Elberfeld mine
| Elberfeld mine | |||
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| General information about the mine | |||
| Information about the mining company | |||
| Start of operation | 1890 | ||
| End of operation | unknown | ||
| Funded raw materials | |||
| Degradation of | Zinc / lead , copper | ||
| Degradation of | Lead , copper | ||
| Geographical location | |||
| Coordinates | 50 ° 56 '21.3 " N , 7 ° 9' 40.3" E | ||
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| Location | Königsforst | ||
| local community | Bergisch Gladbach | ||
| District ( NUTS3 ) | Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis | ||
| country | State of North Rhine-Westphalia | ||
| Country | Germany | ||
| District | Bensberg ore district | ||
The Elberfeld mine was a non-ferrous metal ore mine in the Bensberg ore district in Bergisch Gladbach in the Kaule district . The Grubenfeld Direktion Elberfeld extended in the Königsforst around the old embankment about 600 meters north of the old Forsbach train station.
history
The presumption of the mining area Directorate Elberfeld from May 28, 1889 is the construction of the railway from Bensberg to Rösrath back where they came across ores. It was provided by the Elberfeld Railway Directorate and had the following wording:
" During the earthworks for the branch line Bensberg - Immekeppel in the fiscal forest district Königsforst, municipality Bensberg-Honschaft, hall 1, about 900 m NE of the" Siebenwege "(Wegestern an der Kaisereiche ), 850 m S of the Holzerbach and 850 m WNW of " Schwiegelshohn " found zinc, lead and copper ores 2 to 3 m below the surface. Since the site is reportedly in the open field , I hereby apply for a speculation on the ore types mentioned under the name "Direktion Elberfeld". "
The following award document for the extraction of lead, zinc and copper ores is dated July 12, 1890.
Operation and facilities
Nothing is known about the operation of the mine because so far no written documents have been found. The location can be easily reached with the given coordinates via the old railway embankment, which can now be used as a hiking and cycling path. But it's hard to spot relics today.
literature
- Herbert Stahl (editor), Gerhard Geurts , Herbert Ommer : The legacy of ore, Volume 5, new news and stories about the ore district of Bensberg . Cologne 2014, p. 24f. ISBN 978-3-00-044826-3
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. 189ff., ISBN 3-922413-52- 8th