Augustus colliery

Augustus colliery
	General information about the mine
other names	Zeche Rosenbaum, Zeche August, Zeche Rosenbank
Funding / year	up to approx. 1500 t
	Information about the mining company
Employees	until approx. 30
Start of operation	1771
End of operation	1859
Successor use	Consolidation to the Borbecker Tiefbau colliery
	Funded raw materials
Degradation of	Hard coal
	Geographical location
Coordinates	51 ° 26 '23.3 " N , 7 ° 21' 52.9" E Coordinates: 51 ° 26 '23.3 " N , 7 ° 21' 52.9" E
	Location Augustus colliery
Location	Anne
local community	Witten
District ( NUTS3 )	Ennepe-Ruhr district
country	State of North Rhine-Westphalia
Country	Germany
District	Ruhr area

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The Augustus colliery was a mine in the Annen district of Witten . The colliery was originally called Zeche Rosenbaum , at times the mine was also called Zeche August , occasionally also called Zeche Rosenbank . The mine was operated on both wings of the Helenenberg saddle in the Geitling seam.

history

The beginnings

On September 15, 1765 the assumption for the authorized Rosenbaum took place. The mine field was located between the confluence of today's streets Ardeystraße and Egge and Heiligen Bach. On February 28, 1771, the name was changed to Zeche August. The mines' trades were Baron Clemens August von Elversfeld and the two farmers Johann Caspar Hundicker and Henrich Oberste Frielinghaus. Each of the three trades had a share of 42 2/3 Kuxen in the mine. At the time, no mortgage had been granted, but some of the legal fees had already been paid. The mine went into operation that same year. On October 27, 1787 was carried out ceremony of the length field Augustus. In 1790 the mine was mapped for the first time and entered on the Niemeyer's map . The tunnel with the shafts was in the area of Schleiermeierstrasse and In der Mark .

The other years

After only a few years it became necessary to sink a shaft . In addition to improving the ventilation of the mine workings , the shaft was also intended to be used to convey the mined coal. Around 1820, the bay was Carl south of Ardeystraße set . The shaft was first sunk a few meters down to the saddle of the seam. It was then sunk deeper in the southern area of the seam in several tons. Schacht Carl reached a depth of 34 laughs . On February 15, 1828, the Carl shaft was put into operation as a production shaft at Ardeystraße 2. After 1829 the mine was used intensively. In tunnels which occurred promotion of the mined coal with German racks on which two bushels tons were. In 1830 the Carl shaft was in production. The bins were conveyed here with a hand reel , this reel was covered. Four to five reel workers were required for the promotion . In the same year there was a breakthrough to the Franziska Erbstollen .

Another shaft was needed to be able to dismantle the north wing. In 1835 the Wilhelm shaft was sunk. The shaft starting point for this shaft was on the northern mountain slope below the road. In the same year Schacht Wilhelm went into operation. The extraction then took place via this shaft. The coal extracted in the shaft was transported over days by carters in horse carts to the Sauerland and Hagen. Four years later, in 1839, which took place solution and the promotion of coal by the Franziska-Erbstollen. The operation was separated into the south and north wings. On March 22 of the same year, the north wing was consolidated, below the bottom of the Erbstollen, to form the Franziska Tiefbau colliery . Above the bottom of the Erbstollen it was still an independent business. From 1840 to 1847 the coal was again extracted via the Carl shaft. In the spring of 1850 a fault zone was encountered in both wings and operations were shut down. The mine was back in operation until 1854, after which it was preserved within a certain period . On March 12, 1859 was carried out consolidation of Restberechtsame to mine Borbecker civil engineering .

Promotion and workforce

In 1830 a total of 43,803 bushels , that is about 796 tons, were extracted from hard coal . The workforce varied between nine and sixteen miners . In 1835 71,993 bushels (1308 tons) were mined. In 1840 production dropped to 50,036 bushels (910 tons). A year later, the highest production of the mine was achieved with 75,168 bushels (1367 tons). In 1845 the production sank to 56,773 bushels (1032 tons) of hard coal. The workforce varied between fifteen and twenty-eight miners. In 1847 production fell again to 45,380 bushels (825 tons). The workforce varied between twelve and 16 miners.

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l 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 ⁱ ^j Gerhard Koetter: coal under Witten. 1st edition, Friends of the Westphalian Industrial Museum, Zeche Nachtigall, Witten 2009, ISBN 978-3-00-029412-9 .
↑ Thomas Schilp (Ed.), Wilfried Reininghaus, Joachim Huske: Das Muth-, Verleih-, and Confirmation Book 1770 - 1773. A source on the early history of Ruhr mining, Wittnaack Verlag, Dortmund 1993, ISBN 3-9802117-9-7 .

[Quelle_1-1] ↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l 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 .

[Quelle_2-2] ↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j Gerhard Koetter: coal under Witten. 1st edition, Friends of the Westphalian Industrial Museum, Zeche Nachtigall, Witten 2009, ISBN 978-3-00-029412-9 .

[Quelle_3-3] Thomas Schilp (Ed.), Wilfried Reininghaus, Joachim Huske: Das Muth-, Verleih-, and Confirmation Book 1770 - 1773. A source on the early history of Ruhr mining, Wittnaack Verlag, Dortmund 1993, ISBN 3-9802117-9-7 .