Pit Eagle
| Pit Eagle | |||
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| General information about the mine | |||
 lithograph from 1855 |
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| Information about the mining company | |||
| Start of operation | 1843 | ||
| End of operation | unknown | ||
| Funded raw materials | |||
| Degradation of | Lead , zinc , copper | ||
| Geographical location | |||
| Coordinates | 50 ° 39 '25.3 " N , 7 ° 16' 17.1" E | ||
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| Location | Melt valley | ||
| local community | Bad Honnef | ||
| District ( NUTS3 ) | Rhein-Sieg district | ||
| country | State of North Rhine-Westphalia | ||
| Country | Germany | ||
The Adler mine is a former non-ferrous metal ore mine in the Schmelztal valley halfway between Bad Honnef and Aegidienberg in the Rhein-Sieg district in North Rhine-Westphalia .
history
The first documentary mention of the Adler mine dates back to November 10, 1843. This is the award document with the prospecting rights for lead , zinc and copper ores to Christian Rhodius from Linz , which was renewed on July 28, 1851. The pit was a narrow length field . On December 29, 1852, the Paris company Donon, Aubryet Company became new owners. She sold the mine on August 3, 1853 to the Society for Rhenish Mining and Steelworks in Cologne . Since October 1853 the “ Société Anonyme des Mines et Fonderies de Zinc de la Vieille-Montagne ” (AG des Altenbergs) , founded in 1837 by the Belgian banker and industrialist François-Dominique Mosselman , was the new owner and remained so for the future. Due to a conversion application from October 2, 1865, the original length field was converted into a quarter field on December 16, 1866 .
Operation and facilities
The vein was about one meter thick. The ores were initially conveyed through a 50 meter long tunnel . This was followed by a 15-meter deep tunnel scale, which in 1850 already 175 meters into the mountain propelled had. The mine had a total of three tunnels and two shafts .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Christian Reinhard Kieß and Klemens Dormagen: Mining between Schmelztal, Aegidienberg, Brüngsberg, Nonnenberg and Quirrenbach. In: From Wasserkunst and Pingen (= ore mining in the Rhein-Sieg district and its surroundings. Part 1). Rheinlandia Verlag, Siegburg 2005, p. 23 f., ISBN 3-935005-95-4 .