Jacob's pit
| Jacobus | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| General information about the mine | |||
| Mining technology | Tunnel construction | ||
| Information about the mining company | |||
| Start of operation | 1857 | ||
| End of operation | 11/27/1937 | ||
| Funded raw materials | |||
| Degradation of | Iron ore , lead , copper , zinc | ||
| Geographical location | |||
| Coordinates | 50 ° 52 '7.6 " N , 8 ° 10' 41.9" E | ||
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| Location | Helgersdorf | ||
| local community | Netphen | ||
| country | State of North Rhine-Westphalia | ||
| Country | Germany | ||
| District | Mountain area Müsen | ||
Jacobus (also called Jakobus or Nasser Jakob due to frequent water ingress ) was a mine in Helgersdorf near Netphen in the Siegerland .
history
Farmer Johannes Schwunk from Salchendorf excavated the mine in 1856. On January 5, 1858, the Bonn Oberbergamt granted mining rights to lead , copper , zinc and iron ores for a field of 25 square meters. The newly founded union included Schwunk Jakob Hudel from Siegen, Mayor Daniel Schmidt, teachers August Stiehl and Johannes Hudel (all from Rittershausen ) as well as Anton Thielmann from Straßebersbach and Joseph Nell from Helgersdorf, Heinrich Hudel from Frohnhausen and Jakob Grübener from Flammersbach . From 1866 Friedrich Müller from Ernsdorf was one of them. 128 shares (Kuxe) were issued. The union was initially represented by Jakob Grübener, later (from 1866) by Friedrich Müller. In 1881 the mine was shut down and drained. The 15 hp locomobile (the first steam engine from the Netphen office), the pumps and all other equipment were sold.
The frequent changes of ownership suggest that the mine was not managed at a profit. From 1879 the mine was sold several times:
- 1879 to J. Urban from Diez an der Lahn
- 1891 to Franz Joseph Heymann from Diez
- 1898 Heinrich Ley from Irmgarteichen and Eduard Büdenbender from Anzhausen (in 1891 the innkeeper August Wurm from Siegen was accepted as a partner)
- 1932 to Heinrich Schneider from Frankfurt
In 1932 the mine shares were distributed as follows: Heinrich Ley from Irmgarteichen 25 6/10 Kuxe, Heinrich Wummersbach from Siegen 4 4/10 Kuxe, Erich Schneider from Frankfurt 66 Kuxe and Heinrich Schneider from Frankfurt 32 Kuxe. In the years after 1914 there was little mining and the mine drowned again. On November 14, 1933, the mine was foreclosed and Ernst Lersch from Niederdielfen was awarded the contract for 840 Reichsmarks. This sold the mine on to W. Schuppert from Frankfurt, who put the mine back into operation on September 10, 1937, but could not pay the remaining purchase price, electricity costs and wages. Production finally ended with the end of the electricity supply on November 27, 1937. During World War II , the old tunnel served the Helgersdorfers as an air raid shelter during air raids. After the end of the war, the mine was bought by the municipalities of Salchendorf and Helgersdorf in 1950 and was used as a water extraction system for both municipalities.
Delivery rates
| year | Lead ore |
|---|---|
| 1858 | 59 Ztr |
| 1859 | 31 Ztr |
| 1871 | 101 Ztr |
Staff members
- 1871: 30 employees
See also
- Mining in Siegerland
- List of mines in the Siegerland
- Concordia mine (Anzhausen)
- Schnellenberg Pit (Beienbach)
Web links
- Gerd Bäumer: Ore mining in the Siegerland area ( Memento from November 7, 2001 in the Internet Archive )
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Peter Vitt: The industrialization of the Siegerland district of Netphen in the Prussian period 1815/16 to 1946 ( digital version of the dissertation )