Gilles Antoine colliery
| Gilles Antoine colliery | |||
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| General information about the mine | |||
| Funding / year | approx. 5,000 t | ||
| Information about the mining company | |||
| Employees | approx. 50 | ||
| Start of operation | 1853 | ||
| End of operation | 1887 | ||
| Funded raw materials | |||
| Degradation of | Hard coal | ||
| Geographical location | |||
| Coordinates | 51 ° 23 '36.3 " N , 7 ° 5' 16.2" E | ||
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| Location | Copper turning | ||
| local community | eat | ||
| Independent city ( NUTS3 ) | eat | ||
| country | State of North Rhine-Westphalia | ||
| Country | Germany | ||
| District | Ruhr area | ||
The Gilles Antoine colliery is a former hard coal mine in Essen - Kupferdreh . The mine emerged from the predecessor mine Beisenkamp .
history
The predecessor mine
The Beisenkamp colliery, also known as the Beisekamp colliery , had been in operation since 1802. In the first year 25 were ringed coal promoted a day. From 1804, the mine was given time limits . From 1832 the mine was back in operation. A tunnel was excavated with ten miners and mining began. In 1836, 4,656 7/8 tons of coal were mined. In 1840 the production rose to 9,087 3/4 Prussian tons. In 1846 only 1,169 bushels , that is 64.3 tons, were extracted from hard coal. From November 1 of the same year, the mine was received within deadlines. In 1851 the Beisenkamp colliery was closed.
The following years as Gilles Antoine
On 21 February 1853 was carried out ceremony of the square field . In 1859 the solution came first through the Prinz-Friedrich-Stollenquerschlag, then the further excavation of the field was carried out from Gilles Antoine. In 1872 the first production shaft , the Gilles Antoine shaft, was in operation. In 1876, the shaft was sunk deeper to the bottom of the tunnel of the Prinz Friedrich colliery. In 1880, work began on building substations under Prince Friedrich's tunnel sole . In addition, a field was cut through a tunnel by Prince Heinrich. In 1881 a coal railway was built to the Kupferdreh station. The train ran through Engelssiepen. In 1887 the company ceased operations, the following year the mine was shut down. In 1891 the right was acquired by the Zeche Prinz Friedrich. The Gilles Antoine shaft became the mine shaft of the Prinz Friedrich colliery for both tunnel construction and civil engineering . In 1901 the Kuxen majority , which was in the hands of the shareholders of the Zeche Prinz Friedrich, was acquired by the shareholders of the Zeche Altendorf Tiefbau.
Promotion and workforce
The first production figures come from the year 1867, eleven tons of hard coal were mined. In 1870, nine miners extracted 821 tons of hard coal. In 1875 the maximum production was achieved with 55 employees, it was 14,384 tons. In 1878, 3,746 tons were extracted with 15 employees. In 1881 the production rose to 5,855 tons, the production was carried out with 24 miners. The last figures are from 1885, with 25 employees, 2,765 tons of hard coal were mined.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e f g h i 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 Karlheinz Rabas, Karl Albert Rubacht: Mining history atlas for the city of Essen . 1st edition, Regio Verlag, Werne 2008, ISBN 978-3-929158-22-9 .
- ^ 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 .
Web links
- Early mining on the Ruhr: Gilles Antoine colliery (last accessed on March 2, 2013)
- Early mining on the Ruhr: Map of the situation around 2000 (last accessed on March 2, 2013)
- Early mining on the Ruhr: historical map around 1840 (last accessed on March 2, 2013)
- Directory of coal fields (PDF; 1.5 MB) (last accessed on March 2, 2013)