Arago pit
| Arago pit | |||
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| General information about the mine | |||
 with old man 12./13. Century (above) |
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| Mining technology | Civil engineering | ||
| Information about the mining company | |||
| Start of operation | 1873 | ||
| End of operation | unknown | ||
| Funded raw materials | |||
| Degradation of | Zinc , lead , copper , iron | ||
| Geographical location | |||
| Coordinates | 50 ° 57 '0.7 " N , 7 ° 14' 55.1" E | ||
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| Location | Steinenbrück | ||
| local community | Overath | ||
| ( NUTS3 ) | Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis | ||
| country | State of North Rhine-Westphalia | ||
| Country | Germany | ||
| District | Bensberg ore district | ||
The Arago mine is a former non-ferrous metal ore mine in the Bensberg ore district in Overath . It was found in the village of Heidermühle in Steinenbrück .
history
Johann Friedrich Stuewer was born on the 12./14. March 1853, the presumption Henriette on mountains Hinder mountain in Overath to lead - and copper ores , iris and Eisenstein . On July 1, 1853, the building worthiness of the deposit was confirmed. A short time later he sold the rights he had acquired to the Rheinische Bergwerk-Gesellschaft Saturn zu Cöln . This was given the mountain property as Längenfeld on January 4, 1854 under the new name Arago on lead and copper ore as well as on blende and iron ores. The conversion into a square field took place with award certificates on June 29, 1866 in the "communities Löderich, Balken and Heiliger" . On December 1, 1873, the “ Société Anonyme des Mines et Fonderies de Zinc de la Vieille-Montagne ” founded in 1837 by the Belgian banker and industrialist François-Dominique Mosselman became the new owner.
Operation and facilities
The Arago mine was between Großhurden, Bech and Heiligenhaus. There was a deep tunnel about 100 meters west of Heidermühle 7a, through which the material was also extracted. It included a dump near the houses on Grabenstrasse, which has been removed. There was also a preparation there . Then there was an upper tunnel on the northern mountain slope behind the houses of Heidermühle, which is no longer accessible. In the wooded steep slope you can find several pings from old mining and one ping from an air shaft . There is no information about the operational activities. However, the existing traces show that mining here took place in the Middle Ages at the latest .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Herbert Stahl (editor): Das Erbe des Erzes, Volume 5, New news and stories about the ore district of Bensberg , Bergisch Gladbach 2014, ISBN 978-3-00-044826-3 , p. 30 f.