Dachs & Grevelsloch colliery

Dachs & Grevelsloch colliery
	General information about the mine
Funding / year	up to 15,491 t
	Information about the mining company
Employees	up to 90
Start of operation	1739
End of operation	1929
	Funded raw materials
Degradation of	Hard coal
	Geographical location
Coordinates	51 ° 21 '12.6 " N , 7 ° 18' 38.2" E Coordinates: 51 ° 21 '12.6 " N , 7 ° 18' 38.2" E
	Location Dachs & Grevelsloch colliery
Location	Hiddinghausen
local community	Sprockhövel
District ( NUTS3 )	Ennepe-Ruhr district
country	State of North Rhine-Westphalia
Country	Germany
District	Ruhr area

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The Dachs & Grevelsloch colliery was a hard coal mine in the Hiddinghausen district of the city of Sprockhövel in North Rhine-Westphalia (Germany). It was located on the Aqueldruft between Rennebaum (location in the south of Hiddinghausen near Haßlinghausen ) and Silschede (today a district of Gevelsberg ). The mine was also known as Zeche Dachs & Grebelsloch , Zeche Dachs & Grevensloch and Zeche Dachs & Fuchsloch altes Werck . In the second half of the 19th century, coal iron was also extracted from the mine .

Pit field and geology

The mine field was in the Herzkämper Mulde . The pit field was 2.55 kilometers long. The main seams here are the Breitebank seam, the Schmalebank seam and the Siepen seam. According to the standard designation, these seams are the dirt bank, main seam and new seam. Seam Breitebank was five feet thick . Four feet of this was pure coal, the rest was an intermediate compound composed of fire slate. The seams in the deposit initially make a trough to the north and then continue to strike in an easterly direction. The seams dip very steeply to the north. The collapse of the seams was 55 to 66 gons .

history

The beginnings

The area known as Gerenbecke is already mentioned in an older document as the starting point for mining activities. The three coal banks Siepen , Schmale Bank and Breite Bank were located in this area . In 1715 which took place ceremony of two mining claims to Johann Rotthaus. After the award, the two length fields were renamed Dachs & Grevelsloch. The mine was surveyed in 1739 . After the survey, the mine was in operation for several years. In 1755 the Ilberg community of heirs, the heirs of Cramer and the Leveringhaus family were registered as trades . Shift masters at the mine were Melchior Keßeler and Johann Diedrich Westermann. The mine was surveyed again on September 23, 1766. This measurement was recorded as a revision measurement. In 1775 several seams were mined. In 1784, an old mine construction caused a water ingress. On July 1 of 1784 the mine was by the head of the Mark Berg Revieres, the Baron von Stein , navigate . The Dachs & Grevelsloch colliery was one of 63 mines that vom Stein used on its journey through the Brandenburg mountain area. Vom Stein gave information about the further condition of the mine in his protocol. In particular, he criticized the high number of transport workers working on the mine . On July 14th of the year 1792 a legal case, which also affected the trades of Dachs & Grevelsloch, was decided negatively. Background of this procedure was that the trades of Badger & Grevelsloch her pit box via a tunnel to the mine Free Bird solve wanted to. This would have put the Schlebuscher Erbstollen union at a significant disadvantage in their rights , especially since the Dachs & Grevelsloch unions also held large shares in Freier Vogel. For this reason, the court forbade further excavation of the Freie Vogel tunnel to clear the Dachs & Grevelsloch field.

The further operation

The mine was in operation in 1795. The ventilation took place via an extending light hole using fire buckets . The light hole had a depth of 40 laughs . On April 25, 1796, the first instance judgment, which had been passed against the solution of the mine field by the Free Vogel Stollen, was confirmed by the Secret Higher Tribunal. In 1799 the mine was shut down for several years. In 1821 the mine was put back into operation. The mine field was further opened up via the Aurora shaft. The shaft belonged to the Adler colliery and was constructed as a broken shaft. About the shaft Aurora and the recent promotion of the mined coal. In 1823 the Theodor shaft , which took several tons, was sunk . The shaft was needed because extraction from the Aurora shaft had proven very difficult. In 1827 the mine was by, according to the Bureau of Mines Brandenburg depths Schlebuscher Erbstollen solved . The Breitebank seam was dismantled using piers . Due to the bad hanging wall which had ridges with reinforced caps and increased timbering expanded are. After the Dachs & Grevelsloch pit had been cleared by the Tiefen Schlebuscher Erbstollen, civil engineering could be started at the mine .

In 1835 the sinking work for the Rudolph shaft began. The shaft starting point for this seigeren shaft was on the Ilberg. The grass bank was at a level of + 222 m above sea level . In 1838 Schacht Rudolph was equipped with a steam-powered hoisting machine . The shaft was put into operation that same year. From 1839 onwards there was no more alignment work. Further fixtures were carried out in several places . Thus were cross heading south to the seam width Bank and the cross heading north on into the seam Narrow Bank ascended . In 1846 the Rudolph and Theodor shafts were in operation. In 1850 the mine yielded . In 1854, the sinking work on the Rudolph shaft was resumed and the shaft was sunk deeper to the bottom of the Dreckbänker Erbstollen. The hoisting machine building was erected in 1855. Also in 1855 a steam cap was bought from the United Trappe colliery . At that time the mine belonged to the Schlebusch mining area . In 1856 the steam cap was installed to lift the shaft. In the same year the steam cap at the Rudolph shaft was put into operation. Together with the United Rabbit mine, mining was carried out in the Neudachs & Grevelsloch field. At that time the Rudolph shaft was the only still active shaft of the Dachs & Grevelsloch colliery.

The last few years

In 1857 work began on installing a system of open coke ovens on their own mine dump. The plant, called the Bremmesche coking plant , consisted of beehive ovens . With the system, the coal extracted from the mine should be coked . In 1858 the Bremmesche coking plant was put into operation. After just a few years, the coking plant was shut down again in 1862. In 1871 there was a consolidation to Zeche Deutschland below the bottom of the Dreckbänker Erbstollen . As a result, the Rudolph mine was surrendered to this mine. Above the Dreckbänker Erbstollen sole, Dachs & Grevelsloch remained independent for several years. In 1887 the remaining coal supplies were depleted, for this reason the mine was closed at the end of 1887. In 1889 the remaining rights were given to the Zeche Deutschland.

Recommissioning

In 1910 the mine was put back into operation for a few years. In 1924 an exploration shaft was sunk to a depth of 35 meters. After the shaft had reached a depth of 35 meters, the sinking work was stopped again. In 1927 it was put into operation again. A ton-long shaft was sunk in the main seam. The shaft, which was named Schacht Dachs, was sunk to a shallow depth of 60 meters. The first level was set at this depth. The following year, the Dachs shaft was sunk to a shallow depth of 100 meters. The 100 meter level was set at this depth. The mine was finally closed in 1929. The shaft was backfilled on October 31 of the same year , after which the daytime facilities were demolished. The legitimate one was slammed into the United Hermann mine in 1937 .

Promotion and workforce

High-quality forged coal was extracted from the mine. The first production figures come from the year 1830, in that year 37,220 bushels of hard coal were produced . The coals from Flöz Breitebank were rather mild. The first known workforce figures come from the year 1838, at that time 28 miners were employed at the mine who produced around 2,000 tons. In 1840 101,312 bushels of hard coal were extracted. In 1842, 25,197 Prussian tons of hard coal were mined. In 1845, with 47 employees, it was almost 7,000 tons. In 1850, 4676 tons of hard coal were extracted. In 1855, around 30 employees produced 2500 tons of hard coal.

In 1859, 3,000 tons of hard coal were mined with 92 employees. In 1865, 68 employees mined 11,853 tons of hard coal. In 1870 the production rose to 15,491 tons of hard coal, the workforce was 69 employees. In 1872, 90 employees mined 14,903 tons of hard coal. In 1874, 11,087 tons of hard coal were mined. In 1875 the production sank to 9738 tons of hard coal. This funding was provided with 60 employees. In 1880, 40 employees produced 6,364 tons of hard coal. In 1887, 4250 tons of hard coal were extracted; the workforce in that year was 38 employees. After it was put back into operation in 1928, around 40 employees produced more than 8,000 tons. These are the last known production and workforce figures for the mine.

Current condition

Today a former colliery building is still used as a storage room / garage.

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w ^x ^y ^z Joachim Huske : The coal mines in the Ruhr area. Data and facts from the beginning until 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 Kurt Pfläging: Stein's journey through coal mining on the Ruhr. 1st edition. Geiger Verlag, Horb am Neckar 1999, ISBN 3-89570-529-2 .
^ ^A ^b ^c ^d Carl Johann Bernhard Karsten: Archives for mining and metallurgy. Eighteenth volume, G. Reimer, Berlin 1829.
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d Carl Johann Bernhard Karsten, H. von Dechen (Ed.): Archives for Mineralogy, Geognosy, Mining and Metallurgy. Sixth volume, G. Reimer, Berlin 1833.
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q Wilhelm Hermann, Gertrude Hermann: The old collieries on the Ruhr. 4th edition. Verlag Karl Robert Langewiesche, successor to Hans Köster KG, Königstein i. Taunus 1994, ISBN 3-7845-6992-7 .
^ Gustav Adolf Wüstenfeld: On the trail of coal mining. Gustav Adolf Wüstenfeld-Verlag, Wetter-Wengern 1985, ISBN 3-922014-04-6 .
↑ Ludwig Herrmann Wilhelm Jacobi : The mining, metallurgy and trade of the government district Arnsberg in statistical representation. Published by Julius Bädeker, Iserlohn 1857.
↑ R. v. Carnall (Hrsg.): Journal for the mountain, hut and saltworks in the Prussian state. Fifth volume, published by Wilhelm Hertz , Berlin 1858.
↑ ^a ^b Ministry of Commerce and Industry (ed.): Journal for the mountain, huts and saltworks in the Prussian state. Sixth volume, published by the royal and secret Ober-Hofdruckerei (R. Decker), Berlin 1858.

Web links

Early mining on the Ruhr: Dachs colliery and Grevelsloch (accessed on January 31, 2014)
Early mining on the Ruhr: Historical map around 1840 (accessed on January 31, 2014)
Early mining on the Ruhr: Map of the situation around 2000 (accessed on January 31, 2014)

Remarks

↑ As a brand shale refers mixed with thin carbon layers shales . The coal and the shale can also appear in alternating layers. Fire slate has a high ash content. (Source: Walter Bischoff , Heinz Bramann, Westfälische Berggewerkschaftskasse Bochum: Das kleine Bergbaulexikon .)
↑ The term coal bank is the name for the coal-bearing part of a coal seam . (Source: Carl Friedrich Alexander Hartmann: Vademecum for the practical miner. )

[Quelle_1-1] ↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w ^x ^y ^z Joachim Huske : The coal mines in the Ruhr area. Data and facts from the beginning until 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 Kurt Pfläging: Stein's journey through coal mining on the Ruhr. 1st edition. Geiger Verlag, Horb am Neckar 1999, ISBN 3-89570-529-2 .

[Quelle_8-3] A ^b ^c ^d Carl Johann Bernhard Karsten: Archives for mining and metallurgy. Eighteenth volume, G. Reimer, Berlin 1829.

[Quelle_9-5] Carl Johann Bernhard Karsten, H. von Dechen (Ed.): Archives for Mineralogy, Geognosy, Mining and Metallurgy. Sixth volume, G. Reimer, Berlin 1833.

[Quelle_3-7] ↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q Wilhelm Hermann, Gertrude Hermann: The old collieries on the Ruhr. 4th edition. Verlag Karl Robert Langewiesche, successor to Hans Köster KG, Königstein i. Taunus 1994, ISBN 3-7845-6992-7 .

[Quelle_4-8] Gustav Adolf Wüstenfeld: On the trail of coal mining. Gustav Adolf Wüstenfeld-Verlag, Wetter-Wengern 1985, ISBN 3-922014-04-6 .

[Quelle_5-9] Ludwig Herrmann Wilhelm Jacobi : The mining, metallurgy and trade of the government district Arnsberg in statistical representation. Published by Julius Bädeker, Iserlohn 1857.

[Quelle_6-10] R. v. Carnall (Hrsg.): Journal for the mountain, hut and saltworks in the Prussian state. Fifth volume, published by Wilhelm Hertz , Berlin 1858.

[Quelle_7-11] Ministry of Commerce and Industry (ed.): Journal for the mountain, huts and saltworks in the Prussian state. Sixth volume, published by the royal and secret Ober-Hofdruckerei (R. Decker), Berlin 1858.

[Anm._BergbauLex.-4] As a brand shale refers mixed with thin carbon layers shales . The coal and the shale can also appear in alternating layers. Fire slate has a high ash content. (Source: Walter Bischoff , Heinz Bramann, Westfälische Berggewerkschaftskasse Bochum: Das kleine Bergbaulexikon .)

[Anm._Hartmann.-6] The term coal bank is the name for the coal-bearing part of a coal seam . (Source: Carl Friedrich Alexander Hartmann: Vademecum for the practical miner. )