Elisabethenglück colliery
| Elisabethenglück colliery | |||
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| Funding / year | up to approx. 100,000 t | ||
| Information about the mining company | |||
| Employees | up to approx. 300 | ||
| Start of operation | 1847 | ||
| End of operation | 1961 | ||
| Successor use | Consolidation in Neu-Pleßbach colliery | ||
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| Degradation of | Hard coal | ||
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| Coordinates | 51 ° 22 '36.7 " N , 7 ° 16' 12.6" 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 Elisabethenglück colliery is a former hard coal mine in Durchholz . During its almost 170 years of operation, the mine was shut down several times for years and then started up again. The mine was located right next to the mine field of the United Glückauf & Hegermann colliery .
history
The beginnings
Already in 1808 was presumption on a coal seam inserted. The mother was Dietrich Peter Wegermann, Pottkemper, Hülsbusch and Jakobi Erbstollen. Their names were also noted on the courtesy note. In the following years, the alleged mine field lay idle for several decades. On April 17, 1841, was carried out ceremony of the length field Elisabeth luck. After 1847, the tunnel operation was established east of the Pleßbach, west of the Hohe Egge road. The tunnel construction was interrupted several times. Some time after that, he was already given time limits . Around 1873 it was merged with the Harmonie , Scheideweg and Minna collieries . In 1873 the Elisabethenglück colliery started up again. In 1874 first experimental work, then another shutdown. Around the year 1897 the legitimate Harmonie, Scheideweg and Minna were added to the United Adolar colliery.
The further operation
The Elisabethenglück trade union was founded in 1926 . The union, which for a short time was also called Glückauf Elisabeth, took over the mine property . On October 19 of the same year, the tunnel started operating again. It was a seigerer shaft to the tunnel sole geteuft . The shaft had a deeper depth of 59 meters and was at its deepest point at +125 m above sea level . In the same year, a subfield with a blind shaft was taken over by the United Hammerthal colliery . Start of mining in January 1927 and temporary cessation of production between September 1 and December 1 of the same year. With the construction of the tower loading facility on the Kleinbahn Bossel – Blankenstein , the colliery received a standard gauge siding in 1927. The colliery was auctioned on October 31, 1928 and renamed the Zeche Glückauf Elisabeth . The mine was bought by the government builder Fritz Boersch for 4635 Reichsmarks .
On September 27, 1929 it was renamed to Zeche Elisabethenglück and on December 1 of the same year it was closed again. On May 1, 1930, the mine was put back into operation. In 1933, the consolidated rights of Elisabethenglück included the Längenfelder Elisabethenglück, Nachgedacht , Emmelinenglück and Elefant im Werbecksiepen , as well as the Geviertfelder Alte Haase II, Johanna im Herbeder Holz (both were subfields), Vereinigte Glückauf & Hegermann and Dietrich Ernst. The entire mine field thus had an area of 2.7 square kilometers (km²). In 1935 two weather shafts and one extraction shaft were in operation, each with a depth of 130 meters. In the first half of this year, the mine was initially closed. In the first half of the following year there was initially changing operations. On April 19 of the same year, the mine sank after a snow melt and had to be swamped for three weeks .
The last few years
After the Second World War, the mine was put back into operation for some time by the Pleßbach colliery. In 1946, was a production well into operation - the main haulage level was the first sole , it stood at a depth of 108 meters (+31 m above sea level). The second level was at a depth of 154 meters (−15 m above sea level) in the substation and the third level was at a depth of 224 meters (−85 m above sea level). The mining took place in the consolidated Elisabethenglück field and in the Neue Tinsbank , Glückauf, Hegermann I and II fields and in the forget-me-not field. The minefield had an area of 2.8 km², the following year the area was already 3.1 km². In 1951, the size of the rights holders was now 3.6 km², the construction site had the dimensions of a striking 2 km and a cross-cutting 1.4 km.
From October 1st, 1955, the Elisabethenglück colliery was leased by Pleßbach GmbH. However, both companies continued to operate separately. This year the 2nd level became the main lift level. On March 2, 1958, a mine fire broke out ; four miners were injured. On October 1, 1961, the mine field of the Elisabethenglück colliery was merged with the mine field of the Pleßbach colliery and renamed the Neu-Pleßbach colliery. From November 1st, the Neu Pleßbach colliery was in operation as a small mine on the mine field of the former Pleßbach and Elisabethenglück collieries. A tunnel with a length of 2000 m and a tonnage shaft was operated. Up to the shutdown, another 321 employees had produced 77,735 tons of hard coal. The mine was closed on November 30, 1962. In 1963 the shaft was backfilled and a concrete slab was added.
Promotion and workforce
The first workforce dates from 1873, when two miners were employed in the mine. The first production figures come from the year 1874, with three miners 39 tons of hard coal were mined. In 1927, four miners extracted 289 tons of hard coal. In 1929 the production increased to 1832 tons, this production was provided by nine miners. In 1930 the production sank to around 1400 tons, this production was carried out with six miners. In 1935, 41 miners extracted 7,695 tons of hard coal. In 1938, around 60,000 tons of hard coal were extracted. In 1940 there was a significant increase in production to 68,972 tonnes, this production was provided by 201 miners.
The maximum production was achieved in 1943, with 304 miners 84,254 tons of hard coal were produced. In 1945 production fell to 22,408; this production was provided by 141 miners. In 1950 the production increased to 46,000 tons, this production was provided by 226 miners. In 1955, 154 miners extracted 38,454 tons of hard coal. The last known workforce and production figures of the Elisabethenglück colliery date from 1960, in that year 182 miners were employed in the mine, who produced 40,291 tons of hard coal.
Current condition
Today the ruins of the Kaue and the administration building of the former Elisabethenglück colliery are still preserved. The building ruins are located in the south of the Durchholz district. The manhole cover of the manhole, which was closed in 1963, is located behind the building ruins. In addition, parts of the loading ramp have been preserved. The remains of the loading ramp are located directly on the Pleßbach. All the building remains are part of the Pleßbach-Weg of the AK Sprockhövel. The tunnel, which is also part of the Pleßbachweg, is still accessible today . With the cleat is mine water of the disused mine dissolved .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r 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 i j k l m n o Förderverein Bergbauhistorischer Ststätten Ruhrrevier eV, Sprockhövel Working Group (Ed.): The trace of coal - Route 5 . The Pleßbachweg hiking trail through the history of early mining with directions and hiking map. Sprockhövel 2006.
- ↑ a b c d e f g 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 .
- ^ A b c Gerhard Gebhardt: Ruhr mining. History, structure and interdependence of its societies and organizations. Verlag Glückauf GmbH, Essen 1957.
- ↑ 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. 466 .
- ↑ Kurt Pfläging: The cradle of Ruhr coal mining. Verlag Glückauf GmbH, 4th edition, Essen 1987, ISBN 3-7739-0490-8 .
- ^ Early mining on the Ruhr: Elisabethenglück colliery building (last accessed on January 16, 2014).
- ^ The early mining on the Ruhr: Loading ramp Elisabethenglück (last accessed on January 16, 2014).
Web links
- Early mining on the Ruhr: Elisabethenglück colliery (last accessed on January 16, 2014)
- Early mining on the Ruhr: Historical map around 1840 (last accessed on January 16, 2014)
- Early mining in the Ruhr: Map of the situation around 2000 (last accessed on January 16, 2014)
- Oliver Glasmacher (BGVR): Publication about the Elisabethenglück colliery, part 1 (last accessed on May 13, 2014)
- Oliver Glasmacher (BGVR): Publication about the Elisabethenglück colliery 2nd part (last accessed on May 13, 2014)