Bridal chamber colliery

Bridal chamber colliery
	General information about the mine
other names	Colliery At the Brautkammerer ; Colliery Bridal Chamber ; Colliery Old Bridal Chamber ; Colliery New Bridal Chamber ; Colliery Old & New Bridal Chamber
	Information about the mining company
Start of operation	1677
End of operation	1815
Successor use	Consolidation with the Am Busch and Sonnenblick collieries to form the Friedrich Wilhelm colliery
	Funded raw materials
Degradation of	Hard coal
	Geographical location
Coordinates	51 ° 29 '32.6 " N , 7 ° 28' 10.1" E Coordinates: 51 ° 29 '32.6 " N , 7 ° 28' 10.1" E
	Location Bridal Chamber Colliery
Location	Emschertal
local community	Dortmund
Independent city ( NUTS3 )	Dortmund
country	State of North Rhine-Westphalia
Country	Germany
District	Ruhr area

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The Bridal Chamber Colliery is a former hard coal mine in Dortmund city center in the Emschertal . It is one of the oldest mines in Dortmund and even the oldest mine known by name in Dortmund. The mine is also known under the names Zeche An der Brautkammerer and Zeche Brautkammer . From the second half of the 18th century, the mine was also called the old bridal chamber or the new bridal chamber and the old & new bridal chamber .

history

The beginnings

The colliery was first mentioned in a document in 1647. The tunnel mouth holes of the colliery were on the north side of the Emscher valley. The colliery was in operation from 1677 and before 1726 it was set in time limits . So that the mine could be put back into operation, the mine owner Wilhelm Schmieding paid considerable sums to the Liège master Lambert so that he could carry out the necessary mining work. Since the top coals had been mined, they had to be mined on the lower part of the colliery. The work was carried out between 1726 and 1729.

The further operation

From 1729 mining started again with the help of tunnel shafts. The eastern part of the mine was later called the Old Bride Chamber. The tunnel mouth hole was right on the Emscher near the Knappenberg quarry. The western part was in operation from around the second half of the 18th century. This area was called the New Bride Chamber and had at least three tunnels with mouth holes on the Emscher. Later 11 shafts were sunk in this area . In 1757 a trade union agreement was concluded for the joint dismantling of the old bridal chamber and the new bridal chamber. After that, the mine was initially received within time limits . From 1770, the mine was temporarily shut down.

From the year 1786 a brick shaft and the tunnel were cleared . In the same year the mine was put back into operation. In 1888, tunnel construction and substation construction was carried out with 15 miners . Coal was also extracted by hand below the sole. From 1802, substation construction was carried out up to 60 puddles flat and 10 puddles seiger under the tunnel sole. To keep the incoming pit water short, 24 smaller pumps, so-called water extractors, were in operation. Despite these considerable financial efforts, there was only a profit of 900 Reichstalers that year . The owner was the businessman Feldmann from Dortmund & Consorten. In 1803 the bridal chamber colliery was the largest colliery in the Dortmund city area. The mining took place at a distance of 300 laughs from the tunnel mouth hole in the chalk marl border.

In 1805, the mine was again temporarily placed in time limits. A notarial contract was concluded for recommissioning. However, operations were limited. This year there were three tunnels and an old coal shaft on the mine. A year later the closed Sümpfgen colliery was acquired. On 5 May of the same year was also Berechtsame of Pautz acquired. In 1810, the excavation above the tunnel floor was finished. From 1811, 40 puddles were built below the tunnel floor. The tunnel mouth hole is located on the Emscher near the Hoffmann Mill. The authorized persons comprised five half seams , 45 miners work on the colliery.

The last few years

In 1812 work began on digging a shaft through the marl . In August of the same year the shaft reached a depth of 14 ⅛ laughs. From the following year they wanted to switch to civil engineering . For this reason a plan for the installation of a water retention steam engine was drawn up. The implementation of the plan was prevented by the Am Busch colliery . In 1814 the application to move to civil engineering was rejected by the mining authorities. Nevertheless, a test shaft was sunk through the 14.7 meter thick marl into the Carboniferous . On May 25, 1815, the consolidation with the Am Busch and Sonnenblick collieries to form the Friedrich Wilhelm colliery took place .

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p 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 ^k ^l 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 Brautkammer (accessed June 27, 2016).

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

[Quelle_3-3] The early mining on the Ruhr: Zeche Brautkammer (accessed June 27, 2016).