Pit association
| Union | |||
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| General information about the mine | |||
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| Funding / total | 9.3 million tons of iron ore | ||
| Rare minerals | Anchorite , cerussite , dolomite , linarite , serpierite , tetrahedrite | ||
| Information about the mining company | |||
| Employees | 820 (1911) | ||
| Start of operation | before 1824 | ||
| End of operation | September 30, 1963 | ||
| Funded raw materials | |||
| Degradation of | Iron ore | ||
| Greatest depth | 1023 m | ||
| Geographical location | |||
| Coordinates | 50 ° 48 '57.2 " N , 7 ° 49' 18" E | ||
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| Location | Katzwinkel (victory) | ||
| local community | Katzwinkel (victory) | ||
| District ( NUTS3 ) | Altenkirchen | ||
| country | State of Rhineland-Palatinate | ||
| Country | Germany | ||
| District | Bergrevier Hamm an der Sieg | ||
The Grube Vereinigung was an ore mine in the local community of Katzwinkel ( Verbandsgemeinde Wissen ) in the Altenkirchen district in Rhineland-Palatinate .
history
Ore was mined as early as 1824 . In 1835 the following pits were consolidated :
- Pinging
- Katzwinkler side corridor
- Florentine
- New Hope Course
Civil engineering began in 1860 . The old shaft was built in 1860 . It had a depth of 580 m. The New Shaft I (depth: 680 m) was sunk in 1881. The first cable trip in the New Shaft I was in 1883. From 1864 there was a horse-drawn tram to the Alte Hütte , and from 1873 the ore was driven with locomotives . In 1900 the mine was taken over by the Vereinigte Stahlwerke van der Zypen and Wissener Eisenhütte AG (headquarters in Wissen). In the course of modernization measures , the second shaft with an electric hoisting machine ( Neuer Schacht II ) was sunk , the underground pumps were electrified and a cable car was installed on the 500 m level and the 540 m level. Through blind shafts 3, 4 and 5, the pit was further opened up over the 580 m level to the 660 m level. The total depth of the pit was 1023 m. The extraction was carried out together with the Reutersbruch and Wingertshardt pits . A connection route to the Wingertshardt mine was on the 460 m level. First part and later the entire extraction of the Wingertshardt mine was brought to the association and extracted here. The previously mentioned second new shaft was in operation from 1915. Up to 820 staff members worked in the mine in 1911. From 1935 onwards, electricity was subsidized. In 1926 the highest production volume in the Siegerland was achieved with 192,000 t of iron ore with a workforce of 800.
In the 1930s, monthly production rates of up to 18,000 tons of ore were achieved, which could be maintained until 1945. After that, the output decreased as the funds deteriorated at greater depth. Most recently, only the Reutersbruch agent was mined on the 600 m level. The deeper floors of the pit were flooded. In 1960 185 miners were still employed in the mine, a little later only 150. Sales difficulties and the exhaustion of the deposits led to the cessation of production on July 30, 1963. At last, 133 miners were still working in the mine. The mine was closed on September 30, 1963. Together with the Wingertshardt mine, 9.3 million t of iron ore were extracted.
Aisle means
The thickest vein deposits were reached on the 620 m level and the 660 m level. Sometimes the thickness was 24 m. From the 700 m level onwards, the formation of the corridor deteriorated. The Reutersbruch medium, on the other hand, had a corridor area of approx. 1000 m 2 on the 600 m level , which could be dismantled from 1960 with a monthly extraction of approx. 5,000 t.
See also
literature
- Ute Bosbach: Searching for traces in Eisenland - On the way on ore roads and miners ' paths, amadeusmedien, November 2006. ISBN 3-9808936-8-5
Individual evidence
Web links
- Gerd Bäumer: Ore mining in the Siegerland area ( Memento from November 7, 2001 in the Internet Archive )