Bruno II pit
Bruno II pit | |||
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General information about the mine | |||
Mining technology | Civil engineering | ||
Information about the mining company | |||
Start of operation | 1859 | ||
End of operation | 1929 | ||
Funded raw materials | |||
Degradation of | Copper , zinc , iron , pyrites | ||
Geographical location | |||
Coordinates | 50 ° 57 '26 " N , 7 ° 21' 27.2" E | ||
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Location | Niederhof | ||
local community | Engelskirchen | ||
( NUTS3 ) | Oberbergischer Kreis | ||
country | State of North Rhine-Westphalia | ||
Country | Germany | ||
District | Bensberg ore district |
The Bruno II mine is a former non-ferrous metal ore mine in the Bensberg ore district in the Loope district of Engelskirchen . At times it was also called the Neu-Moresnet 16 pit . The mine field was in the vicinity of Niederhof .
history
The Bruno II mine was muted for the first time on August 8, 1859. This led to an award on December 26, 1859. Obviously there had been disagreements; for on November 10, 1860, further negotiations took place, which resulted in a renewed decision on May 25, 1861. This was followed by the award of copper , zinc , iron and pebbles on June 26, 1861 to 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 .
Operation and facilities
Nothing is known about the first period of operation. Around 1900 the pit was opened up by two shafts . Shaft I had the year 1900, shaft II the year 1906 as the date of commissioning. Mining was carried out on the 51- meter level and on the 91-meter level. The dismantling was stopped again in 1908.
In 1924 the mine was put back into operation. A three-kilometer-long cable car carried the conveyed material to the processing plant of the Castor mine for further processing . In 1926 the pile was 7,350 tons. With increasing depth the flow decreased so that the operation was stopped in 1931.
literature
- Wilhelm Kippels: Memories from my life along with legends and stories from my homeland, dedicated to my children, Niederhof, August 5, 1936 , edited and edited by Peter Wicharz, Engelskirchen-Loope 1984
- Alfred Nehls: All wealth lay in the earth, The history of mining in the Oberbergischer Kreis , Verlag Gronenberg, Gummersbach 1993, ISBN 3-88265-180-6
Individual evidence
- ^ A b Karl-Heinz Lüdenbach: Die Grube Castor and Bruno II , in: Loope, a home book , ed. Citizens and Heimatverein Loope eV, Loope 2012, p. 180 f. ISBN 978-3-87314-473-6
- ^ A b c Carl-Heinz Kalthoff and Heinz Lehmann: Expert opinion on the mining fields of the Vieille Montagne Altenberg and Silberkaule in the Federal Republic of Germany, Volume 1, Overath 1983, p. 99 f.
Web links
- Stock 80 Aktiengesellschaft des Altenbergs für Bergbau und Zinkhüttenbetrieb, Overath-Untereschbach (Rhineland), accessed on October 25, 2014