Adolph-Helene mine
Adolph-Helene mine | |||
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General information about the mine | |||
Linen in decline | |||
other names | Adolf-Helene mine | ||
Funding / total | 384,000 t | ||
Information about the mining company | |||
Operating company | Barbarasegen Stolberger Zink union |
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End of operation | 1959 | ||
Funded raw materials | |||
Degradation of | Lead, zinc, silver and copper ore | ||
Geographical location | |||
Coordinates | 49 ° 59 '40.5 " N , 7 ° 17' 7.7" E | ||
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local community | Altlay | ||
District ( NUTS3 ) | District of Cochem-Zell | ||
country | State of Rhineland-Palatinate | ||
Country | Germany |
The Adolph-Helene mine, also called Adolf-Helene, is a disused ore mine in the Altlayer Bachtal north of Altlay in the Hunsrück in Rhineland-Palatinate .
description
To 1959 was in Altlay in the pit Adolph-Helene by the union Barbara blessing among other things, lead - zinc - silver - and copper ore mined . It is estimated that a total of 384,000 tons of raw ore were mined. There was also a small railway from the mine to Zell for shipping the mined ores.
In 1957, the Adolph-Helene mine was leased to Stolberger Zink , which, however, ceased operations two years later. A sharp drop in the price of ores made it unprofitable. Although the prices later rose again, the recommissioning of the disused mine was not worthwhile.
Today only the remains of the former industrial facilities are visible. The headframe was dismantled in the 1960s, the remaining buildings are left to decay.
literature
- Johannes Stets: On the mineralization of non-ferrous metals in the Hunsrück using the example of the deposits near Altlay . In: Hunsrückverein eV (Ed.): Yearbook . Bonn 2010.
- Simone Bey: The ore mine "Adolph Helene" in Altlay . In: Yearbook . Cochem-Zell district 1990.
Web links
- Mineral Atlas - Adolf-Helene Mine. Retrieved June 26, 2014 .
- The Altlayer mine and its people : cine film from 1954 about the Barbarasegen mine.
- Here are the witnesses of the last generation ore mine Barbarasegen from 1954 to 1974 : Altlay Bergmann Barbarasegen