Pit corner

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General information about the mine
Information about the mining company
Employees 80
Start of operation 1772
End of operation 1926
Funded raw materials
Degradation of Iron ore
Greatest depth 166.352 m
Geographical location
Coordinates 50 ° 49 '5.8 "  N , 7 ° 57' 26"  E Coordinates: 50 ° 49 '5.8 "  N , 7 ° 57' 26"  E
Corner (Rhineland-Palatinate)
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Location corner
Location Brachbach
local community Brachbach
District ( NUTS3 ) Altenkirchen
country State of Rhineland-Palatinate
Country Germany
District Daaden-Kirchen mountain area

The corner pit was one of the larger mines in the municipality of Brachbach in the Altenkirchen district in Rhineland-Palatinate .

history

The pit was mentioned for the first time in 1772. In 1841 the basic gallery was created. This had a length of 950 m, after 710 m there was a junction to the apple tree pit . Consolidation took place on September 9, 1853 . In 1873, 18,054 t of iron ore were mined, compared to 1,322 t in 1859. Civil engineering began in 1879, and the 4.4 × 1.42 m shaft was built in the same year . It had a depth of 157.352 m plus 9 m, which lay in the swamp , and a wooden winding tower . There was a connection to the Apfelbaumer Zug mine. The production in 1880 together with Apfelbaumer Zug amounted to 2,565 t Brauneisenstein and 7,011 t Spateisenstein. Production was stopped between 1908 and 1919. From then until the closure of the mine conveyed again in the 1926th Up to 80  staff members worked in the pit.

The middle of the pit led to Brauneisenstein in the upper depths, but only Spateisenstein as the depth increased.

Consolidations

There were consolidations with the following pits:

  • Bock (partly in the local area of Dermbach ), born June 27, 1857
  • Hausmichel , born September 10, 1858
  • Young Hausmichel , born June 26, 1857
  • Michel , born September 22, 1860
  • New Corner , * December 29, 1852
  • New association (partly in the local area of Eiserfeld ), born September 11, 1880
  • Oberster Hausmichel , born January 18, 1849
  • Sauerborn , consolidation: September 21, 1844
  • Sauerquelle , * April 17, 1849
  • Nice corner , * June 27, 1857
  • Encore (partly in the local area of ​​Dermbach), * September 22, 1860

See also

literature

  • Ute Bosbach: Searching for traces in Eisenland - On the way on ore roads and miners ' paths, amadeusmedien, November 2006. ISBN 3-9808936-8-5

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Journal for the mining, smelting and salt works in the Prussian state , Berlin; Issues 1860
  2. ↑ a b c A. Ribbentrop: Description of the Daaden-Kirchen mountain area ; Bonn 1882

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