Margaretha Josepha Pit

Margaretha Josepha Pit
General information about the mine
Information about the mining company
Start of operation	1849
End of operation	unknown
Funded raw materials
Degradation of	Calamine
Geographical location
Coordinates	50 ° 59 '6.5 "  N , 7 ° 6' 53.8"  E Coordinates: 50 ° 59 '6.5 "  N , 7 ° 6' 53.8"  E
Location Margaretha Josepha pit
Location	Gronau
local community	Bergisch Gladbach
District ( NUTS3 )	Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis
country	State of North Rhine-Westphalia
Country	Germany
District	Bensberg ore district

The pit Margaretha Josepha is a former calamine -Grube of Bensberger Erzreviers in Bergisch Gladbach . The site belongs to the Gronau district .

history

Due to a Mutungssgesuchs of 12 July 1848 was carried out ceremony of the mining area on March 22, 1849 on calamine . On February 24, 1850, a steiger and six tusks and reel pullers were employed to carry out experimental work. The company report 1851 shows that one employed a steiger and eleven workers; in 1852 there were a steiger, five tusks, eight tugs and a sheath boy. On January 21, 1854, a machine shaft is mentioned that had been put into operation. This shows that a steam engine had been set up to better pump the water out of the pit. No information is available about further operational activities.

Location and relics

The Margaretha Josepha mining field was stretched out in the area between Buchholzstrasse and Odenthaler Strasse. The main operating point of the mine was south of the railway embankment between the Gronauer church and the street Am Kuhlerbusch . Today there is a beautiful adventure playground among other things. Relics of mining are no longer to be found.

swell

1. ^ 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. 96f. ( Series of publications by the Bergisches Geschichtsverein Rhein-Berg eV 49).