Copernicus pit
| Copernicus pit | |||
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| General information about the mine | |||
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| Information about the mining company | |||
| Start of operation | 1860 | ||
| End of operation | unknown | ||
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| Degradation of | Lead / zinc | ||
| Degradation of | zinc | ||
| Geographical location | |||
| Coordinates | 50 ° 56 '17.5 " N , 7 ° 7' 38.9" E | ||
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| Location | Cologne-Rath / Heumar | ||
| local community | Cologne | ||
| Independent city ( NUTS3 ) | Cologne | ||
| country | State of North Rhine-Westphalia | ||
| Country | Germany | ||
| District | Bensberg ore district | ||
The Copernicus mine was a non-ferrous metal ore mine in the Bensberg ore district in Cologne in the Cologne-Rath / Heumar district . The Copernicus mining field extended in the Königsforst in a high forest near the Rennweg.
history
On October 2, 1857, Gustav Roetzel made a request for encouragement under the name Sultan. Two further assumptions for the pit fields Sultan II and Sultan III date from October 24, 1857. In the field inspection on April 12, 1858, the building worthiness could not be proven. After further prospecting , Roetzel submitted a new request for encouragement on September 12, 1859. According to a new field inspection on 27 October 1860, took place ceremony on lead and - zinc ores under the new name Copernicus.
Operation and facilities
There are two large heaps and several pings in the area . Nothing is known about the operational activities because the files do not contain any relevant information.
literature
- Herbert Stahl (editor): The legacy of ore. Volume 5, New News and Stories about the Bensberg ore district . Bergisch Gladbach 2014, ISBN 978-3-00-044826-3 , p. 17 f.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Herbert Ommer , mining relics in the Königsforst , in: Bergbau im Bergisches Land, examples of mining traces between Sülz and Wahnbach , series of the history association Rösrath eV, Volume 32, Rösrath 2002, pp. 185ff., ISBN 3-922413-52- 8th