Eupel (iron ore mine)
| Eupel Pit | |||
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| General information about the mine | |||
| Funding / total | 3.9 million tons of iron ore | ||
| Rare minerals | Chalcopyrite , dolomite | ||
| Information about the mining company | |||
| Employees | 474 (500) | ||
| Start of operation | before 1652 | ||
| End of operation | February 28, 1964 | ||
| Funded raw materials | |||
| Degradation of | Iron ore | ||
| Greatest depth | 632 m | ||
| Geographical location | |||
| Coordinates | 50 ° 47 '26 " N , 7 ° 46' 54" E | ||
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| Location | Niederhövels | ||
| local community | Hövels | ||
| District ( NUTS3 ) | Altenkirchen | ||
| country | State of Rhineland-Palatinate | ||
| Country | Germany | ||
| District | Bergrevier Hamm an der Sieg | ||
The pit Eupel was an iron ore mine in Lower Hövels in district Altenkirchen in Rhineland-Palatinate .
Vein resources and ore deposits
The iron content in the mined siderite (Spateisenstein) was 36.18% in samples. The corridor of the pit, opened in 1885, was 130 m long and 5–10 m thick. They led spar and brown iron stone in the upper depths of up to 25 m, including spate iron stone.
history
The name Eupel was first mentioned in a document on January 26, 1652 . The mine works are said to be much older, however. On December 30, 1793, the pit was muted again. The "deep tunnel" was created in 1803. It brought a depth of 40 m underground. After a break in operations, the mine was lent again in 1859. A year later the decision was made to go underground and began to sink a shaft. The first cable trip took place in 1872 . In the same year Krupp took over the mine.
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In 1884 the mine produced a meager 11,579 t of spate iron stone and 378 t of copper ore. In 1885 the shaft reached a depth of 147 m. In 20, 54, 94 and 132 m each it was equipped with a foundation floor. The shaft had a 73 HP steam engine for extraction and one with 58 HP for drainage. The rope journey took place at a speed of 1 m / s, the hauling rope was 23 mm thick. There was a 930 m long horse tram to Niederhövels station. The lent field size of the pit was 11,844.5 m². In 1894 the production was stopped.
It was not until 1915 that funding was resumed. In 1930 new conveying and processing systems were built. In 1952 there was a consolidation with the Glücksstern and Rasselskaute mines (see also below), the Eupel-Glücksstern-Rasselskaute association was formed . From 1953 the Eupel mine belonged to " Erzbergbau Siegerland AG ". In the 1950s, due to the general situation in mining in Siegerland, some modernizations followed. Electric scrapers were purchased, trackless loading machines, mechanical locks for the lintel rollers, improved processing and the switch to rack and container conveyance ("skip conveyance") increased underground output from 2 to 4 t per person and shift by 1963. The mine became the most modern operation in the district. The total depth at the end was 632 m. 474 members of the workforce had worked until February 28, 1964, when the mine was closed . The headframe was demolished on September 19, 1968. The total production was 3.9 million t ore, the residual ore in the mountain is estimated at around 8.4 million t.
Consolidations
- The Glücksstern mine (consolidation 1952) was first mentioned on May 29, 1961. The shaft built in 1940 had a depth of 480 m, was oval, 4.18 × 2.17 m, and was not backfilled after it was closed . With the blind shaft , the total depth was 563 m. In 1955, 89,510 t of iron ore were mined. 293 workers became unemployed when the mine closed on February 28, 1964.
- Rasselskaute (consolidation 1952) was a mine operated from 1740 to 1964 in Schönstein / Niederhövels. New was dismantled from 1937. Civil engineering began in 1870. The first shaft was built in 1870. It had a depth of 210 m. Shaft 2 was built in 1938, the first cable car ride was on May 27, 1938. The depth was 555 m. From 1940 there was a cable car to the Alte Hütte in Wissen. 200 workers worked in the mine until it was closed on February 28, 1964.
- Friedrich (Consolidation 1953): awarded in 1803; Consolidated in 1817 from Steckensteiner Wald and Arzbach . Civil engineering was carried out from 1867 to a depth of 830 m. In 1953 it was shut down and until February 21, 1964 it belonged to the Eupel mine.
- Goldkaule : Before 1805 the Goldkaule mine was created. It was operated from 1900 to 1912 and from 1916 to 1924. A shaft was built in 1916–1920. It was 2.7 × 2.5 m and had a depth of 290 m. The mine had 154 staff members.
- Prince Wilhelm was first mentioned on August 16, 1860.
- Rasselskaute I and II in Schönstein were laid out on July 8, 1878.
- Thusnelda was laid out on February 19, 1874.
- Zacharias was created on March 20, 1865. A consolidation with Zöller's hope took place on August 18, 1877.
See also
literature
- Ute Bosbach: Searching for traces in Eisenland - On the way on ore roads and miners ' paths, amadeusmedien, November 2006. ISBN 3-9808936-8-5
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d G. Wolf: Description of the mountain district Hamm an der Sieg ; Bonn 1885
- ^ Journal for the mining, smelting and salt works in the Prussian state , Berlin; Edition 1868
- ^ Journal for the mining, smelting and salt works in the Prussian state , Berlin; Edition 1871
- ^ A b c Hans Dietrich Gleichmann: Der Füssenberg - The great time of the Siegerland iron ore mining , Bertelsmann Fachzeitschriften-Verlag Gütersloh, 1994.
Web links
- Gerd Bäumer: Ore mining in the Siegerland area ( Memento from November 7, 2001 in the Internet Archive )
