Knappschafts Glücks
| Knappschafts Glücks | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| General information about the mine | |||
| Funding / total | 89,222 t of iron ore | ||
| Information about the mining company | |||
| Employees | to 75 | ||
| Start of operation | 19th century | ||
| End of operation | 1942 | ||
| Funded raw materials | |||
| Degradation of | Spatula , brown iron stone | ||
| Greatest depth | 200 m | ||
| Geographical location | |||
| Coordinates | 50 ° 47 '4 " N , 7 ° 59' 33" E | ||
|
|||
| local community | Neunkirchen | ||
| District ( NUTS3 ) | Siegen-Wittgenstein | ||
| country | State of North Rhine-Westphalia | ||
| Country | Germany | ||
| District | Burbach mountain area | ||
The Knappschaftsglück mine was an iron ore mine in Neunkirchen in the Siegen-Wittgenstein district . It was between Neunkirchen and Altenseelbach .
An experimental tunnel was built in the 19th century . But even before 1885 there was no significant mining . In 1913 a shaft was sunk to a depth of 200 m. From 1916 the mine belonged to the Charlottenhütte . In 1926 iron ore mining was stopped. In 1932 the gang means were examined for worthwhile dismantling. For this purpose, a 1.5 km long cross passage was driven from the Great Castle mine in the direction of Knappschaftsglück , which was abandoned again in 1935. In 1942 production was resumed due to the war. There were plans to sink the shaft to 350 m and create another connection to the Great Castle pit . However, these were never realized.
| 67,839 t | Spateisenstein |
| 21,383 t | Brown iron stone |
| 89,222 t | Eisenstein |
By the time the mine was finally closed in 1945, a total of 67,839 t of spate iron stone, 21,383 t of brown iron stone, 1013 t of copper pyrites and 543 t of pyrites had been extracted. The passage center was about 0.2 m thick and contained not only Spateisenstein but also brown ironstone, copper pebbles and sulfur pebbles. The workforce was up to 75 men. In the years 1944/45, investigations were carried out, but they remained without positive results. In 1952, the mine shaft tower was demolished.
literature
- Otto Braun: 700 years Neunkirchen , Neunkirchen 1988.
Individual evidence
- ^ Archives NRW: Hüttenwerke Siegerland AG / Hoesch Siegerlandwerke AG
- ^ Gerhard Schäfer: The valley railway in the free reason. In: Regional traffic history. Volume 24. EK-Verlag, Freiburg 1998
Web links
- Gerd Bäumer: Ore mining in the Siegerland area ( Memento from November 7, 2001 in the Internet Archive )