Lamp room

Modern lamp room with self-service

The lamp room is a room in a mine in which the miner's light is stored, maintained and repaired if necessary after underground use. It is located between the jaw and the shaft . The lamp room is so integrated into the way to the shaft that the miners before the shift starts without detours to the shaft for Seilfahrt come and also go after the end without detours back to the coop.

Basics and history

In early mining, every miner was responsible for his own light. This changed with the introduction of safety lights. The lamps were only allowed to be opened and repaired by trained personnel. From now on, the miners were only given their lights for the duration of the shift and it had to be returned at the end of the shift. Each mine operator had to provide a separate room, the lamp room, for storing and maintaining the lamps. For each lamp room one person had to be appointed as lamp master and reported by name to the responsible district officer . In addition, the lamps had to be inspected by a climber once a month and checked for safety defects. In addition, the operator had to check the lamp room and the weather lamps every quarter. The lamp room must not be entered by unauthorized persons. Naked lights and smoking are prohibited in the lamp room. Most of the time disabled people were employed as workers in the lamp room. In some mines, women used to work in the lamp room as workers. Young workers were only allowed to work in the lamp room under constant supervision.

Old style lamp room

The lamp room was initially just a smaller room that was integrated into the colliery house . The room had an area of about 16 m ² , was four meters high and had a window. In some mines the lamp room was just nine square meters. To carry out repair work, the lamp room is equipped with the appropriate forging and soldering tools and other necessary tools such as B. blades equipped. In addition, the room is equipped with a water pipe for the supply of fresh water. Some mines lacked the necessary ventilation, so workers had to work in the bad air caused by the fumes from the lamps. The lamps were cleaned and checked for damage after they were returned. The pots of the lamps were opened, filled and closed again on a special table. The lamps were then stored in a rack until the next shift. Before the weather lamps are issued, they are checked again for leaks by the lamp master. After the inspection, the lamps were lit and locked and given to the respective miner. Since each lamp was numbered, it was also possible to check which miner had received which lamp.

Modern lamp room

Lamp stand

Today's lamp rooms are adapted to ergonomic needs. The room has a floor area of 140 square meters per 1000 lamps. If possible, the room is designed in such a way that the approaching miners do not cross with the departing miners. There are lamp rooms with an issuing point and lamp rooms with self-service. In the lamp room with a distribution point, the lamps are taken over by the miners at the distribution point before the shift starts and returned at the end of the shift. For this, the miners had to hand in their ticket at the issuing point and were given the lamp. At the end of the shift, the miner received the ticket back after returning the lamp. The lamps equipped with accumulators are then serviced again, the accumulator is charged and damaged lamps are repaired. The ready-to-use lamps are brought to the lamp stands by the workers in the lamp room and stored there until the next use. At the self-service lamp rooms, the miners pick up and bring them to the lamp stand themselves. The lamp stand is equipped with a charging device for each lamp, which can be used to recharge the individual batteries at the end of the shift. The removal and delivery of the filter self- rescuer is also self-service. Repairs and other maintenance work are carried out in a separate room.

Individual evidence

^ Tilo Cramm, Joachim Huske: Miners' language in the Ruhr area. 5th revised and redesigned edition, Regio-Verlag, Werne 2002, ISBN 3-929158-14-0 .
^ Hans Väth: Colliery buildings above days. Dissertation at the Technical University Carolo-Wilhelmina, printed by Ms. Wilh. Ruhfus, Dortmund 1929, p. 17.
↑ ^a ^b Erich Hofmeister, Mining Working Group at the Adult Education Center Schaumburg (ed.): The development of the miners' light. Excursion guides and publications Schaumburger Bergbau, Issue 15, Springer Verlag, Hagenburg 2007, pp. 18, 19.
^ ^A ^b ^c A. Hasslacher: main report of the Prussian firing weather commission. Verlag von Erst & Korn, Berlin 1887, p. 126.
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Walter Serlo: The introduction of acetylene lighting and the lamp issuing point at the iron ore mine Sankt Maria bei Ste. Marie-aux-Chenes. In: The ore mining. May 1, 1907, pp. 160-163.
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Mountain Police Ordinance for the hard coal mines in the administrative districts of the Prussian Higher Mining Office in Breslau from May 1, 1934. Verlag Kattowitz, Druck Gauverlag NS Schlesien, 1934, pp. 112, 172.
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d Oberbergpolizeiliche regulations for pitch and hard coal mines in the Oberbergamtsviertel Munich from July 31, 1946. In: Bayrisches Gesetz- u. Ordinance Gazette, No. 3, Munich 1947, p. 27.
↑ ^a ^b ^c Julia Landau: The everyday work of women and girls in the Soviet industrial province of Kuznetsk Basin. In: Bulletin of the Institute for Social Movements. Issue 37, 2007, pp. 51, 68, 74.
^ ^A ^b ^c Carl Hellmut Fritzsche: Textbook of mining science. Second volume, tenth completely revised edition, Springer Verlag, Berlin / Göttingen / Heidelberg 1962, pp. 688, 689.
^ ^A ^b ^c ^d Carl Hellmut Fritzsche: Textbook of mining science. First volume, eighth edition, Springer Verlag, Berlin 1942, pp. 663, 664.
^ ^A ^b ^c Carl Hellmut Fritzsche: Textbook of mining science. First volume, ninth completely revised edition, Springer Verlag, Berlin / Göttingen / Heidelberg 1955, pp. 732, 733.

Remarks

↑ The employment of women in the mining industry was quite common in some countries until the 19th century. There were long traditions of women miners in Belgium, France, Great Britain and Japan. The work of women in underground mining was considered immoral, unfeminine and harmful to health and was forbidden in the course of the 19th century by ordinances of the regional mining offices. (Source: Julia Landau: The everyday working life of women and girls in the Soviet industrial province of Kuznetsk Basin. )

[Quelle_1-1] Tilo Cramm, Joachim Huske: Miners' language in the Ruhr area. 5th revised and redesigned edition, Regio-Verlag, Werne 2002, ISBN 3-929158-14-0 .

[Quelle_2-2] Hans Väth: Colliery buildings above days. Dissertation at the Technical University Carolo-Wilhelmina, printed by Ms. Wilh. Ruhfus, Dortmund 1929, p. 17.

[Quelle_3-3] Erich Hofmeister, Mining Working Group at the Adult Education Center Schaumburg (ed.): The development of the miners' light. Excursion guides and publications Schaumburger Bergbau, Issue 15, Springer Verlag, Hagenburg 2007, pp. 18, 19.

[Quelle_4-4] A ^b ^c A. Hasslacher: main report of the Prussian firing weather commission. Verlag von Erst & Korn, Berlin 1887, p. 126.

[Quelle_7-5] Walter Serlo: The introduction of acetylene lighting and the lamp issuing point at the iron ore mine Sankt Maria bei Ste. Marie-aux-Chenes. In: The ore mining. May 1, 1907, pp. 160-163.

[Quelle_5-6] ↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Mountain Police Ordinance for the hard coal mines in the administrative districts of the Prussian Higher Mining Office in Breslau from May 1, 1934. Verlag Kattowitz, Druck Gauverlag NS Schlesien, 1934, pp. 112, 172.

[Quelle_6-7] Oberbergpolizeiliche regulations for pitch and hard coal mines in the Oberbergamtsviertel Munich from July 31, 1946. In: Bayrisches Gesetz- u. Ordinance Gazette, No. 3, Munich 1947, p. 27.

[Quelle_8-9] Julia Landau: The everyday work of women and girls in the Soviet industrial province of Kuznetsk Basin. In: Bulletin of the Institute for Social Movements. Issue 37, 2007, pp. 51, 68, 74.

[Quelle_9-10] A ^b ^c Carl Hellmut Fritzsche: Textbook of mining science. Second volume, tenth completely revised edition, Springer Verlag, Berlin / Göttingen / Heidelberg 1962, pp. 688, 689.

[Quelle_10-11] A ^b ^c ^d Carl Hellmut Fritzsche: Textbook of mining science. First volume, eighth edition, Springer Verlag, Berlin 1942, pp. 663, 664.

[Quelle_11-12] A ^b ^c Carl Hellmut Fritzsche: Textbook of mining science. First volume, ninth completely revised edition, Springer Verlag, Berlin / Göttingen / Heidelberg 1955, pp. 732, 733.

[Anm._Land.-8] The employment of women in the mining industry was quite common in some countries until the 19th century. There were long traditions of women miners in Belgium, France, Great Britain and Japan. The work of women in underground mining was considered immoral, unfeminine and harmful to health and was forbidden in the course of the 19th century by ordinances of the regional mining offices. (Source: Julia Landau: The everyday working life of women and girls in the Soviet industrial province of Kuznetsk Basin. )