Cleverbank colliery

Cleverbank colliery
	General information about the mine
other names	Clefferbank colliery, Cleffer Banck colliery
Funding / year	Max. = 77,735 t
	Information about the mining company
Employees	up to 321
Start of operation	1755
End of operation	1961
	Funded raw materials
Degradation of	Hard coal
	Geographical location
Coordinates	51 ° 23 '55.6 " N , 7 ° 15' 35.6" E Coordinates: 51 ° 23 '55.6 " N , 7 ° 15' 35.6" E
	Location Cleverbank colliery
Location	Buchholz Kämpen
local community	Witten
District ( NUTS3 )	Ennepe-Ruhr district
country	State of North Rhine-Westphalia
Country	Germany
District	Ruhr area

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The Cleverbank colliery is a former hard coal mine in the Hammertal in the Buchholz-Kämpen district of Witten . The colliery was also known as the Clefferbank colliery or the Cleffer Banck colliery in the 18th century . The mine was renamed the Pleßbach colliery in 1955 . Five seams were extracted from the renamed mine .

history

The beginnings

The ceremony of the length field took place in 1727, the measurement of the Berechtsame on November 1, 1739. In 1755 was recorded with five miners of operation. The mine was in operation from 1758 to 1800. The measured length field was awarded on May 2, 1739. In 1805, a coal mine was set up on the Ruhr . The transport took place from the tunnel mouth hole over a 20 laugh long sliding path. The mine was in operation between 1810 and 1820. In 1824 the remaining coal piers were dismantled and operations ceased in November of the same year. In April 1832, readings were removed again and again closed on August 31 of the same year. In 1907 it was restarted via a tunnel . The construction site was opened up and the ventilation was carried out via an auxiliary building from the Gut Glück & Wrangel colliery; In 1909 a weather shaft was in operation, the construction site was 90 meters wide and 400 meters cross-cutting. With the construction of the Bossel – Blankenstein small railway , the colliery received a standard gauge siding around 1910. In 1911 the right was acquired by the Gut Glück & Wrangel mine and a joint venture was formed.

The other years as Cleverbank

In 1919 the mining trade union Taugenicht was founded. On November 30, 1925, the joint venture with the Gut Glück & Wrangel colliery was dissolved because the Gut Glück & Wrangel colliery was closed. In 1928 the owner of the Taugenicht colliery acquired the rights. On June 1 of the same year, the Taugenicht union was renamed Cleverbank union. Then the authorized St. Josephus and Rudolphsbank were acquired. A tonnlägiger production well with a shallow depth of 150 meters (70 meters Seiger ) was in operation. It was four soles degradation operated, the weather Sole was at a shallow depth of 70 meters. In 1932, a day cover was used to guide the weather . In 1933, the construction site was driven 3610 meters across and 290 meters across. In 1934, the entitlement comprised 13 length fields. 1935 was Erbstollengerechtigkeit of Lawrence Erbstollen acquired the Lawrence Erbstollen was renamed Lawrence studs. In addition, other length fields west of the marrow sheath were acquired. The total beneficiary now comprised 18 length fields. In 1936, the alignment of the new construction sites in the Hammer-Pleßbachtal area was completed, and there was a shaft and a tunnel in the new construction site .

In 1940, the breakthrough took place with the Laurentius tunnel, creating a connection with the newly acquired building sites in the Hammertal. In the same year the rights of the closed colliery Blankenburg were acquired. The authorized persons now comprised 18 length fields and one quarter field . In 1941 the daytime facilities and the extraction were relocated to the Hammertal, the mine was renamed to Zeche Taugenicht . In 1945 the colliery was renamed to Cleverbank colliery. The existing shaft had a shallow depth of 70 meters, that of the shaft at the bottom was 170 meters. In 1946 the authorized person had a field size of 1.5 km ² . The deepest level of the mine was 150 meters. The mining took place in the length fields Thuegut , Taugenicht, Sybilla , Anna, Rudolfsbank, Saldenberg, Rummelskirchen including Nebenbank, Dorothea, St. Josephus I and II including Beilehn, Lebrecht , Friedrich August and Julius. Also in parts of the Geviertfelder Charlotte im Herbeder Holz, Neu-Scheven, Alexius and Drachenfels I. In 1951, Geviertfeld I with a size of 0.25 km ^{2 was acquired} by the United Bommerbänker Tiefbau colliery . In 1952 a plan was drawn up to swamp the Blankenburg colliery, which was closed in 1925. In 1953, the construction site was struck 3,500 meters and crossed 820 meters. In 1954, new day-to-day facilities were built in the Hammertal; On June 15, 1955, the mine went bankrupt and was acquired by Bayer AG in Leverkusen. The name was then changed to Pleßbach colliery.

The time as Pleßbach

Anvil from the smithy of the Cleverbank / Pleßbach colliery

On June 15, 1955, the Cleverbank colliery was renamed Pleßbach colliery , also called Plessbach colliery. The owner company of the Pleßbach colliery was a subsidiary of the Bayer Leverkusen paint factory . In 1955, the rights included 18 length fields, a quarter field and the lease field Blankenburg. A barrel-length shaft was in operation and the bottom was at a shallow depth of 70 meters (150 meters flat). The deepest level was created by means of a blind shaft and lay at a shallower depth of 150 meters. The mine had a conveyor tunnel, the Laurentius tunnel. Most of the dismantling took place in the Blankenburg construction site.

On October 1, 1955, the Elisabethenglück authorized property was leased, but the Elisabethenglück colliery continued to operate independently. In 1958, the entitlement comprised 24 length fields, 6 square fields and the lease field Blankenburg. By 1961, a two-kilometer-long connecting crosscut between the Elisabethenglück colliery and the Pleßbach colliery was being excavated . The breakthrough between the two mines took place in 1961. The mining took place to the Pleßbachtal through the Laurentius tunnel. On October 1st of the same year the mine was renamed to Zeche Neu-Pleßbach.

The years as Neu-Pleßbach

The Neu-Pleßbach colliery was created on October 1, 1961 from the merger of the Pleßbach colliery with the Elisabethenglück colliery . At that time, a tonnage shaft with a shallow depth of 70 meters and a tunnel existed on the Pleßbach construction site. The deepest level was connected via a blind shaft and lay at a shallower depth of 150 meters. The Elisabethenglück construction site had a sloping production shaft, the Elisabethenglück shaft. The main extraction level was at a depth of 112 meters (+72 meters above sea level ). Both construction sites were connected to one another by a 2-kilometer-long connecting cross-cut which was at the level of the Laurentius tunnel. On November 30, 1962, the Neu-Pleßbach colliery was shut down. The Pleßbach mine building was still open and navigable on the bottom of the tunnel in 1997.

Promotion and workforce

Two types of hard coal were produced at the mine, edible coal and lean coal. The first workforce dates from 1755, there were five miners on the mine. The first production figures for the mine come from 1907, with eight miners 230 tons of hard coal were extracted. In 1909, eight miners mined 1676 tons of hard coal. In 1911 1411 tons of hard coal were mined, the extraction was carried out with eight miners. In 1928 production increased to 13,141 tons, this production was carried out with 40 employees. In 1930, production increased slightly to 14,274 tons, this production was provided with 48 employees. In 1935 production increased to 19,937 tons, this production was provided with 68 employees. In 1938 around 38,000 tons of hard coal were mined.

In 1940, 82 miners extracted 32,261 tons of hard coal. In 1945 the production sank to 15,560 tons, this production was done with 66 miners. The maximum funding was provided in 1950. With 111 miners 35,832 tons of hard coal were mined. In 1954, 15,394 tons of hard coal were mined with 22 employees. In 1955, 11,252 tons of hard coal were mined, with 143 employees. In 1956, 164 employees produced 25,685 tons of hard coal. In 1958, the production was 40,000 tons of hard coal. In 1959, 188 miners produced 40,985 tons of hard coal. In 1960 around 36,000 tons of hard coal were mined with 175 miners. From 1961, 500 tons of hard coal were mined every day. The maximum production was achieved in the year of the merger, with 321 miners producing 77,735 tonnes of hard coal. These are the last known production and workforce figures for the mine.

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ 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 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 .
↑ Gerhard Knospe: Works Railways in German Coal Mining and Its Steam Locomotives, Part 1 - Data, facts, sources . 1st edition. Self-published, Heiligenhaus 2018, ISBN 978-3-9819784-0-7 , p. 434 .
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Gerhard Gebhardt: Ruhr mining. History, structure and interdependence of its societies and organizations. Verlag Glückauf GmbH, Essen 1957

Web links

Early mining on the Ruhr: Cleverbank colliery (last accessed on March 25, 2014)
Early mining on the Ruhr: Plessbach colliery (last accessed on March 25, 2014)
Early mining on the Ruhr: Historical map around 1840 (last accessed on March 25, 2014)

Remarks

↑ The direction that runs horizontally across the longitudinal axis of the deposit is referred to as cross-cutting . (Source: Förderverein Rammelsberger Bergbaumuseum Goslar eV (Ed.): Ore mining in Rammelsberg. )
↑ In mining, a mine is called a day overhaul , which was driven in the seam from below to above ground . Overwashes are used for weather management and driving . (Source: Tilo Cramm, Joachim Huske: Miners' language in the Ruhr area. )
↑ As Beilehn or Beilehen is called an additionally imparted pit box, which is connected with another holding moderately pit pitch. (Source: Tilo Cramm, Joachim Huske: Miners' language in the Ruhr area. )

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

[4] Gerhard Knospe: Works Railways in German Coal Mining and Its Steam Locomotives, Part 1 - Data, facts, sources . 1st edition. Self-published, Heiligenhaus 2018, ISBN 978-3-9819784-0-7 , p. 434 .

[Quelle_3-5] Gerhard Gebhardt: Ruhr mining. History, structure and interdependence of its societies and organizations. Verlag Glückauf GmbH, Essen 1957

[Anm._Förderv.-3] The direction that runs horizontally across the longitudinal axis of the deposit is referred to as cross-cutting . (Source: Förderverein Rammelsberger Bergbaumuseum Goslar eV (Ed.): Ore mining in Rammelsberg. )

[Anm._Husk.-6] In mining, a mine is called a day overhaul , which was driven in the seam from below to above ground . Overwashes are used for weather management and driving . (Source: Tilo Cramm, Joachim Huske: Miners' language in the Ruhr area. )

[Anm._Cramm.-7] As Beilehn or Beilehen is called an additionally imparted pit box, which is connected with another holding moderately pit pitch. (Source: Tilo Cramm, Joachim Huske: Miners' language in the Ruhr area. )