Humboldt mine (Bergisch Gladbach)
| Humboldt mine | |||
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| General information about the mine | |||
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| Information about the mining company | |||
| Start of operation | 1853 | ||
| End of operation | unknown | ||
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| Degradation of | Calamine , lead , blende , pebbles , iron / brown coal | ||
| Degradation of | Brown coal | ||
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| Coordinates | 50 ° 59 '34 " N , 7 ° 6' 18.9" E | ||
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| Location | Paffrath | ||
| local community | Bergisch Gladbach | ||
| District ( NUTS3 ) | Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis | ||
| country | State of North Rhine-Westphalia | ||
| Country | Germany | ||
| District | Bensberg ore district | ||
The Humboldt mine is a former metal ore and lignite mine in the Bensberg ore district in Bergisch Gladbach . The site belongs to the Paffrath district .
history
Due to a Mutungsgesuchs of 18 July 1851 was carried out ceremony of the mining area on September 11, 1852 the name of Humboldt on calamine , lead , iris , pyrite , iron and lignite . During the investigation of the deposit , a few digs and boreholes had been carried out and a 22 m deep hollow with mostly steep edges was found. Then teufte to a twelve-meter-deep pit , and drove in several directions routes before. How the dismantling took place is not known.
Location and relics
The pit was located in the middle of Schmidt-Blegge-Strasse between Handstrasse and Kolpingstrasse. All traces of the earlier mining have been erased by leveling the site and by the later development.
swell
- ^ Herbert Stahl (editor), Gerhard Geurts , Hans-Dieter Hilden, Herbert Ommer : Das Erbe des Erzes. Volume 3: The pits in the Paffrath Kalkmulde. Bergischer Geschichtsverein Rhein-Berg, Bergisch Gladbach 2006, ISBN 3-932326-49-0 , p. 94f. ( Series of publications by the Bergisches Geschichtsverein Rhein-Berg eV 49).