Pit Henricus
| Pit Henricus | |||
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| General information about the mine | |||
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| Information about the mining company | |||
| Start of operation | 1866 | ||
| End of operation | unknown | ||
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| Degradation of | copper | ||
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| Coordinates | 50 ° 56 '3.8 " N , 7 ° 11' 32.9" E | ||
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| Location | Hope valley | ||
| local community | Rösrath | ||
| District ( NUTS3 ) | Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis | ||
| country | State of North Rhine-Westphalia | ||
| Country | Germany | ||
| District | Bensberg ore district | ||
The Henricus mine was a non-ferrous metal ore mine in the Bensberg ore district in Rösrath in the Hopesthal district . The Henricus mine area extended in the vicinity of Lehmbach.
history
Heinrich Friedrich Stuewer from Hamburg submitted a first request for encouragement under the name Heinrich Friedrich on May 10, 1853 for lead , zinc and copper ore . A six- inch thick copper gravel dike uncovered for the field inspection on May 24, 1853 was not enough for an award . Another request for encouragement from Theodore Guillery on behalf of the Rheinische Bergwerk-Gesellschaft Saturn was unsuccessful, although an ore deposit was present. It was not until May 26, 1866 that a square on copper with the name Henricus was awarded to the applicant mentioned above.
Operation and facilities
There is no information about the operating time, flow rates, etc. At the foot of the mountain slope behind today's Lehmbacher Hof restaurant there was a test tunnel , which is no longer accessible. All other traces of mining in the area have been lost due to the ongoing development.
literature
- 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 .
- Herbert Stahl (editor): Das Erbe des Erzes, Volume 5, New news and stories about the Bensberg ore district , Bergisch Gladbach 2014, ISBN 978-3-00-044826-3 , p. 21
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Herbert Ommer, mining relics in the Königsforst , in: Mining in the Bergisches Land, examples of mining traces between Sülz and Wahnbach , series of the history association Rösrath eV, Volume 32, Rösrath 2002, p. 172ff., ISBN 3-922413-52- 8th