Friedrich pit

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Friedrich
General information about the mine
Rare minerals Anglesite , Cerussite , Millerite , Hauchecornite
Information about the mining company
Employees 310
Start of operation 1803
End of operation 1953
Funded raw materials
Degradation of Iron ore
Greatest depth 830 m
Geographical location
Coordinates 50 ° 48 '15 "  N , 7 ° 47' 8"  E Coordinates: 50 ° 48 '15 "  N , 7 ° 47' 8"  E
Friedrich (Rhineland-Palatinate)
Friedrich
Location Friedrich
Location Steckenstein
local community Central courtyard
District ( NUTS3 ) Altenkirchen
country State of Rhineland-Palatinate
Country Germany
District Bergrevier Hamm an der Sieg

The Friedrich pit is a disused mine in the local area of Steckenstein , local community Mittelhof bei Wissen in the district of Altenkirchen in Rhineland-Palatinate .

Vein resources and ore deposits

In the pits have been mainly iron - copper - and nickel ores of the present siderite - Quartz - transitions exploited.

The first four passageways of the pit carried Spateisenstein with galena , copper and nickel pebbles :

  • 1. Means; 130 m long; 2–3 m thick
  • 2. means; 16 m long; 8-10 m thick
  • 3. means; 12 m long; 1–3 m thick
  • 4. means; 40 m long; 6–10 m thick

The fifth and sixth remedies consisted of brown iron stone with lead luster and white lead ore :

  • 5. means; 35 m long; 1–3 m thick
  • 6. means; 30 m long; 1-3 m

Analyzes showed: 43.28% iron, 4.82% manganese, 20.63% silica

Mineral finds

Millerite from the pit

A total of 54 minerals or mineral varieties were detected in the Friedrich pit : anchorite , anglesite , apatite , beudantite , bindheimite , native bismuth , bismuthhinite , bornite , boulangerite , bravoite (nickel-containing pyrite), chalcoalumite , chalcopyrite , chalcosine , chlorite , calcite , cerussite , Corkit , covellite , cuprite , delafossite , Erythrin , galena , Gersdorffit , goethite , gold , pure copper , cryptomelane , lepidocrocite , Langite , limonite , Linarit , linnaeite , malachite , millerite , Mimetesit , Morenosit , Posnjakit , pyrite , pyrolusite , Pyromorphit , quartz , Ramsbeckit , Schulenbergit , solid sulfur , Serpierit , siderite , Siegenit , sphalerite , stibnite ( Antimonit ), tetrahedrite and Ullmannit .

For the mineral hauchecornite and the variety Kallilith , which is assigned to the ullmannite , the Friedrich pit is also a type locality .

history

year Delivery rate
1865 773 t
1866 5,200 t
1867 10,870 t
1870 8,285 t
1884 14,362 t
1885 17,318 t
1894 22,390 t
1897 16,556 t
1903 19,589 t
1926 32,400 t

The Friedrich mine was created in 1817 through the consolidation of the individual fields of Stöckensteiner Wald and Arzbach . These were muted in 1803 and 1805 respectively .

Consolidation with the Christophszeche followed on July 16, 1856 and a year later with the Wilhelmsberg mine, which is also located in Niederhövels . On June 12, 1860, the Pfeiferzeche (Niederhövels) and on August 16, Gube Prinz Wilhelm , which also belonged to Eupel , were consolidated with Friedrich .

In 1861 the construction of a tunnel began, which was completed after four years of construction, reached a length of 480 m and emerged in the iron garden. It was about 44 m below the Stöckensteiner tunnel and from it a 700 m long horse-drawn tram ran to Niederhövels station .

Another consolidation took place in 1865 with the Rudolf mine (Niederhövels) and the last known one on September 20, 1866 with the Fortuna mine (Niederhövels).

In 1867 civil engineering began . In 1885 the shaft reached a depth of 172 m and its deepest point was 102 m below the tunnel. The soles were distributed as follows: 25 m, 50 m, 75 m, 100 m. A steam engine with 80 HP for conveying and one with 40 HP for drainage were in use. The mine was closed between 1890 and 1896 and between 1931 and 1937.

From 1908 an electric hoist was used for ore extraction and three years later compressed air was used to mine ore . In 1949 the Wingertshardt mine was reached with a breakthrough . The ore mining was stopped on July 23, 1953, but the mine belonged to the Eupel mine until February 21, 1964 . By the time the pit was closed, the total depth reached 830 m, spread over 15 levels . The mine employed up to 310 miners.

The buildings of the Friedrich pit were used for some time by Erzbergbau Siegerland AG as an educational and leisure center after they were closed . In 1971 the building finally became the property of the “ Lebenshilfe für mentally handicapped e. V. “about. He has been using the premises as a workshop since then.

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f g G. Wolf: Description of the mountain district Hamm an der Sieg ; Bonn 1885
  2. ^ Journal for the mining, smelting and salt works in the Prussian state , Berlin; Edition 1866
  3. ^ Journal for the mining, smelting and salt works in the Prussian state , Berlin; Edition 1867
  4. ^ Journal for the mining, smelting and salt works in the Prussian state , Berlin; Edition 1868
  5. ^ Journal for the mining, smelting and salt works in the Prussian state , Berlin; Edition 1871
  6. ^ A b c Hans Dietrich Gleichmann: Der Füssenberg - The great time of the Siegerland iron ore mining , Bertelsmann Fachzeitschriften-Verlag Gütersloh, 1994; P. 55
  7. ^ Journal for the mining, smelting and salt works in the Prussian state , Berlin; Edition 1895
  8. ^ Journal for the mining, smelting and salt works in the Prussian state , Berlin; Edition 1898

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