Fortuna pit (Bensberg)
| Fortuna pit | |||
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| General information about the mine | |||
| Information about the mining company | |||
| Start of operation | 1847 | ||
| End of operation | 1853 | ||
| Funded raw materials | |||
| Degradation of | Zinc cover / lead gloss | ||
| Degradation of | Galena | ||
| Geographical location | |||
| Coordinates | 50 ° 58 '6.3 " N , 7 ° 9' 3.8" E | ||
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| Location | Bensberg and Lückerath | ||
| local community | Bergisch Gladbach | ||
| District ( NUTS3 ) | Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis | ||
| country | State of North Rhine-Westphalia | ||
| Country | Germany | ||
| District | Bensberg ore district | ||
The Fortuna mine is a former non-ferrous metal ore mine in the Bensberg ore district in Bergisch Gladbach . The main operating point was in the vicinity of the streets Am Hungenberg and Am Zubusch. The site belongs to the Bensberg district for the Hungenberg part and the Lückerath district for the Zubusch part.
history
The bill book of mine Fortuna bears on 7 May 1847 following entry: "On February 3, 1846 postmaster Peter Vierkötter of Bensberg received a at his request mining bill to the Hungenberg in Bensberg on copper , lead and aperture mine to be able to ... ". In the following, there is talk of two shafts , each with a section , which in turn each had a cross passage. At the end of 1848, operations were stopped again due to unprofitability. The mining rights later fell to the Blücher mine . The mining claim Fortuna was born on 21 May 1853 by the ceremony on Toneisenstein the mining area Glückzu completely covered.
Operation and facilities
The operating reports and logs show that they were dealing with an old mine that had previously been used for mining . Initially, a shaft of 6.8 puddles was sunk . The ore vein was then broken through with a cross cut 1.8 Lachter in length . Because of water ingress, but especially because of the “lack of weather ” , they were forced to build a tunnel from the slope side . Initially 7 men, later 20 men including Steiger , were employed. Later investigations, which were carried out from the Blücher mine in 1854, were unsuccessful.
literature
- Emil Buff: Description of the Deutz mountain district. Bonn 1882.
- Herbert Stahl (editor), Gerhard Geurts , Herbert Ommer : The legacy of ore. Volume 2, The pits on the Gangerz deposits in the Bensberg ore district. Cologne 2004, ISBN 3-00-014668-7 .
Individual evidence
- ^ Herbert Stahl (editor), Gerhard Geurts, Herbert Ommer: Das Erbe des Erzes. Volume 2, The pits on the Gangerz deposits in the Bensberg ore district . Cologne 2004, ISBN 3-00-014668-7 , p. 81f.