Pit human joy
| Human joy | |||
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| General information about the mine | |||
| other names | Philanthropy treasure trove | ||
| Information about the mining company | |||
| Operating company | Frischglück Saxon Union / Linnartz | ||
| Start of operation | 1854 | ||
| End of operation | 1937 | ||
| Funded raw materials | |||
| Degradation of | Zinc cover | ||
| Zinc cover | |||
| Mightiness | 1 m | ||
| Geographical location | |||
| Coordinates | 50 ° 29'44.3 " N , 12 ° 44'8" E | ||
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| Location | Fällbachtal | ||
| local community | Breitenbrunn / Erzgeb. | ||
| country | Free State of Saxony | ||
| Country | Germany | ||
| District | Johanngeorgenstädter / Schwarzenberg Revier | ||
The human joy pit was a mine near Antonsthal in the Ore Mountains . In the former pit there are the Menschenfreude Stolln, the Kunstschacht, Hermannschacht, Uranschacht, Rehbockschurf and the Johannes Stolln. In the course of the uranium exploration after 1945, deep dig 23 and at least 10 smaller pits were sunk in the strike area of the camp.
geography
Geographical location
The Menschenfreude pit was located on the left (northern) slope of the Fällbach stream , just before it flows into the Schwarzwasser .
geology
The human joy pit was built on a skarn deposit , as well as on ore veins of the kamm quartz - calcite - pitchblende formation (kku formation). The surrounding rock belongs to Cambrian rocks of the Breitenbrunn Formation of the Jáchymov Group . The approx. 130 m thick layers dip at 45 ° to the west and overlap the layers of the Grießbach Formation of the Jachymov Group, which strike a short distance to the east. The skarn camp is bound to the boundary of the Beitenbrunn-Grießbach formation. The thickness is 3.5 to 4 m, whereas the ore thickness is only 0.5 to 1 m. The mineralization is mainly bound to the penetrating deaf veins and consists of magnetite , sphalerite , chalcopyrite , pyrite , pyrrhotite , arsenopyrite and a little galena .
history
The pit was first loaned out in 1826 . The start of operations was carried out by a union , after a few years operations came to a standstill and Menschenfreude Treasure trove was abandoned. In 1854, Hermann Dietrich Lindheim gave encouragement for the human joy pit . The following year the pit found what it was looking for when a digging shaft on the right slope of the Fällbachtal in 3 Lachter (Lr.) Depth a ½ Lr. mighty zinc blende and magnetic iron stone deposit was mined. In 1856 the production peaked at 31.9 t of magnetite and 2.1 t of sphalerite. The mine was modernized in 1857, so it received a new art and sweeping wheel . The 4.46 m long sweeping wheel replaced an older one with a diameter of 2.66 m. In July 1858, parts of the mine facilities were destroyed by a flood and the entire mine building was flooded. St. Johannesstolln, located approx. 500 m north of the Fällbach on the Schieferbach, also belonged to the mine field. With this one wanted to open up the 6 m thick skarn camp, which was encountered with the treasure trove, at 60 ° to the west. This led to magnetite, sphalerite, pyrite and some pyromorphite in the find shaft . In the tunnel, however, it was only found deaf. In 1867 the human joy pit was consolidated with the St. Johannes Erbstolln on the Schwarzwasser. Except in the years 1873–1878 there was no operation. In 1886 the mining operations were stopped. In 1888 the Human Joy pit was re-awarded. Between 1888 and 1890 a 2 ° east trending uranium ore bearing vein was mined. From 1891 the mine was again on time . In August 1937 the mining right was given up by the last owner. The Freiberg Mining Authority suspended operation of the mine until September 1945. Between 1957 and 1960, the mine field was investigated by the SDAG Wismut with digging shaft 23 down to a depth of 200 m. The excavations encountered 15 veins in the area of three skarn deposits and mined 2.7 t of uranium.
literature
- Sächsisches Oberbergamt (Hrsg.): Yearbooks for the mining and metallurgy . tape (1856-1937) . Graz & Gerlach, Freiberg.
- Otfried Wagenbreth et al .: Mining in the Ore Mountains. Technical monuments and history . Ed .: Otfried Wagenbreth, Eberhard Wächtler . 1st edition. German publishing house for basic industry, Leipzig 1990, ISBN 3-342-00509-2 , p. 305, 308 .
- 1237 Menschenfreude Erbstolln and treasure trove, from 1854 Menschenfreude Stolln, on the Schwarzwasser between the Fällbach and Habichtsbach near Antonsthal. Volume 1. In: In the inventory 40169 mine files of the mountain area Schwarzenberg (with Eibenstock, Hohenstein, Johanngeorgenstadt, Oberwiesenthal, Scheibenberg, Schneeberg and Voigtsberg). archiv.sachsen.de, accessed on July 26, 2015 .
- 1238 Menschenfreude Treasure trove including Johannes Erbstolln on the Schwarzwasser in the Bermsgrüner State Forest District near Antonsthal. In: In the inventory 40169 mine files of the mountain area Schwarzenberg (with Eibenstock, Hohenstein, Johanngeorgenstadt, Oberwiesenthal, Scheibenberg, Schneeberg and Voigtsberg). archiv.sachsen.de, accessed on July 26, 2015 .
Individual evidence
- ^ Geological map of the Free State of Saxony, sheet 5542 Johanngeorgenstadt / Freiberg 2004
- ↑ 1237 Menschenfreude Erbstolln and Fundgrube, from 1854 Menschenfreude Stolln, on the Schwarzwasser between the Fällbach and Habichtsbach near Antonsthal. 1826-1838, 1854-1858. In: 40169 mine files of the Schwarzenberg mining area (with Eibenstock, Hohenstein, Johanngeorgenstadt, Oberwiesenthal, Scheibenberg, Schneeberg and Voigtsberg). Freiberg mountain archive, accessed on July 27, 2015 .
- ↑ Royal. Bergakademie zu Freiberg (ed.): Yearbook for the miner and smelter for the year 1856 . Craz & Gerlach, Freiberg 1856, XXI. The most important new systems, designs, operating plans, partial openings and the like in 1854 - A. In the various mining districts - In the mining districts Johanngeorgenstadt with Schwarzenberg and Eibenstock, p. 85 .
- ↑ Royal. Bergakademie zu Freiberg (ed.): Yearbook for the miner and smelter for the year 1857 . Craz & Gerlach, Freiberg 1857, XX. The most important new systems, designs, operating plans, partial openings and the like in 1855 - A. In the various mining districts - In the mining districts Johanngeorgenstadt with Schwarzenberg and Eibenstock, p. 95 .
- ^ Yearbook for mining and metallurgy in Saxony. (PDF; 4.82 MB) (No longer available online.) Sächsisches Oberbergamt, October 1937, p. B16 , archived from the original on November 9, 2013 ; Retrieved July 26, 2015 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
Web links
- Pit human joy. In: Mineralienatlas Lexikon. Stefan Schorn u. a.
- Human joy pit (Halden- & Pingenzug) in the Fällbachtal between Antonsthal and Breitenbrunn, Ore Mountains, Saxony. In: Geo-Archive. geo-archiv.de, September 20, 2013.