Zeche Gottessegen (food)

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Bill God's blessing
General information about the mine
other names Pay God's blessing
Funding / year Max. 1646 t
Information about the mining company
Employees Max. 9
Start of operation before 1800
End of operation 1872
Successor use Prince Friedrich colliery
Funded raw materials
Degradation of Hard coal
Geographical location
Coordinates 51 ° 23 '32.6 "  N , 7 ° 5' 16.1"  E Coordinates: 51 ° 23 '32.6 "  N , 7 ° 5' 16.1"  E
Gottessegen colliery (regional association Ruhr)
Bill God's blessing
Location Zeche Gottessegen
Location Copper turning
local community eat
Independent city ( NUTS3 ) eat
country State of North Rhine-Westphalia
Country Germany
District Ruhr area

The Gottessegen colliery in Essen - Kupferdreh is a former hard coal mine . The colliery was also known as the colliery God's blessing .

Mining history

The mine was already in operation before 1800. In 1804 a tunnel was excavated. Mining was carried out in 1809, 1811, 1815 and 1820 . In 1811 a production shaft was in operation, the shaft had a depth of 18.5 holes . From 1823 the mine was out of operation, the decommissioning probably lasted until 1856. On February 3, 1837, a quarter field with four seams was awarded . At the beginning of 1856 the mine was put back into operation and dismantling began. The mine field was the Prince Frederick cleats solved . On March 30, 1858, a hatchet was awarded. The mine was in operation from 1860 to 1872. In 1872 it was consolidated to the Zeche Prinz Friedrich.

Promotion and workforce

The first workforce numbers are named for the year 1820, in that year five miners were employed at the colliery. The first mining figures are given for the year 1861, in that year 7,177 Prussian tons of hard coal were mined with six miners . In 1867, nine miners extracted 24,500 bushels of hard coal. The colliery's maximum production was achieved in 1871 with six miners; 1646 tons of hard coal were produced. The last known production and workforce figures for the mine come from the year 1872, in that year 1215 tons of hard coal were extracted with six miners.

literature

  • 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 .

Remarks

  1. As Beilehn or Beilehen is called an additionally imparted pit box, which is connected with another holding moderately pit pitch. (Source: Tilo Cramm, Joachim Huske: Miners' language in the Ruhr area. )