Wingertshardt mine

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Wingertshardt
General information about the mine
Funding / total 9.3 million tons of iron ore
Rare minerals Cobaltite
Information about the mining company
Employees 180
Start of operation before 1740
End of operation December 31, 1957
Funded raw materials
Degradation of Iron ore
Greatest depth 789 m
Geographical location
Coordinates 50 ° 48 '15 "  N , 7 ° 47' 8"  E Coordinates: 50 ° 48 '15 "  N , 7 ° 47' 8"  E
Wingertshardt (Rhineland-Palatinate)
Wingertshardt
Location Wingertshardt
Location Wingertshardt
local community Hövels
District ( NUTS3 ) Altenkirchen
country State of Rhineland-Palatinate
Country Germany
District Bergrevier Hamm an der Sieg

The Wingertshardt mine was an ore mine in Wingertshardt in the municipality of Hövels in the Altenkirchen district in Rhineland-Palatinate . The pit was in the Siegerland ore district .

history

The mine was first mentioned in 1740, and ore was probably already mined beforehand. The pit was re-lent on April 2, 1744 and December 1, 1766. Civil engineering was carried out from 1866 through a blind shaft. In 1891 the mine was closed due to water problems, but it was reopened in 1915 and an association with the mine association was established . In 1949 a breakthrough was made to the Friedrich mine . On December 31, 1957, the production was stopped, on January 31, 1963 it was finally shut down. 180 employees lose their jobs. In February 1968 the headframe was demolished. Together with the Mine Association, 9.3 million tons of iron ore were mined.

Shafts and tunnels

  • "Deep tunnel": * 1772
  • "New shaft": * 1874, dimensions: 4.9 × 2.9 m, 349 m depth, not backfilled after the closure
  • "Blind shaft I": * 1866
  • "Blind shaft II": 478 m
  • "Blind shaft III": 700 m

The total depth was 789 m.

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
  • Langenbach, Norbert: The pit and hut at Wingertshardt near Niederhövels, Altenkirchen district - a pit in the Siegerland-Wied district , Roth - Langenbach, 2002.

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