Peterszeche
| Peterszeche | |||
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| Rare minerals | Millerite | ||
| Information about the mining company | |||
| Employees | 300 (1907) | ||
| Start of operation | 1850 | ||
| End of operation | 1917 | ||
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| Degradation of | Iron ore , lead ore , zinc ore | ||
| Greatest depth | 440 m | ||
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| Coordinates | 50 ° 43 '51.5 " N , 8 ° 3' 1.9" E | ||
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| Location | Burbach | ||
| local community | Burbach | ||
| District ( NUTS3 ) | Siegen-Wittgenstein | ||
| country | State of North Rhine-Westphalia | ||
| Country | Germany | ||
| District | Burbach mountain area | ||
The Peterszeche mine was in the Burbach district in what is now the Siegen-Wittgenstein district in North Rhine-Westphalia . It was the largest of a series of mines in the Buchhellertal in the southern Siegerland .
Aisle means
The passageways of the pit were mostly 1.5–4 m thick. The means Crone & Carlssegen consisted of 0.6 m thick cords made of lead and zinc ores with spate iron stone. Further gear resources were:
- Gabriel
- Frankenstein gang
- Overhanging Peterszecher corridor
- Lying Peterszecher corridor
- Peterslust
history
In 1850 a union was formed under the name Peterszeche in Buchhellertal to mine lead ores . An upper gallery was built in the 1840s and a lower gallery in the 1850s . The latter brought a depth of 63 m underground and was 312 m long in 1861. 1865 consolidated the mines star of hope , Viktor field , copper Kaute , Green Hope , Mückenwiese and Crone to the pit. The first shaft was sunk a year earlier .
In 1862 a railway was built from the tunnel to process the disused Viktorsfeld mine . Two years later, the Peterszeche bought this preparation. It consisted of a steam engine with 12 HP, a turbine, a water wheel, a stamping mill, a rolling mill, several separation drums and jigs as well as round and pusher ovens.
The old shaft was 2 × 3 m in size, reached a depth of 23 m in the first year, 153 m in 1887 and 200 m in 1892, the total depth of the shaft. By 1885 there were four excavation levels , which were 25 m, 52 m, 78 m and 105 m. In the same year the 150 m level was raised. A horizontal, single-cylinder steam engine was used for conveyance. The dewatering machine was also single-cylinder and had 24 HP. After the pit was closed, this shaft was backfilled .
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The second Leo shaft was built in 1896. Since it was to be the main shaft, it was 4.9 × 2.3 m in size and was renamed Shaft I in the documents . In 1897 it was already 80 m deep. After reaching the 200 m level in 1900, the old shaft was closed. In 1907 the 325 m level was reached. After the pit was closed, it was not backfilled.
After the second shaft had been sunk, a new processing plant was built in 1897 and a year later a narrow-gauge railway for ore removal and a loading station in Burbach. In 1885, the production of 1,334 t of lead ore, 635 t of zinc blende and 322 t of spate iron stone by 207 miners. In 1901 a new steam engine with 60 hp was put into operation. In the following years, the output was tripled. After reaching the 325 m level in 1907, it was found that the vein was melting and was unworthy of mining. On June 30, 1907, operations in the Peterszeche ceased. Most of the 300 staff members were accommodated in other pits.
In the summer of 1910 the Kuhmichel trade from Eiserfeld resumed operations with the hope of iron ore . Mined was in the Karlssegen and Crone veins . But since the desired output was not achieved, the mine was shut down for good in 1917. From 1914 until its closure , 19,294 t of spate iron stone, 717 t of zinc ore and 54 t of lead ore were mined. In 1917 the flotation plant was demolished. In 1932 the rails and sleepers of the small train were removed. Only the stone crusher system of the basalt quarry at Höllenkopf (on the site of today's military training area), which was in operation from 1922 to 1928, reminds of the extraction of raw materials in this area.
Consolidations
- Crone : Also in the Buchhellertal was the Crone pit on the rear Nenkersberg. It was first mentioned around 1840. The shaft built in 1857 reached a depth of 100 m. In 1865 the mine went to the Peterszeche . Zinc and lead ores were mined.
- Green Hope , in operation with breaks between 1700 and 1882.
- Star of hope , the mine was probably in operation before 1700. The mining rights were re-awarded in 1720. Around 1800 an artificial shaft was created which reached a depth of 54 m. A water lifting machine followed in 1844, and around 1850 the mine was consolidated with Green Hope , with which it belonged to the Peterszeche from 1865 . In 1883 the mine was bought by Carl Schreiber and a new treatment system with a water wheel with a diameter of 13 m was built. Lead, copper and silver were mined.
- Kupferkaute : The mine was first mentioned in 1726. Copper and lead were promoted.
- Mückenwiese : The Mückenwiese trade unionexisted between October 28, 1837 and 1917. Funding was carried out through a tunnel built in the 1850s and in a 21 m deep die in operation between 1876 and 1878 (production 709 t), later via a shaft with a steam engine and an electric motor. In 1850 a Belgian company bought the mine. Investigations took place between 1876 and 78, but operations stood still until 1915. The production between 1915 and 1917 amounted to 20 t Spateisenstein, 175 t copper pebbles, 2,145 t zinc blende and 87 t galena.
- Viktorsfeld , in operation between 1712 and 1862.
See also
Web links
- Gerd Bäumer: Ore mining in the Siegerland area ( Memento from November 7, 2001 in the Internet Archive )
- "Pit of the Year - The Peterszeche Pit" (offline), accessed on August 13, 2008