Zeche Am Schwaben

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Zeche Am Schwaben
General information about the mine
other names Schwabe mine
Funding / year Max. 101,836 t
Information about the mining company
Employees to 339
Start of operation 1846
End of operation 1875
Successor use Friedrich Wilhelm colliery
Funded raw materials
Degradation of Hard coal
Geographical location
Coordinates 51 ° 29 '40.9 "  N , 7 ° 29' 30.6"  E Coordinates: 51 ° 29 '40.9 "  N , 7 ° 29' 30.6"  E
Zeche Am Schwaben (Regional Association Ruhr)
Zeche Am Schwaben
Location of the Zeche Am Schwaben
Location City center-southeast
local community Dortmund
Independent city ( NUTS3 ) Dortmund
country State of North Rhine-Westphalia
Country Germany
District Ruhr area

The Zeche Am Schwaben is a former hard coal mine in Dortmund- Stadtmitte-Südost. The mine was also known as the Schwabe colliery . At times it was mistakenly called the Zeche Kluse . In the second half of the 19th century, the Am Schwaben colliery was one of the most important mines in the Arnsberg district .

history

The beginnings

In 1782 the mine was from the trades Mayor Detmar Diederich Küpfer & taken ilk. Mining activities were probably already carried out to a small extent at this point in time. Nevertheless, the field was only slightly scratched at this point. The mine was closed at the end of the 18th century. In 1803, which was on the banks of the Emscher an old tunnel ten Lachter further ascended . In addition, some old shafts have been revised a little. The reason for this work was probably the takeover of the mine. At this point in time, the Am Schwaben mine field had only been mined very little. The pit field belonged to the Küpferschen union and at that time it had been untouched for 20 years. In 1832 the entitlement claim was renewed. In 1846 the sinking of the Wilhelm shaft began. The starting point of the Wilhelm shaft was between Märkische Strasse and Kapitelwiese. Today the Westfalenpark is located in this area . The carbon was already reached at a depth of 20 meters . This year the first daytime systems were built. For dewatering a was steam engine installed. On February 25, 1848, the quarter fields Am Schwaben I and Am Schwaben II were awarded . That same year, the first was at a depth of 50 meters sole recognized. In 1852 the second level was set in the Wilhelm shaft at a depth of 100 meters. This year two Eisenstein fields were awarded. The following year, a weather shaft was built 40 meters north of the Wilhelm shaft .

The further operation

The dismantling began in 1854 , and the weather shaft was also put into operation. In the same year there was a pit fire at the mine , the cause of which was the ignition of a blower . The pit fire could be fought quickly. At that time the mine belonged to the Bochum Mining Authority district. In 1855 a water retention steam engine was installed. The machine had a cylinder 78 inches in diameter . At that time, the mine belonged to the Märkisches Bergamts district and there to the jury district Brüninghausen . This year there were considerable difficulties at the mine due to seam faults . In addition, there was a deterioration in the coal quality. In 1856 there were problems with bad weather at the mine . The preparation and installation work continued. Also in 1857 the alignment and fixture work was carried out quickly. In the same year the Wilhelm shaft was sunk deeper. The purpose of this measure was to create a second underground level . In 1858 the third level was set in the Wilhelm shaft at a depth of 162 meters. The excavation of the southern and northern crosscuts began. With the southern crosscut , a seam was penetrated, which was 28 inches in thickness and was regularly pronounced. In addition, work began on digging a further weather shaft in the southern field. The shaft was sunk to the bottom of the weather . Due to the improved ventilation of the southern part of the field, it was now possible to continue the construction of the field up to the southern marrow sheath . On the first excavation level and on the midsole, the finishing and fixture work was continued. The following year, the Wilhelm shaft was sunk to a depth of 180 meters. The swamp section was created at this level . In the same year, more severe weather occurred on the mine . In order to get this problem under control, special attention was paid to the weather management. For this purpose, the sinking of a blind shaft between the weather bed and the first underground floor was started. The alignment work on the upper levels proceeded without any problems. This year the mine had too high operating costs for the first time, until then the mine was in yield . After that, the mines' trades constantly had to pay additional fines .

The last few years until the shutdown

In 1860, the extraction work and the excavation of the cross passages on the building floors were continued. Also in this year, the due resounding weather the year before out of service taken, northern cross-cut the first Bausohle and, due to heavy water inflow deferred taken northern crosscut the second Bausohle again. Work was carried out above ground on a connecting line for horse transport through the Emschertal to the Dortmund-Soester railway. In the following year, operations at the mine continued unchanged. At a depth of 180 Lachter, a saddle was unlocked with the northern driveway on the weather bed. The north wing of this saddle fell at 22 gons , the south wing fell at 11 gons. Coal sales could be improved due to the completion of the connecting line to the Dortmund-Soest railway line. In 1862, both the northern cross passage on the second underground level and the northern cross passage on the first construction level were driven further. The northern cross passage on the first building level reached a length of 383 Lachter and the northern cross passage on the second underground level reached a length of 105 3/8 Lachter. The excavation of both cross passages was accelerated in order to open up the northern mine field to the marrow of the Neu-Düsseldorf colliery as quickly as possible. The mine operators hoped that this would give them access to the good coal from the Kroner seam section. In the following year, the northern cross passage on the first level had an approach length of 468½ Lachter. On the second level, the northern cross passage was driven up to a length of 159¾ Lachter. The weather crosscut reached an approach length of 335 1/3 Lachter. At that time, the mine was part of the Hörde mining area . In 1865 a twin winder was put into operation. The machine had an output of 180 hp and enabled a significant improvement in shaft conveyance . In 1869, despite great effort such as B. the creation of a blind shaft or a borehole for exploration to explore the deposit , do not encounter good deposit conditions. In the same year the operation of the Zeche Am Schwaben was stopped. Shortly thereafter, the rightful property was acquired by the Hohenzollern union and later the colliery was also renamed the Hohenzollern colliery. In 1872 the mine was in operation again. In 1873 the mine was finally closed. The reasons for the measure were high levels of outgassing and poor exposure. In 1875 an attempt was made to auction the mine, but this auction was unsuccessful. For this reason, the daytime facilities were demolished and the shafts filled in that same year . In 1898 the rights of the union Vorwärts, which at that time owned the Friedrich Wilhelm colliery , were added. In 1905, the rightful property went to the Freie Vogel & Unverhofft colliery .

Promotion and workforce

The first known production and workforce figures for the mine come from 1855, when 124 miners were employed in the mine, who produced 61,584 ½ Prussian tons . In 1858, 259 miners produced 183,000 Prussian tons of hard coal. In 1860 the production sank to less than 150,000 Prussian tons of hard coal. In 1862, 339 miners produced 152,168 Prussian tons of hard coal. In 1865 the production rose to 223,135 Prussian tons, this production was provided by 313 miners. The maximum production of the mine was achieved in 1868, 101,836 tons of hard coal were produced. The last known production figures for the mine are from 1869, when 700,000 bushels of hard coal were produced.

Individual evidence

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