Triumphal chariot (tunnel)
Triumphwagen was a silver mine operated in the 18th century on Steinberg near Hasserode in the Harz Mountains , which also included the “Great Luck” treasure trove.
history
The tunnels and treasure trove were located in the part of the County of Wernigerode , which belonged to the Counts of Stolberg and whose cession to the Electorate of Brandenburg was enforced at the end of the 17th century. From the ceded area, the Brandenburg, from 1701 Prussian office Hasserode was formed with the associated mountain district. In this area, the "Triumphwagen" tunnel was located on the lower slope of the Steinberg in the upper Drängetal.
At that time, various ore veins, including silver and cobalt , were striking in the Hasserode mining area . The mother and leaning bearer of the treasure trove selected the largest of the supposed silver corridors and had an eleven- laugh- deep shaft sunk there in 1727 . As the name of this treasure trove, he chose "Great luck" in the hope of finding it there.
At the same time, with the support of his co-workers , he had a silver-like spar path, a deep tunnel built at the foot of the Steinberg, and about 20 laughers drift into the mountains . This tunnel was named "Triumphal Chariot" based on the triumphal chariot of the Greco-Roman Quadriga on the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin .
About ten laughs behind the mouth hole , the miners encountered an ore, which they followed about two laughs into the depth. But the operating trades did not have the necessary financial resources to continue operating the mine, which was becoming more and more costly. Most of the trades became dull , so that operations came to a standstill as early as the mountain quarter of Trinity in 1730. This was not to change until Reminisecere 1734.
At the beginning of January 1734, the Prussian forester Johann Andreas Peltz suggested that mining be resumed in the joint Triumphwagen-Großes Glück mine. He presumed this silver mine and publicly encouraged the acquisition of new kuxes . He recruited a total of 51 Kux owners who took part in the operation of the mine. He got professional support from the former shift supervisor David Andreae, who came from the mountain town of Johanngeorgenstadt in the Ore Mountains , and who recommended the Kux Prize, set it at six talers. Andreae worked at this time as a Prussian mountain master in the Hasserode office.
However, the high expectations placed in the silver mine after 1734 were not fulfilled, as more and more waste rock was required and therefore the costs continued to rise enormously. After a short time, most of the owners of the Kuxe refused to continue operating the mining company and gave no more penalties . This brought the mine to a standstill.
Up until the middle of the 20th century, attempts to resume mining were made in the Steinberg area and, for example, the "Steinberg" mine field in the Clausthal-Zellerfeld mining authority was suspected in 1943.
The mouth hole of the Triumphstollen is buried today, remains of the shaft opening can still be seen in the vicinity of the Elversstein .
literature
- W. Schleifenbaum: The negligent gang mining of the copper and cobalt ore mines near Hasserode in the Harz, County of Wernigerode . In: Journal of the Natural Science Association of the Harz Mountains in Wernigerode , 1894, no. 9, pp. 12-101.
Individual evidence
- ^ W. Schleifenbaum: The negligent passage mining of the copper and cobalt ore mines near Hasserode in the Harz, county of Wernigerode . In: Journal of the Natural Science Association of the Harz Mountains in Wernigerode , 1894, no. 9, p. 77ff.