Wilhelm mine (Antweiler)
The Wilhelm pit is a former copper mine in the Limbachtal on the district of Antweiler , a local community in the Ahrweiler district ( Rhineland-Palatinate ) that was closed in 1937.
history
In 1908 a copper vein was encountered in Antweiler during the construction of the Ahr Valley Railway . Carl Hürth, who already had the concession for lead and zinc ore there, also applied for the copper prospect , which was granted to him in a letter of January 18, 1910.
With 15 to 20 workers, he set about the exploration and when the productivity was determined, he sold the mine for a profit to the company Antweiler Erz-Gesellschaft , based in Berlin. He himself kept a small stake and continued to run the business. Copper pale ore , which contained silver, was also found in a diagonal passage . A railway connection and a flotation plant were built : the ore obtained was ground and separated into copper and silver in the flood.
Around 1928, Stolberger Blei und Zink AG handed over the Wilhelm mine to the Anton Racki AG oil drilling company in Salzgitter in order to carry out new explorations.
Due to the global economic crisis , however, the Wilhelm mine came to a standstill. Mining was revived from 1933 and finally shut down in October 1937.
At the end of the Second World War , the tunnel served as an air raid shelter .
literature
- Agnes Gillig: Antweiler / Ahr in the course of the centuries. Incidents, stories, comments . Ahrweiler 1992, pp. 99-106.
Web links
- Heinrich Schäfer: Pioneering Spirit in the 20th Century. Carl Hürth and mining in the upper Ahr valley. In: Homeland yearbook for the Ahrweiler district 1984 (with photos)
Coordinates: 50 ° 24 ′ 3.4 " N , 6 ° 49 ′ 55.8" E