Colliery rabbits
| Colliery rabbits | |||
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| General information about the mine | |||
| other names | Colliery rabbits | ||
| Information about the mining company | |||
| Employees | 6th | ||
| Start of operation | 1739 | ||
| End of operation | 1855 | ||
| Successor use | United Rabbits Colliery | ||
| Funded raw materials | |||
| Degradation of | Hard coal | ||
| Geographical location | |||
| Coordinates | 51 ° 21 '15.4 " N , 7 ° 18' 2.9" E | ||
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| Location | Hiddinghausen | ||
| local community | Sprockhövel | ||
| District ( NUTS3 ) | Ennepe-Ruhr district | ||
| country | State of North Rhine-Westphalia | ||
| Country | Germany | ||
| District | Ruhr area | ||
The Caninchen Zeche was a hard coal mine in the Sprockhövel district of Hiddinghausen. The colliery was also known as the Colliery Rabbit . Despite its more than 190-year history, little is reported about the mine.
Mining history
In 1661, the carried out ceremony of the mining area . The mine was in operation in 1739 and the Längenfeld was surveyed in the same year . In 1754 a length field in the area of the Rabbit Path, the Street Erlen and Albringhauser Street was measured. In the years 1754 and 1755, 1758 and 1759 as well as 1761 and 1762 the mine was demonstrably in operation. In the years 1754/55 six miners were employed on the mine. According to the records of the Wetteramt, Melchior Keßeler was working as a shift supervisor at the mine in 1755 . The trade was Schulte zu Leveringhaus.
In 1787, the Rabbit mine was listed in the Niemeyer's card "Carte Speciale des mines du District de Wetter" . Around the year 1828 the mine field was through the floor and scissors Berger Erbstollen resolved , the mine at that time was not in operation. The Längenfeld Landringhausen was awarded on November 29, 1851. The award was made for the mining of coal iron stone . Following the award, the ore was mined . In the period from June 5 to July 8, 1855 , the Caninchen colliery consolidated with other mines to form the United Rabbit colliery .
What is left
Today the rabbit path in Sprockhövel-Hiddinghausen is reminiscent of the Caninchen colliery.
Individual evidence
- ↑ 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 .
- ^ Gustav Adolf Wüstenfeld: Schlebuscher Revier Bergbau in Wetter. Gustav Adolf Wüstenfeld-Verlag, Wetter-Wengern 1983, ISBN 3-922014-05-4 .
- ^ The early mining of the Ruhr: Zeche Caninchen (accessed on July 19, 2012)
Web links
- Early mining on the Ruhr: Historical map around 1840 (accessed on July 19, 2012)
- Early mining on the Ruhr: Map of the situation around 2000 (accessed on July 19, 2012)