Magog-Gomer-Bierkeller composite mine

Slate dump Magog

The composite mine Magog-Gomer-Bierkeller is a slate mine in the Bad Fredeburg district of the town of Schmallenberg in the Hochsauerland district .

history

In the only still producing from formerly over 100 slate quarries in North Rhine-Westphalia build a total of 30 employees, including four below ground, roof and facade slate in a depth of up to 120 m from. The Magog mine dates back to 1859. At that time, mining was carried out over an area of one kilometer in length, 80 meters in width and 200 meters in depth.

In 1970 the Bierkeller pit was incorporated into the company. The name Bierkeller goes back to the fact that in 1851, when a cooling cellar was excavated, a minable slate deposit was discovered. In 1990, the Felicitas Hesse & Schneider mine also became the property of the company. There is no more dismantling there.

Composite mine

The actual composite mine therefore consists of the Bierkeller, Gomer and Magog pits. The pits were connected to one another by a connecting section between the second underground level of the Bierkeller pit and the third level of Gomer. The pits extend over a length of about 1000 m. They are accessed through two inclined shafts . The old Magog shaft serves as a weather shaft and the old Gomer shaft as a production shaft . The excavation of the third level is connected to this at a depth of around 100 m. The pit field beer cellar has since been closed.

In the area of the mine, up to six roof slate stores can be made out. Together they make up an approximately 30 m thick northern camp and an approximately 14 m thick southern camp. Both areas are separated from each other by harder claystone and sandstone .

Until the beginning of the 1970s, the dismantling was carried out by drilling and blasting in the chamber construction . As a result, the dismantling was mechanized by sawing devices and hydraulic hammers. A mine train transports the slate over the surface.

Certain problems cause daily breaks at various times. A break in the break in 1976 led to an in-depth investigation of the deposits and technical modernization. In 1990 a daybreak occurred in the area of the disused Bierkeller mine, which destroyed a building.

The slate is marketed under the name "Fredeburger Schiefer". Today the company, which has 35 employees (as of 2019), has one of the most modern productions for roofing slate and natural stone slabs.

literature

Heinrich Schauerte : Slate mining in the Sauerland . In: Rheinisch-Westfälische Zeitschrift für Volkskunde , vol. 5 (1958), pp. 47–75.
Volker Wrede: Roofing slate mining in the Sauerland . In: Michael Senger (Red.): Mining in the Sauerland . Westphalian Slate Mining Museum , Schmallenberg-Holthausen 1996, ISBN 3-930271-42-7 , pp. 371-386.
Orientation towards world market prices: The Magog slate mine . Westfalenpost from December 21, 2012 ( online )

Individual evidence

^ Heinrich Schauerte: Slate mining in the Sauerland . In: Rheinisch-Westfälische Zeitschrift für Volkskunde , vol. 5 (1958), pp. 47–75, here p. 58.
^ Volker Wrede: Roofing slate mining in the Sauerland . In: Michael Senger (Red.): Mining in the Sauerland . Westphalian Slate Mining Museum , Schmallenberg-Holthausen 1996, ISBN 3-930271-42-7 , pp. 371–386, here p. 376.

Web links

51.1886 8.32491Coordinates: 51 ° 11 ′ 19 ″ N , 8 ° 19 ′ 29.7 ″ E

[1] Heinrich Schauerte: Slate mining in the Sauerland . In: Rheinisch-Westfälische Zeitschrift für Volkskunde , vol. 5 (1958), pp. 47–75, here p. 58.

[2] Volker Wrede: Roofing slate mining in the Sauerland . In: Michael Senger (Red.): Mining in the Sauerland . Westphalian Slate Mining Museum , Schmallenberg-Holthausen 1996, ISBN 3-930271-42-7 , pp. 371–386, here p. 376.