of operation | 1465 | ||
| End of operation | June 15, 1928 | ||
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| Degradation of | Iron ore | ||
| Greatest depth | 850 m | ||
| Geographical location | |||
| Coordinates | 50 ° 51 '24.6 " N , 7 ° 59' 36.8" E | ||
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| Location | Niederelden | ||
| local community | Wins | ||
| District ( NUTS3 ) | Siegen-Wittgenstein | ||
| country | State of North Rhine-Westphalia | ||
| Country | Germany | ||
| District | Bergrevier Siegen I | ||
The old Dreisbach mine was a mine in Niederschelden (" Dreisbach " area) in Siegerland . The pit consisted of 14 consolidated individual fields.
Aisle means
The pit was built on six corridors , of which the “western middle” and the “hanging corridor” formed the largest. The “western middle” was 145 m long and 1.5–4 m thick, while the “hanging corridor” was only 58 m long, but was up to 5 m thick. In addition to the two largest corridors, there was also the "Kunstschachter Gang" (64 m long, 1-3 m thick), the Werner Gang (35 m long, 1-3 m thick), the Schläfer Gang (115 m long, 0, 25–2.25 m thick) and the Schläfer Quertrumm (28 m long, 0.75–2 m thick). All information occurred in the 120 m level. The veins consisted mostly of spate iron stone with small amounts of copper and cobalt ore .
history
| year | advancement |
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| 1855 | 2,960 t |
| 1870 | 6,688 t |
| 1878 | 15,000 t |
| 1885 | 22,534 t |
| 1894 | 22,916 t |
| 1903 | 25,034 t |
| 1926 | 45,600 t |
The mine has existed since 1465 and is therefore significantly older than the average of the pits in Siegerland. There were new awards on November 28, 1838 and February 16, 1876.
Civil engineering began in 1865 . The shaft that was created was 2.7 × 3.7 m in size, 850 m deep and is now partially filled. On the 6th level (222 m) the corridor ran in the direction of “Brandzeche” (Gosenbach), on the 11th level in the direction of “Eichert” (Eiserfeld / Salchendorf) and on the 12th level in the direction of “Höllenwald”. In 1867 the shaft had reached a depth of 31 m, and the machine and boiler house were built in the same year.
From 1855 onwards, the mine increased its iron ore production eightfold within 30 years to over 22,000 t of ore in 1885 (see table). In 1879 the pit got the Siegerland's first cable car . This led from the pit to the Eiserfeld train station. In 1912 a new mine house was built. The mine had 156 employees in 1885, by 1913 the number had doubled to 308. On June 15, 1928, it was closed, although two thirds of the ore reserves were still standing.
Attached pits
- Alter Eichert , first awarded on June 17, 1797
- Amalie , first awarded on January 7, 1867
- Fortuna , first awarded on May 17, 1827
- Heidenberg , Siegen , * July 17, 1857
- Julie , Niederschelden , born October 13, 1874, belonged to the mine from February 16, 1876.
- Junge Eichert , first awarded in 1798
- Marshal , first awarded on August 26, 1856
- Schneider , Siegen, consolidation on September 26, 1850
- Werner , first awarded on October 6, 1837
See also
literature
- Helmut Forneberg, Martin Jung: The copper and iron stone mine Alte Dreisbach - The chronicle of a Siegerland mine , Siegen 2001.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e f T. Hundt, G. Gerlach, F. Roth, W. Schmidt: Description of the mountain areas Siegen I, Siegen II, Burbach & Müsen ; Bonn 1887
- ^ Journal for the mining, smelting and salt works in the Prussian state , Berlin; Edition 1857
- ^ Journal for the mining, smelting and salt works in the Prussian state , Berlin; Edition 1871
- ^ FM Simmersbach: History of mining in the Siegerland region, Bochum / Berlin 1881 (PDF; 243 kB)
- ^ Journal for the mining, smelting and salt works in the Prussian state , Berlin; Edition 1895
- ^ A b Hans Dietrich Gleichmann: Der Füssenberg - The great time of the Siegerland iron ore mining , Bertelsmann Fachzeitschriften-Verlag Gütersloh, 1994.
- ^ A b Journal for the mining, smelting and salt works in the Prussian state , Berlin; Issues 1866/1868
Web links
- Gerd Bäumer: Ore mining in the Siegerland area ( Memento from November 7, 2001 in the Internet Archive )