Christiana colliery
| Christiana colliery | |||
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| General information about the mine | |||
| other names | Christiane Colliery Christiane Colliery Christiane Courts Colliery Witten |
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| Funding / year | Max. 21,306 pr t | ||
| Information about the mining company | |||
| Employees | to 32 | ||
| Start of operation | 1785 | ||
| End of operation | 1860 | ||
| Successor use | United Hamburg mine | ||
| Funded raw materials | |||
| Degradation of | Hard coal | ||
| Geographical location | |||
| Coordinates | 51 ° 26 '26.1 " N , 7 ° 21' 31.3" E | ||
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| Location | Anne | ||
| local community | Witten | ||
| District ( NUTS3 ) | Ennepe-Ruhr district | ||
| country | State of North Rhine-Westphalia | ||
| Country | Germany | ||
| District | Ruhr area | ||
The Christiana colliery is a former hard coal mine in Annen . The mine was also known under the names Zeche Christiane , Zeche Christiane Rechts Witten and Zeche Christian . The mine belonged to the Märkisches Bergamts district and there to the jury area Ostlich Witten .
Mining history
The mine was already in operation before the award , around 1785. A length field was awarded on May 25, 1789, and the mine continued to operate after the award. Around the year 1790 the mine was in deadlines set. From July 1841 the mine was back in operation. It was a seam with a thickness of 50 inches in Verhieb . The mined coal was at this time through the shaft Crone of colliery Friedrichsfeld promoted . In 1853 the mine was demonstrably in operation. In 1855, that was mine field of mine Christiana by Franziska Erbstollen solved . At this point in time the production took place via its own shaft , which was equipped with a horse peg. The shaft had a depth of 21¼ Lachter . In addition, coke was also produced with a kiln at this time . The mine was in operation from 1857 to 1860. In 1861 it was again put in time limits. Around 1880 the Christiana colliery was taken over by the United Hamburg colliery.
Promotion and workforce
The coal mined at the Christiana colliery was strongly baking and could be used for the piling . The first known production figures of the mine come from the year 1841, 29,952 bushels of hard coal were produced . The first known workforce at the mine dates back to 1842, when 32 miners were employed in the mine, who produced 21,306 Prussian tons . In 1845 49,108 bushels of hard coal were mined. The workforce fluctuated this year between 12 and 20 miners. In 1847, 13 to 21 miners extracted 80,167 bushels of hard coal. In 1855, 27 miners produced 12,546¼ tons of coal from Prussia. These were the last known production and workforce figures for the mine.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e f 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 Ludwig Herrmann Wilhelm Jacobi : The mining, metallurgy and trade of the government district Arnsberg in statistical representation. Published by Julius Bädeker, Iserlohn 1857. Online