Pit building

Example of a pre-industrial mine of the Friedrichschacht mine on Domberg in Suhl / Thuringian Forest .

The mine or mountain building is the entirety of all underground cavities ( pit structures ) in a mine . Similar to the arrangement in a house, which, starting from the entrance, consists of a staircase, (connecting) corridors and rooms on different floors, the view can be transferred to a mine building: Starting from the daily openings , it has shafts , tunnels or routes and excavations on different soles .

literature

• Ernst-Ulrich Reuther: Introduction to mining. 1st edition, Verlag Glückauf GmbH, Essen, 1982, ISBN 3-7739-0390-1
• Walter Bischoff , Heinz Bramann, Westfälische Berggewerkschaftskasse Bochum: The small mining dictionary. 7th edition, Verlag Glückauf GmbH, Essen, 1988, ISBN 3-7739-0501-7