Erbenbank colliery

Erbenbank colliery
General information about the mine
Mining technology	Underground mining
Funding / year	Max. 7342 7/8 pr t
Information about the mining company
Employees	Max. 10
Start of operation	around 1757
End of operation	1893
Successor use	Grünewald colliery then Langenbrahm colliery
Funded raw materials
Degradation of	Hard coal
Geographical location
Coordinates	51 ° 22 '5.7 "  N , 6 ° 55' 40.3"  E Coordinates: 51 ° 22 '5.7 "  N , 6 ° 55' 40.3"  E
Location Erbenbank colliery
Location	Kettwig circumstance
local community	eat
Independent city ( NUTS3 )	eat
country	State of North Rhine-Westphalia
Country	Germany
District	Ruhr area

The Erbenbank colliery was a hard coal mine in Kettwig - a fact that you can eat today . The Erbenbank colliery was one of the founding members of the Association for Mining Interests.

history

The beginnings

Coal mining took place here as early as 1757, but the Abbot of Werden did not issue a mining permit for this until December 1, 1797. In 1802, work began on digging a ton-long shaft . In 1804, mining at the Anton shaft was bypassed . In 1809 shafts 5 and 6 were in operation and in 1815 the Wilhelm shaft went into operation. Between 10 to 31 March 1815 was Langenfeld on a Schurfflöz awarded , the mine this year was proven in operation. In 1820 the Wilhelm shaft was dismantled. The Längenfeld Erbenbank continuation was awarded on June 8th and July 24th . In 1825 the mine and Heinich were in operation.

The other years

In 1842 the mine was probably deferred (out of order) because it is not mentioned in the mining authority documents . On April 14, 1847, the Längenfeld Erbenbank was awarded , later the 3 Längenfelds were re-awarded as square fields . In 1857, a deep main gallery was set up from the Ruhr valley below Kettwig in the Möhlenkamp area. The tunnel reached a length of 36 laughs on March 31 of the following year . The tunnel continued to be driven in 1860. In 1861 the mine field was aligned , but not yet promoted. In 1863 the tunnel reached a length of 417½ lachterns, but no seam was yet driven into . At that time the mine was part of the Kettwig mining district . In 1865, the tunnel from the tunnel mouth hole was 463 Lachter long. The depth of the main tunnel was used to approach the dig at this length.

In 1870 the mine was put in time limits . In 1879 there was no dismantling, the authorized area comprised 4 square fields. On January 9, 1886, the lower half of the tunnel collapsed, trapping four miners underground. Since the tunnel could not be opened due to stone falling, the trapped miners were rescued via an air shaft. In 1887 the mine was in operation and had a shaft with a depth of 65 meters and a combined conveying and water solution tunnel to the Ruhr. In 1889, the mining was largely stopped and only continued for scientific purposes. In 1893 the mine was out of operation and in the following year it was mined again, after which the Erbenbank colliery was finally closed. In 1897 the rightful owner was initially acquired by the Grünewald colliery and later by the Langenbrahm colliery .

Promotion and workforce

The first workforce dates from 1830, when nine miners were working on the mine . The first production figures come from the year 1834, 23,805 bushels of hard coal were mined with ten miners . In 1836 5294½ tons of Prussian hard coal were mined. In 1840 the production rose to 7,342 7/8 tons of hard coal. In 1852 twelve miners and in 1858 nine miners were employed at the mine. In 1867, five miners extracted 60 tons of hard coal. In 1871 production increased slightly to 295 tons, this production was carried out with seven miners.

In 1873 production increased again to 818 tons, this production was provided with ten miners. In 1876 the production sank to 314 tons, the production was carried out with 6 miners. In 1878 another slump in production to only 76 tons of hard coal, seven miners were employed on the mine. In 1881, five miners extracted 323 tons of hard coal. In 1885 the production sank to 280 tons of hard coal, six miners were employed on the mine. In the year 1890 with 7 tons of hard coal the absolute lowest level of the extraction, the extraction was provided by two miners. The last known number of employees comes from the year 1892, at that time only one miner was employed at the mine who produced 28 tons. The last known production figures of the mine come from the year 1894, 30 tons of hard coal were produced.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{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 .
2. ^ Gerhard Gebhardt: Ruhr mining. History, structure and interdependence of its societies and organizations. Verlag Glückauf GmbH, Essen 1957.
3. ↑ Ministry of Commerce and Industry (ed.): Journal for the mountain, huts and saltworks in the Prussian state. Twelfth volume, published by the royal and secret Ober-Hofdruckerei (R. Decker), Berlin 1864.
4. ↑ Ministry of Commerce and Industry (ed.): Journal for the mountain, huts and saltworks in the Prussian state. Volume fourteenth, published by the royal and secret Ober-Hofdruckerei (R. Decker), Berlin 1866.
5. ↑ Erik Zimmermann: Black Gold in the Ruhr Valley. The history of mining in Werden, Verlagsgruppe Beleke, Nobel Verlag GmbH, Essen 1999, ISBN 3-922785-57-3 , p. 72.