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Pit harmony
General information about the mine
other names Old Harmony Pit
Information about the mining company
Start of operation 1866
End of operation 1909
Funded raw materials
Degradation of Copper , pebbles
Geographical location
Coordinates 50 ° 46 '30.8 "  N , 7 ° 25' 43.4"  E Coordinates: 50 ° 46 '30.8 "  N , 7 ° 25' 43.4"  E
Harmonie Pit (North Rhine-Westphalia)
Pit harmony
Location pit harmony
Location harmony
local community Eitorf
District ( NUTS3 ) Rhein-Sieg district
country State of North Rhine-Westphalia
Country Germany

The Harmonie or Alte Harmonie mine is a former non-ferrous metal ore mine in the Harmonie district of Eitorf in the Rhein-Sieg district .

history

The first documented mention of the Harmonie / Alte Harmonie mine dates back to May 9, 1800, when Johann Heinrich Schlösser, Pastor Engels and his friends suggested a copper ore vein . The lending took place on December 24th, 1801. From the beginning, the work was repeatedly impaired by the ingress of considerable amounts of pit water , which had to be lifted with water art . This made the work more difficult and led to losses. After all, operations had to be shut down from 1812. The pits remained open. This led to dangers for people and livestock. The mayor of Eitorf reported this to the mining authorities on November 7, 1844 . The mountain jury Behmer from Oberkassel thereupon sent a written request on November 18, 1844, both to the then mother J. Telle from Bonn and to the local police in Eitorf, requesting that remedial action be taken immediately. It was not until May 26, 1845, that the old artificial shaft was filled to such an extent that it was no longer dangerous. On November 7th, 1854, the Harmonie shaft near Bourauel was hit , which was not backfilled, filled to the brim with water and in no way secured. A lengthy dispute ensued, which was only ended in 1857 when the shaft was closed. Similar problems continued in the following years. It is not known whether mining was carried out during this time .

A renewed award of copper ore and pebbles took place on August 14, 1866. The mining operations were subsequently resumed with investigative work after the collapsed tunnels and routes had been rebuilt and made passable . In 1875 the Société anonyme des mines du Rhin Paris became the new owner. In 1877 the mine was due to the high water flow flooded . From June to December 1877, dismantling work was limited to the 22- Lachter level . The workforce consisted of 86 men, 35 of them underground and 51 above ground . 1888 they worked on the 90-m- sole . The problems with the water inflows had become more and more severe, so that in 1909 it was decided to shut down operations.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Bernd Habel: Mining in the lower Sieg area near Blankenberg, Merten and Eitorf from the 18th to the 20th century, Rheinlandia Verlag, Siegburg 1999, p. 51ff. ISBN 3-931509-75-3

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