Bergsegen mine
| Bergsegen mine | |||
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| Information about the mining company | |||
| Start of operation | 1847 | ||
| End of operation | 1897 | ||
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| Degradation of | Zinc cover / lead gloss | ||
| Degradation of | Galena | ||
| Geographical location | |||
| Coordinates | 50 ° 54 '49 " N , 7 ° 12' 18.2" E | ||
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| Location | Hope valley | ||
| local community | Rösrath | ||
| District ( NUTS3 ) | Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis | ||
| country | State of North Rhine-Westphalia | ||
| Country | Germany | ||
| District | Bensberg ore district | ||
The Bergsegen mine is a former non-ferrous metal ore mine in the Bensberg ore district in Rösrath in the Hopesthal district . The Bergsegen mine field extended in the vicinity of the sports field between the Bleifelfield and Hofferhofer Straße.
history
The Bergsegen mine field was awarded on November 10, 1847, initially after "stretched field" . In the course of the next few years further discoveries were made in a tunnel , the mining of which was not covered by this award . Therefore, on October 1, 1853, there was renewed speculation of blende , lead and copper ore and pebbles as a quarter field in the area between Mühlendorf and Brüngsbach. The award was made on May 13, 1855 as requested. The extraction of copper ore and pyrites was of no economic importance. For a lead and zinc ore deposit found north of today's open-air swimming pool, an application for expansion was made on October 1, 1865 under the name of exchange. The corresponding award took place on June 15, 1867. Another mutation under the name Exchange II on copper ores from December 23, 1868 led to a consolidation of the two fields under the common name of exchange on February 15, 1869 . It was soon noticed that the exchange deposit continued to the east in parts of the Lüderich mine field. In the case of a square, the mountain rights with the marrow sheath go vertically into the eternal depth . For the further mining, the neighbor Grube Lüderich now needed the consent of a partial field assignment to the mine operator of the pit exchange and contact the Altenberg company accordingly. The result of the negotiations was as follows: The Altenberg company ceded the part of the field in question to the Saturn company. In return, the Altenberg company received the entire Arago mine field. This agreement took effect on 22 January 1869 in force and was on 31 May in 1869 by the Mining Office confirmed Bonn. On April 27, 1871, the mining fields exchange, Bergsegen and the part of the field ceded from the Lüderich mining field were consolidated under the common name Bergsegen.
Operation and facilities
Civil engineering
Civil engineering began as early as 1854 . In 1856 a machine shaft was sunk to a depth of 46 m. The initially good results of the near-surface mining deteriorated in the greater depths as early as 1860. In 1863 only removal and installation work was carried out on the 74-m level , whereby the ore materials were found in a fairly coarse quality. In the following years the Bergsegen mine did not gain any major importance. The ore was roughened in the depths . Therefore, the actual mining always took place in the upper levels. In around 1870, the extraction work was mainly carried out on the 36 m level. By 1883, however, the yields deteriorated more and more.
After the Saturn company went into liquidation, the Bergsegen mine was taken over on May 27, 1884 by the joint stock company for mining, lead and zinc production in Stolberg and in Westphalia . Mining flared up again due to major investments. So you penetrated as far as the 92 m level, but had to stop operations in 1897 forever.
The processing
Above the deep tunnel on the slopes of the Brungsbach and the Blecherbach, a processing plant was built in 1854 . Where these two streams converged, a collecting pond was created to store the water. Below that, a 30-foot water wheel powered the machines. It was expressly pointed out that only the water from the Brungsbach and Blecherbach could be used to operate the waterwheel in order not to come into conflict with a neighboring miller.
literature
- Emil Buff: Description of the Deutz mountain district. Bonn 1882.
- History Association Rösrath eV, Mining in the Bergisches Land, examples of mining traces between Sülz and Wahnbach, Rösrath 2002, ISBN 3-922413-52-8
- Herbert Stahl (editor), Gerhard Geurts , Hans-Dieter Hilden, Herbert Ommer , Siegfried Raimann: Das Erbe des Erzes, Volume 4, Der Lüderich , Bergisch Gladbach 2008, ISBN 3-932326-52-0
Individual evidence
- ^ Herbert Stahl (editor), Gerhard Geurts, Hans-Dieter Hilden, Herbert Ommer, Siegfried Raimann: Das Erbe des Erzes, Volume 4, Der Lüderich , Bergisch Gladbach 2008, ISBN 3-932326-52-0 , p. 108ff.
- ↑ likewise