Ypsilanta mine
| Ypsilanta mine | |||
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| General information about the mine | |||
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| other names | Ypsilanda | ||
| Information about the mining company | |||
| Operating company | J. C. Green | ||
| Employees | 64 (1908) | ||
| Start of operation | 1839 | ||
| End of operation | 1934 | ||
| Successor use | Show mine | ||
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| Degradation of | Roteisenstein | ||
| Greatest depth | 150 m | ||
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| Coordinates | 50 ° 44 '29.6 " N , 8 ° 22' 9.4" E | ||
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| Location | Oberscheld | ||
| local community | Dillenburg | ||
| District ( NUTS3 ) | Lahn-Dill district | ||
| country | State of Hesse | ||
| Country | Germany | ||
| District | Lahn-Dill area | ||
The Ypsilanta mine is a disused iron ore mine in the Schelder Forest near the village of Oberscheld, northeast of Dillenburg . As a geopoint, it is part of the Westerwald-Lahn-Taunus National Geopark .
history
The Ypsilanta mine field was awarded to Ludwig Seibel from Oberscheld on Eisenerz in 1839 and later came into the possession of the “ Union of the Schelder Iron Works”. On March 31, 1873, the mine was registered with the J. C. Grün company . The operation was stopped in 1874 and 1887 because of sales difficulties and problems with penetrating water. In 1904 the sinking of a new machine shaft began . A year later the machine and boiler house were built and the hoisting machine installed. In July 1906 the shaft was 146 m deep. A steam pump with an output of 1000 l per minute was used to drain the pit . In 1908 64 workers worked in the mine. In 1909, low ore prices and a lack of sales led to the closure again. The workforce was divided between the Sahlgrund , Carolina and Wilhelmine mines . The Ypsilanta mine was finally closed in 1934.
Todays use
The Ypsilanta mine is now a visitor tunnel . It is also used by the city of Dillenburg as a groundwater well.
literature
- R. Georg, R. Haus, K. Porezag: Iron ore mining in Hessen. Friends of the Fortuna visitor mine , Wetzlar 1985, ISBN 3-925619-00-3