Neeb pit

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Neeb
General information about the mine
Neeb pit.jpg
Drilling profile of the Neeb pit from the 1882 deposit map.
Information about the mining company
Funded raw materials
Degradation of Brown coal
Geographical location
Coordinates 50 ° 58 '33.6 "  N , 7 ° 6' 35.1"  E Coordinates: 50 ° 58 '33.6 "  N , 7 ° 6' 35.1"  E
Neeb (North Rhine-Westphalia)
Neeb
Location Neeb
Location Gronau
local community Bergisch Gladbach
District ( NUTS3 ) Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis
country State of North Rhine-Westphalia
Country Germany
District Bensberg ore district

The Neeb mine is a former lignite mine in the Bensberg ore district in Bergisch Gladbach . The site belongs to the Gronau district .

history

Each one-third applied Franz Hagen, Carl August Koch and Heinrich Neeb on April 5, 1849 presumption of brown coal for the mining claim Neeb. This was confirmed to them with a courtesy certificate dated November 5, 1849. After the field inspection on February 20, 1850, on November 13, 1858, they received the award of the mine field "in dem Schlüchtern" as a lignite warehouse. This was followed by deadlines that were approved for an indefinite period from December 2, 1862.

business

The brown coal seam drilled had a thickness of about twelve meters with a cover of about eight meters, which consisted of yellow sand, quicksand, gravel, Latvians and pebbles . It can be assumed that lignite was not extracted. Also of note is that after the First World War at the Mining Office has been requested by a record of the location of the drill holes is, none have resulted. In any case, no information is available on operational activities.

Location and relics

The Neeb pit stretched west of the Gronau cemetery to Gierath in the wooded area known to the local population as "Dännekamp" .

Individual evidence

  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 , pp. 119f.

literature

  • Herbert Stahl (editor), Gerhard Geurts, Hans-Dieter Hilden, Herbert Ommer: The legacy of ore. Volume 3: The pits in the Paffrath Kalkmulde. Bergischer Geschichtsverein Rhein-Berg, Bergisch Gladbach 2006, ISBN 3-932326-49-0 ( series of publications by the Bergisches Geschichtsverein Rhein-Berg eV 49).