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Water servants at work

A water servant , even water fountain or pump servant called, is a miner , who in the early mining until the mid-19th century as a worker for the dewatering of the mine was responsible.

activities

The work of the water servant consisted mainly of removing the pit water from the sump with vessels . Several water servants were always necessary for this work. As a rule, two servants stood in the sump and scooped the water into what are known as puddles . In the water shaft, several water servants stood on trips at short intervals and thus formed a chain. The filled buckets were passed on to the lowest water servant, who then passed the bucket on to the next until the bucket reached the top and was emptied. In return, the emptied buckets were passed back down. On days when there was little water in the sump, the water handlers were used for auxiliary work in the extraction. In mines with a high water intake, platforms were installed in the water shaft at short intervals, on which the water servants then stood. Later hand pumps were used instead of the scoops. There was also a water tank on each stage, into which a water servant then pumped the water. From this water tank, the water was pumped to the next water tank, until it finally arrived for days.

Problems

Because of the water sloshing out of the vessels, the work clothes were completely soaked after a short working time. In addition, standing for long on the shaky drives often led to accidents. The work was limited to shafts with a depth of 20 to 30 meters. In the case of deeper shafts, the need for water servants increased significantly, so that several hundred water servants were often required.

literature

  • Christoph Bartels , Andreas Bingener, Rainer Slotta : The Schwazer Bergbuch. Volume III, 1st edition, self-published by the German Mining Museum, Bochum 2006, ISBN 3-937203-22-2
  • Carl Langheld: The conditions of the miners in the Saxon shelf mining. Published by JG Engelhardt, Freiberg 1855

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Heinrich Veith: German mountain dictionary with evidence. Published by Wilhelm Gottlieb Korn, Breslau 1871.
  2. ↑ a b Martin Linnert: Growth and quality of young beeches in a differently thickened spruce stand. Universitätsverlag Göttingen, Göttingen 2009, ISBN 978-3-941875-25-8 , p. 4.
  3. ^ A b Manfred EA Schmutzer: Ingenium and Individual. Springer Verlag Wien - New York, Vienna 1994, p. 189.
  4. ^ A b Klaus Hahne: Whom does technology help? 4th edition, Marburg 1983, ISBN 3-922850-14-6 , p. 77.
  5. ↑ Carl von Scheuchenstuel: IDIOTICON the Austrian mining and metallurgy language. kk court bookseller Wilhelm Braumüller, Vienna 1856.
  6. ↑ Herbert Pforr: Start into the mining science age with "A useful mountain booklet" by Freiberg doctor ulrich Rülein von Calw (1465-1523), Freiberg, Saxony. In: Federal Geological Institute. (Ed.): Reports of the Federal Geological Institute. Volume: 35, Vienna 1996, ISSN  1017-8880 , pp. 279-282
  7. ↑ Moritz Ferdinand Gaetzschmann: Complete guide to the art of mining. First part, second edition, published by Arthur Felix, Freiberg 1866, p. 456.

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