Alte Steinkuhle colliery
| Alte Steinkuhle colliery | |||
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| General information about the mine | |||
| Mining technology | Underground mining | ||
| Information about the mining company | |||
| Start of operation | 1737 | ||
| End of operation | 1928 | ||
| Funded raw materials | |||
| Degradation of | Hard coal | ||
| Geographical location | |||
| Coordinates | 51 ° 27 '27 " N , 7 ° 14' 27" E | ||
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| Location | Laer- Steinkuhl | ||
| local community | Bochum | ||
| Independent city ( NUTS3 ) | Bochum | ||
| country | State of North Rhine-Westphalia | ||
| Country | Germany | ||
| District | Ruhr area | ||
The Alte Steinkuhle colliery was a hard coal mine in Laer -Steinkuhl, which was in operation from 1737 to 1928. This colliery is one of the oldest in the Ruhr area. The mine was also known under the names Zeche Alte Steinkuhl and Zeche Alte Steinkohle . When naming the colliery, the local name of the area in the area of what is now Bochum 's Laer district was used.
history
The beginnings
Although the mine was in operation in 1737, which took place ceremony of the length field (800 meters striking out ) until the year 1739. In the same year a tunnel near the house was Supreme Steinkuhl set. The excavation of the tunnel was initially about 100 meters south-west, then the southeast direction. In 1754 another field part was awarded, and another length field was awarded on February 5, 1757.
The further operation
The operation of the colliery was characterized by operating times of different lengths and periods of shutdown in between. The mine was in operation between 1754 and 1769. In 1770 coal was first mined above the bottom of the tunnel, and in the same year it was closed. Around 1830 attempts were made to start mining again, a new shaft was sunk . In 1889 the mine was out of service again, in 1890 it was briefly started up, and from 1891 the mine was out of service again.
In 1910 work began on digging a tonnage shaft . This shaft served as a test shaft to investigate whether the Berneck colliery south of the Dannenbaum 2 shaft had dismantled the authorized person . In 1912, mining began in the shaft. In addition, a new level was driven at a depth of 50 meters. At the end of the shaft drank, and had gesümpft be, in February 1913, the re- flooding of the shaft. The colliery was shut down for lack of money.
The last few years until the shutdown
At the end of 1919, the mine was put back into operation. In addition to the test shaft, work began on digging a ton-long shaft. The shaft was set up in the northeast corner of the Berneck II field. In 1920 the shaft reached a shallow depth of 75 meters, the first level was set at 20 m (+112 m above sea level ). On January 22, 1921 award of the lease and subsequent reductions in the square fields Amatus and Christiansburg. In the same year, the second level was applied at a depth of 40 meters (+92 m above sea level). The third level was set at a depth of 60 meters (+72 m above sea level). The size of the rights holders totaled 1.2 km 2. On February 28, 1928, the production was stopped, on May 1 of the same year the mine was finally closed. Most of the daytime systems were then completely canceled.
Workforce and Promotion
In 1755 the colliery had the largest workforce in the Bochum district with twelve miners. In 1890, seven miners extracted 138 tonnes of hard coal. In 1912, ten miners extracted 305 tons, in 1913 the extraction dropped to 39 tons and the workforce decreased to three miners. From 1920 the production increased again, 285 tons of hard coal were extracted with 38 miners. A further increase in production took place in 1926, when around 62,000 tons of hard coal were extracted with 209 miners. This was the maximum production of the mine. In the year of shutdown, production fell to 2,050 tons. This funding was provided with only eleven miners, so the final operating phase of the colliery was quite productive.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e f g h i j Joachim Huske : The coal mines in the Ruhr area. Data and facts from the beginning to 2005 (= publications from the German Mining Museum Bochum 144) 3rd revised and expanded edition. Self-published by the German Mining Museum, Bochum 2006, ISBN 3-937203-24-9 .
- ↑ a b c d e f g h Wilhelm Hermann, Gertrude Hermann: The old collieries on the Ruhr. 4th edition. Publishing house Karl Robert Langewiesche, successor Hans Köster, Königstein i. Taunus 1994, ISBN 3-7845-6992-7 .
- ^ The early mining on the Ruhr: Zeche Alte Steinkuhle (last accessed on October 22, 2012).
- ↑ Headframes in the Ruhr Mining Alte Steinkuhle (last accessed on October 22, 2012).