Altenberg mine
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| Rare minerals | Barite , tetrahedrite | ||
| Information about the mining company | |||
| Start of operation | January 2, 1571 | ||
| End of operation | 1914 | ||
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| Degradation of | Iron ore , lead ore , pale ore | ||
| Greatest depth | 271.5 m | ||
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| Coordinates | 51 ° 0 '22 " N , 8 ° 0' 28" E | ||
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| Location | Burgholdinghausen | ||
| local community | Kreuztal | ||
| District ( NUTS3 ) | Siegen-Wittgenstein | ||
| country | State of North Rhine-Westphalia | ||
| Country | Germany | ||
| District | Mountain area Müsen | ||
The Altenberg mine (formerly St. Johannes ) is a disused mine in the district of Burgholdinghausen , a district of Kreuztal in the northern Siegerland . The mine was one of the most important in the Müsen district .
Gauge and ore grade
The main means Altenberger Gang was almost 350 m long and up to 46 m thick. The corridor contained galena and zinc blende with copper and pyrites as well as silver-bearing pale ore . The transition Prince William was "only" 50 meters long and up to 1 m thick, but it contained as going Prinz Friedrich purer lead ores as the Altenberger transition and sphalerite, siderite and small amounts of Fahl- and copper ores , pyrites and Spießglanzbleierz . The Prince Friedrich corridor was 15-20 m long, 1-2 m thick and contained roughly the same ore as the Prince Wilhelm corridor . 100 kg of lead ore contained approx. 80-100 g of silver and had a lead content of 70 to 73%.
history
On January 2, 1571, the St. John's pit was opened . In 1579 the production was stopped again. Two old tunnels, which already fell into disrepair in 1885, point to very old mining, which is probably older than 1571. In 1722 the deep tunnel of the pit reached a length of 420 m at a depth of 92 m underground. The total length of the tunnel was later 870 m. The upper gallery was built 72 m above it in 1836 . The Prinz Wilhelm tunnel was built 49 m above the deep tunnel . In 1751 a 150 Kux strong union was founded and the production in the mine started again.
A machine shaft was built as early as 1863. This reached 8 m in the same year and 66 m in the following year. It had a size of 2 × 4 m and a later depth of 271.5 m. In 1867 a steam engine was purchased for extraction. After the closure it was backfilled.
In 1914 the production at Altenberg was stopped. In 1923 the "Bergbau-Aktiengesellschaft Lothringen" bought the property " Victoria -Altenberg".
Delivery rates
Here are some delivery rates of the pit:
Lead ore
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Zinc ore
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In contrast to neighboring mines, the ore production was sparse. For example, in 1857 1.2 t and in 1859 2.2 t of fahler ore were mined. In 1885, in spite of the relatively high lead ore and zinc blend production, the pale ore production reached 15 t, while the Heinrichssegen mine, not far away, came to over 500 t of pale ore. Pure copper ores were not mined at all in the specified years.
Consolidation pits
Consolidations existed with various pits in the area.
- Silberardt in Littfeld . The pit was also mentioned for the first time on January 2, 1571. A tunnel cut in 1720 had a length of 1330 m. Ore was mined through a shaft at a depth of 94 m.
- Tiefenthal in Müsen. The first mention of the mine was on September 23, 1858.
- Wild man in Müsen. The mine had its ore deposits in the corridor of the same name and was first mentioned in 1717, in 1897 the mine came to Altenberg.
literature
- T. Hundt, G. Gerlach, F. Roth, W. Schmidt: Description of the mountain areas Siegen I, Siegen II, Burbach & Müsen ; Bonn 1887
Individual evidence
- ^ Journal for the mining, smelting and salt works in the Prussian state , Berlin; Issues 1864/1865
- ^ Journal for the mining, smelting and salt works in the Prussian state , Berlin; Issues 1868
- ^ Journal for the mining, smelting and salt works in the Prussian state , Berlin; Issues 1858–1870
- ↑ a b F. M. Simmersbach: History of mining in the Siegerland region, Bochum / Berlin 1881 (PDF; 243 kB)
See also
Web links
- Gerd Bäumer: Ore mining in the Siegerland area ( Memento from November 7, 2001 in the Internet Archive )