Pit art
| art | |||
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| General information about the mine | |||
| Funding / total | 316,810 t of iron ore | ||
| Information about the mining company | |||
| Employees | 150 | ||
| Start of operation | before 1730 | ||
| End of operation | September 29, 1925 | ||
| Funded raw materials | |||
| Degradation of | Iron ore , copper ore | ||
| Greatest depth | 600 m | ||
| Geographical location | |||
| Coordinates | 50 ° 47 '29 " N , 7 ° 58' 28" E | ||
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| Location | Strut huts | ||
| local community | Neunkirchen | ||
| District ( NUTS3 ) | Siegen-Wittgenstein | ||
| country | State of North Rhine-Westphalia | ||
| Country | Germany | ||
| District | Burbach mountain area | ||
The pit art lay in Neunkirchen district Struthütten in Siegen-Wittgenstein in North Rhine-Westphalia . The pit was in the Kunstertal north of the town of Struthütten at an altitude of about 275 m.
history
The pit was mentioned for the first time in 1730. But she is probably older. This year civil engineering was carried out for the first time . With the help of "Radkunst" copper ore was mined until 1800 . Water problems forced the company to stop. After large copper veins were discovered at the beginning of the 19th century, mining was resumed. In 1864 the Kunstertalbahn was built, through which the ores could be transported to the state train station in Herdorf . The railway was expanded in 1882 to the Dermbacher Concordia mine . There was also a cogwheel route to the Seelenberger ironworks .
Civil engineering began in 1869. The old shaft reached a depth of 250 m, as early as 1876 the new shaft was built to a depth of 500 m. In 1887 this had already reached 250 m, levels had so far been laid at 64 m, 93 m, 125 m and 167 m. Two steam engines were used on the shaft . The twin hoisting machine had 25 hp, the two-cylinder dewatering machine 45 hp. The total depth was 600 m. At the shaft, the Upper Kunster tunnel has a depth of 67 m.
Some annual grants:
- 1862: 3,052 t of iron ore
- 1864: 5,570 tons of iron ore
- 1865: 7,035 tons of iron ore
- 1866: 5,273 t of iron ore
By 1885, the production increased to 17,020 tons of iron ore. In addition, 50 t copper pebbles were extracted.
The Glücksberg tunnel was built around 1900 . Between 1914 and 1918, 79,753 tons of spate iron stone and 139 tons of copper gravel were mined . Production was stopped on September 29, 1925, and in 1934 it was finally shut down. 150 employees mined a total of 316,810 t of iron ore in the Gangmittel Oberste Kunst with Haerig and Unterste Kunst with Altenberg . A consolidation existed with the Altenberg mine in the village. It was first mentioned in 1812.
See also
literature
- Otto Braun: 700 years Neunkirchen , Neunkirchen 1988.
Web links
- Gerd Bäumer: Ore mining in the Siegerland area ( Memento from November 7, 2001 in the Internet Archive )