Petersbach mine
| Petersbach | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| General information about the mine | |||
 |
|||
| Funding / total | 2.8 million tons of iron ore | ||
| Rare minerals | Millerite , Ullmannite | ||
| Information about the mining company | |||
| Employees | 400 | ||
| Start of operation | before 1674 | ||
| End of operation | February 28, 1937 | ||
| Funded raw materials | |||
| Degradation of | Iron ore , lead ore , copper ore , zinc ore , antimony , nickel ore | ||
| Greatest depth | 1025 m | ||
| Geographical location | |||
| Coordinates | 50 ° 43 '8 " N , 7 ° 42' 31" E | ||
|
|||
| Location | Eichelhardt | ||
| local community | Eichelhardt | ||
| District ( NUTS3 ) | Altenkirchen | ||
| country | State of Rhineland-Palatinate | ||
| Country | Germany | ||
| District | Bergrevier Hamm an der Sieg | ||
The Petersbach mine is a disused mine in the Eichelhardt municipality in the Altenkirchen district .
history
The pit was first mentioned in 1674. Lead and copper ores were mined in the 17th century . In 1770 the mining rights were newly granted, this time to the extraction of iron , lead, copper, zinc , antimony and nickel ores . Up until 1823, various trades were involved in mining. In 1828 the Dresler company bought the mine in Siegen . In 1839 a deep tunnel was built . No ore was mined between 1891 and 1899. From 1903 there was a cable car to the Alfredhütte in Wissen . In 1926 the mine came into the possession of Phönix AG . On February 28, 1937, the mine was shut down due to exhaustion of the ore deposits. The headframe of shaft I went to the Rasselskaute mine in 1940 . At the best of times, just under 600 staff members worked in the mine.
Civil engineering
Civil engineering began in 1864, when the "New Shaft" was built. This reached a depth of 820 m. Shaft II was built from 1874. It served as a weather shaft. Shaft III was built in 1898. It was in operation from 1903. A total of five blind shafts led to a total depth of 1025 m.
Delivery rates
In 1884 a little more than 4 tons of nickel ore were mined (nickel pebbles and nickel antimony shine). The total amount of iron ore extracted was 2.8 million t.
See also
literature
- Norbert Langenbach: The Petersbach mine in Eichelhardt, Altenkirchen district. A pit in the Siegerland-Wied district , Roth 2002.
- Ute Bosbach: Searching for traces in Eisenland - On the way on ore roads and miners ' paths, amadeusmedien, November 2006. ISBN 3-9808936-8-5
- Kurt Idelberger: Carolinenberg and Petersbach. Two pits in the 18th century near Eichelhardt , in: Heimat-Jahrbuch des Kreis Altenkirchen, 22nd year, 1979, pp. 228–230.
- Norbert Langenbach: The arduous journey of many miners. Commuters between the “Petersbach” mine in Eichelhardt and the “St. Andreas “in Bitzen , in: Heimat-Jahrbuch des Kreis Altenkirchen, 47th year, 2004, pp. 144–146.
- Daniel Schneider: The history of the local community Obererbach (Westerwald). The localities Hacksen, Niedererbach, Obererbach and Koberstein from the Middle Ages to the present , 2 volumes, Obererbach 2009, ISBN 978-3-00-027494-7 (with a summary of the development of mining in the region).
Web links
- Gerd Bäumer: Ore mining in the Siegerland area ( Memento from November 7, 2001 in the Internet Archive )
Individual evidence
- ↑ Gustav Wolf: Description of the mountain district Hamm an der Sieg; Bonn 1885, Adolph Marcus