Pit squiggle

Baby eyes
General information about the mine
Mining technology	Open pit
Funding / total	approx. 100 t
Information about the mining company
Start of operation	1868
End of operation	1870
Funded raw materials
Degradation of	Phosphorite, minerals and phosphoric acid lime
Geographical location
Coordinates	50 ° 35 '50.7 "  N , 8 ° 32' 42.2"  E Coordinates: 50 ° 35 '50.7 "  N , 8 ° 32' 42.2"  E
Position of the baby bird
local community	Lahnau
country	State of Hesse
Country	Germany
District	Wetzlar mountain area

The Scheppmäulchen mine was an opencast mine near Waldgirmes (municipality of Lahnau ) in the Lahn-Dill district . The pit was north of Waldgirmes. The field name "Am Scheppmaul" still shows the approximate location.

history

The pit field was awarded on March 23, 1868 to the union Schulz & Wehrenbold zu Gladenbach for phosphorite and phosphoric acid lime. In the same year the mine had to go to the Victor Meyer & Com union. passed over from Limburg.

In the opencast mine, a 1 meter thick phosphorite deposit was opened up, which was found in a clay interspersed with brown iron and maganic ores. The opencast mine was in operation from 1868 to 1870. The Carl Zimmer chemical factory in Mannheim has been handed down as the owner from 1883.

See also

• List of mines in the Lahn-Dill area

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Ralf Stahl, hiking guide through the historical mining of the community Waldgirmes