Altena colliery

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Altena colliery
General information about the mine
Information about the mining company
Start of operation 1754
End of operation 1852
Successor use Consolidation to the Louischen colliery
Funded raw materials
Degradation of Hard coal
Geographical location
Coordinates 51 ° 25 '13.8 "  N , 7 ° 19' 25.5"  E Coordinates: 51 ° 25 '13.8 "  N , 7 ° 19' 25.5"  E
Altena Colliery (Regional Association Ruhr)
Altena colliery
Location Altena colliery
Location Bommern
local community Witten
District ( NUTS3 ) Ennepe-Ruhr district
country State of North Rhine-Westphalia
Country Germany
District Ruhr area

The Altena colliery was a mine in Bommern . The mine, which is also known as the Zeche Altene , was located in the Muttental in the area of ​​Kusekampstraße.

Mining history

On July 2, 1751 was carried out ceremony of the length field Altena. There is evidence that the mine was in operation in 1754 and 1756. In 1766 a new survey took place . Between 1800 and 1853 the mine was partially combined to form Miething & Altena. On June 10, 1844, the western part of the field had to be separated due to a court ruling and was given the name Oberste Frielinghaus . In 1852, the St. Johannes Erbstollen Sole was consolidated into the Louischen colliery . A year later, on May 18, the consolidation to the United Louisenglück colliery took place below the bottom of the Erbstollen .

Individual evidence

  1. a b c 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 .
  2. a b Gerhard Koetter (Ed.): Mining in the Muttental. 1st edition, Druckstatt Wöhrle, Witten 2001, ISBN 3-00-008659-5 .

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