Green hope
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| Information about the mining company | |||
| Employees | 100 | ||
| Start of operation | around 1700 | ||
| End of operation | 1882 | ||
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| Degradation of | Green lead ore , zinc blende | ||
| Greatest depth | 143 m | ||
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| Coordinates | 50 ° 44 '13.7 " N , 8 ° 3' 17.5" E | ||
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| Location | Buchhellental | ||
| local community | Burbach | ||
| District ( NUTS3 ) | Siegen-Wittgenstein | ||
| country | State of North Rhine-Westphalia | ||
| Country | Germany | ||
| District | Burbach mountain area | ||
The Green Hope pit was located in the Burbacher district in the southern Siegerland . The pit was one of the larger pits and the oldest in the Buchhellertal .
Aisle means
The corridor of the pit had a length of 120 m and contained an eastern mean , western mean , cross strand and the Thalberger corridor . The corridors consisted of lead ores , zinc blende , spate iron stone and copper pebbles and were 1–2 m thick.
history
The pit was first lent around 1700, but it is most likely older. The oldest mining took place on the Hoffnungssterner aisles. The operation of the mine was not continuous. Between 1778 and 1796 it was operated by Wingertshardt , and in 1835 and 1852 the mining rights were granted again. Around 1800 an artificial shaft with a depth of up to 98 m was created. In 1865 the mine was consolidated with the Peterszeche , the most important and largest mine in the valley.
Civil engineering began in 1874. In 1863 the artificial shaft was expanded into a modern shaft, which two years later reached 84 m, but only in 1879 its depth of 143 m, after it was temporarily closed in 1870/71 due to war. Four excavation levels were created at 60, 87, 113, and 140 m. The first cable trip was carried out in 1875. At first they worked with horse pegs, later they got a steam engine. 100 members of the workforce mined green lead ore until the shutdown in 1882 .
The total production between 1874 and 1882 was 1,567 t of lead ore, 651 t of zinc ore and 185 t of copper ore. Lead ore production in the 1860s was as follows:
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See also
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 1866
- ^ Journal for the mining, smelting and salt works in the Prussian state , Berlin; Issues 1865–1870
Web links
- Gerd Bäumer: Ore mining in the Siegerland area ( Memento from November 7, 2001 in the Internet Archive )
- "Pit of the Year - The Peterszeche Pit" (offline), accessed on August 13, 2008