Steimel mine
| Steimel | |||
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| General information about the mine | |||
| Funding / total | 864,348 t of iron ore | ||
| Information about the mining company | |||
| Employees | 300 | ||
| Start of operation | before 1812 | ||
| End of operation | November 22, 1928 | ||
| Funded raw materials | |||
| Degradation of | Iron ore | ||
| Greatest depth | 627.3 m | ||
| Geographical location | |||
| Coordinates | 50 ° 48 '12.4 " N , 7 ° 59' 27.1" E | ||
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| Location | Neunkirchen | ||
| local community | Neunkirchen | ||
| District ( NUTS3 ) | Siegen-Wittgenstein | ||
| country | State of North Rhine-Westphalia | ||
| Country | Germany | ||
| District | Burbach mountain area | ||
The Steimel composite mine was located in Neunkirchen in the Siegen-Wittgenstein district and was known from 1895 under the name “Freier Grunder Bergwerksverein” .
history
Even before 1812 iron ore was mined "on the Steimel" (altitude: 450 m above sea level) . In 1874 the pit was consolidated with the neighboring pit Ende , which was first mentioned in 1827. The first shaft was sunk in the same year . Shaft I was 627.3 m deep. In 1885 three levels were laid at a depth of 125 m: 50 m, 80 m, 120 m. In the same year the production amounted to 10,268 t Spateisenstein.
In 1895 there was a great consolidation . Several mines (including Steimel , Ende , Frauenberger Einigkeit ) were merged to form the Free Grunder Mining Association. In 1890, the second shaft, the Kaiser-Friedrich-Schacht , was sunk in the district of Salchendorf . The shaft reached a depth of 600 m. The mine was closed on November 22, 1928, and the last buildings were demolished on December 31, 1931. The Steimel had 300 employees and was the second largest mine in the Neunkirchen community after Pfannenberger unity . Up until the consolidation in 1895, 408,000 t of iron stone had been mined, and until its closure in 1931, 864,348 t.
The middle of the pit was 120 m long and 2-4 m, sometimes up to 10 m thick. It was filled with brown stone and spade iron with copper pebbles .
Today there is “auf dem Steimel”, a restaurant that is particularly popular with hikers. In 2003 day breaks occurred around the buildings due to old collapsing tunnels . Backfilling took months and cost several tons of concrete as backfill material.
Consolidations
The consolidation pits were:
- Adelheid , from 1874
- Dammsacker tunnel , Neunkirchen / Struthütten, 371 m length
- End in Neunkirchen. Awarded before 1827, from 1895 to Steimel . Cobalt mining began in the 1840s; in 1864 it was 147 t. In 1885 10,268 tons of spate iron stone and 79 tons of copper ore were mined.
- Frauenberger Unity , Neunkirchen. The second largest in the network, in operation since at least 1827. Civil engineering was carried out with a Kunstrad from 1847 (46 m depth) and mechanically from 1872, the depth of the blind shaft in 1885 was 216 m. It was equipped with a twin winder with 15 HP and a water holding machine with 45 HP. From 1895 the mine belonged to Steimel . In 1885 7,981 tons of iron stone were mined.
- Harteborn in Neunkirchen, awarded around 1750, closed in 1886. In 1903 the mine came to Steimel , from 1907 to Concordia in Dermbach . A 630 m long deep tunnel in the Harteborntal served as a conveyor tunnel . In 1885, 623 tons of iron stone were extracted.
- Krebs in Neunkirchen, awarded before 1812. In 1866 there was a consolidation. A tunnel was set up in the Harteborntal.
- Supreme Woodpecker in Salchendorf, awarded in 1814; shut down in 1868. Together with the Roter Adler mine , an upper gallery was created in 1814 , which reached a length of 288.4 m, and a deep gallery in the Harteborntal with a length of 315.5 m. Both tunnels were connected by crosscuts in 1857. 5,000 t of spate iron stone and 20 t of copper ore were extracted in both pits. In addition to iron and copper, there were also cobalt and red iron stone.
- Reifenberg in Neunkirchen, from 1895 to Steimel . Decommissioned in the 1880s , a 12.5 m deep die was made in the Tiefen Reifenberg tunnel . Copper pebbles were mined.
- Rother Adler in Neunkirchen. Awarded in 1814; closed in 1868
- Rühltal in Neunkirchen, awarded before 1812. It was extracted from a tunnel in the Harteborntal and a day shaft with a depth of 33 m. In 1885 253 t of spate iron stone were mined, by 1907 the production rose to 595 t in 1900 and 3,938 t in 1901 to 15,501 t of iron stone.
- Black eagle in Neunkirchen, Harteborntal
- Windhahn in Neunkirchen, awarded in 1866, excavated by Krebser tunnels . Brauneisenstein appeared in the upper depths, while Spateisenstein with zinc blende, copper pebbles and galena occurred in 30–40 m depth.
See also
literature
- Alfred Henrichs: From Salchendorf's past. A contribution to the economic history of our village. Braun printing house, Neunkirchen 1966.
- Otto Braun: 700 years Neunkirchen , Neunkirchen 1988.
Web links
- Gerd Bäumer: Ore mining in the Siegerland area ( Memento from November 7, 2001 in the Internet Archive )