Driving mark
A driving mark is a disc punched or cut out of different materials, which was used in mining for presence and rope travel control . The driving mark was at the same time a simple means that served to improve work safety .
Basics
A system of different brands was used so that the supervisors or the plant management always had an overview of which miner was underground at what time. The miners had to collect a ticket at the brand control before driving. They gave this token to the attacker to keep for days before the entrance . The attacker pulled the driving marks on a specially designed wire ring for days. After the cable car ride, the tickets were sent underground with the cage . At the end of the shift , every miner received his ticket back from the attacker underground and gave it back to the brand control after leaving. So that an orderly and smooth exit was made possible and no miner was disadvantaged, the attacker returned the tickets to the miners so that they could exit in the order in which they had entered. All he had to do was turn the wire ring around and hand out the tokens accordingly. Through this process, you always had an overview of whether all miners had left. If there were still driving marks on the wire ring, these miners had not left. The driving mark also served as a shift mark. At some mines , in addition to the driving mark, a shift mark corresponding to the shift time was also issued, for example at the Graf Bismarck colliery . The driving label was given to the attacker and the shift label was kept on the man. Both brands were returned to the brand control after the exit.
Form and use
Each miner received his own individual driving label, in which his brand number was stamped. The driving marks of the respective shifts were shaped differently. Thin sheet brass was often used as the material. In some mines, the driving tags were made of plastic plates. These stamps were rectangular in shape and had a different color depending on the layer. At other mines, the driving marks differed in their shape; a round driving mark was used for the early shift, a square driving mark for the midday shift and a triangular driving mark for the night shift. However, there were regional differences in the shape of the driving and shift marks. At the Graf Bismarck colliery, for example, the shift marks were round, hexagonal , octagonal or square ; the driving mark was generally triangular .
Web links
- Karl Heupel: Fahrmarken (accessed on March 19, 2015)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d F. Baum: Facilities to monitor the workers in the pit and control measures to ensure an eight-hour rest period . In: Glückauf, Berg- und Hüttenmännische magazine . Association for mining interests in the Oberbergamtsiertel Dortmund (ed.), No. 25, Volume 44, June 20, 1908, pp. 889–895.
- ↑ a b Herbert Stahl (editor), Gerhard Geurts , Hans-Dieter Hilden, Herbert Ommer , Siegfried Raimann: Das Erbe des Erzes, Volume 4, Der Lüderich . Bergisch Gladbach 2008, pp. 189ff ISBN 3-932326-52-0 .
- ↑ a b Time leaps, Essen-Heisingen; Mining and local history museum in the Paulushof . Sutton Verlag , Erfurt 2013, ISBN 978-3-95400-251-1 .
- ↑ a b Henryk A. Lange: The sun over shaft II . BoD Books on Demand , Norderstedt 2012, ISBN 978-3-8482-1401-3 .
- ↑ Herbert Stahl (editor), Gerhard Geurts, Hans-Dieter Hilden, Herbert Ommer, Siegfried Raimann: Das Erbe des Erzes, Volume 2, The pits on the Gangerz deposits in the ore district Bensberg . Cologne, 2004, ISBN 3-00-014668-7 .