Elephant colliery
| Elephant colliery | |||
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| General information about the mine | |||
| other names | Zeche Elephante, Zeche Elephante in Werbecks Siepen, Zeche Elefant in Werbecksiepen Zeche Elephante to the east at the Knieppersbroche court of Herbede |
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| Funding / year | up to approx. 2000 t | ||
| Information about the mining company | |||
| Employees | approx. 25 | ||
| Start of operation | 1756 | ||
| End of operation | 1886 | ||
| Successor use | Slammed into the Blankenburg colliery | ||
| Funded raw materials | |||
| Degradation of | Hard coal | ||
| Geographical location | |||
| Coordinates | 51 ° 22 '57.5 " N , 7 ° 16' 28.9" E | ||
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| Location | Through wood | ||
| local community | Witten | ||
| District ( NUTS3 ) | Ennepe-Ruhr district | ||
| country | State of North Rhine-Westphalia | ||
| Country | Germany | ||
| District | Ruhr area | ||
The Elephant colliery is a former hard coal mine in Durchholz . The mine was also known under the names Zeche Elephante , Zeche Elephante in Werbecks Siepen , Zeche Elefant in Werbecksiepen and Zeche Elephante to the east at the Knieppersbroche court in Herbede .
Mining history
The mine was already in operation from 1756. On June 6, 1758, the mine field was inspected. On February 12, 1765, the assumption was made for a treasure trove and 20 measurements . The mother of this mine field was Henrich Rudolph Spennemann. On the same day took place the ceremony then the mine field, driving a tunnel . The tunnel was located in the area of the "Hohe Egge" road. In 1770 the tunnel drive reached the seam , but there was still no mining . No measurements had yet been made either . In addition, no recourse funds had yet been paid. At that time, Henrich Rudolph Spennemann, Jörgen Ströter, Armold Zumbusch and Diedrich Peter Niedergethmann were registered as trades in the documents of the mining office .
The mine was put into operation in 1800, the tunnel mouth hole was east of the Pleßbach in the Hammertal. On March 9, 1821 there was a renewed award of a mine field. Before 1821 the mine was preserved in time . In 1872 it was put back into operation, using the tunnel of the closed Hammerthal colliery for extraction . In July 1876 the mine was closed again due to lack of funds. On April 22, 1880, operations were resumed and on January 26, 1886 the mine was finally shut down. The rightful owner was added to the Blankenburg colliery in 1905.
Promotion and workforce
The first workforce dates from 1872, when seven miners were employed at the mine. The first production figures come from the year 1847, 1902 tons of hard coal were mined. In 1847 the workforce fluctuated between 8 and 33 miners. In 1881, six miners extracted 1253 tons of hard coal. In 1883 the production sank to 540 tons, which were produced with six miners. In 1886, three miners extracted 67 tons of hard coal. These are the last known production and workforce figures for the mine.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e 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 Thomas Schilp (Ed.), Wilfried Reininghaus, Joachim Huske: Das Muth-, Verleih-, and Confirmation Book 1770 - 1773. A source on the early history of Ruhr mining, Wittnaack Verlag, Dortmund 1993, ISBN 3-9802117-9- 7 .
Web links
- Early mining on the Ruhr: Elephant colliery (last accessed on June 19, 2014)
- Early mining on the Ruhr: Historical map around 1840 (last accessed on June 19, 2014)
- Early mining in the Ruhr: Map of the situation around 2000 (last accessed on June 19, 2014)