Great Varstbank colliery

Great Varstbank colliery
	General information about the mine
other names	Zeche Große Wastbanck ; Zeche Große Vaßbank ; Zeche Große Wastbank ; Zeche Große Vaerstbanck ; Zeche Große Vaeßbanck
Funding / year	Max. 10,402 t
	Information about the mining company
Employees	Max. 57
Start of operation	1722
End of operation	1881
Successor use	Consolidation of the; United Catharina mine
	Funded raw materials
Degradation of	Hard coal
	Geographical location
Coordinates	51 ° 25 '21.9 " N , 7 ° 7' 57.5" E Coordinates: 51 ° 25 '21.9 " N , 7 ° 7' 57.5" E
	Location Great Varstbank colliery
Location	Burgaltendorf
local community	eat
Independent city ( NUTS3 )	eat
country	State of North Rhine-Westphalia
Country	Germany
District	Ruhr area

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The Große Varstbank colliery is a former hard coal mine in Essen-Burgaltendorf . The mine was also known as the Zeche Große Wastbanck , Zeche Große Vaßbank , Zeche Große Wastbank , Zeche Große Vaerstbanck and Zeche Große Vaeßbanck .

history

The time as the Great Varstbank

On November 20, 1722, there was initially a general loan of a mine field . Subsequently, tunnel construction was carried out in the same year . In 1739 there were sales problems and increased costs. In the documents of the mining authority , it was noted that it was “ heavy-duty and little debit ”. There is evidence that the mine was in operation between 1754 and 1755, 1758 and 1759, 1761 and 1762 and in 1769. In 1794 the mine was listed on Niemeyer's map . The tunnel ran from the Ruhr to Alte Hauptstrasse parallel and south to the Varst Bank. In 1796 the Hope Shaft was in operation. In 1800, the Hope shaft was dismantled , and there was also a 40 Lachter- long sliding path to a coal storage facility on the Ruhr. In 1805 the Bernhardt shaft was in operation and in 1810 the Albertine shaft was in operation. In 1820 the mine was by the Altendorfer Erbstolln solved . In October 1820 a part of the field was merged with the Altendorfer Erbstolln to form the Große Varstbank & Altendorfer Erbstolln and merged with the Neue Aproche to form the Große Varstbank & Neue Aproche . In 1847 the association Große Varstbanck & Altendorfer Erbstolln was dissolved and the Große Varstbank colliery was closed. In 1855, under the Himmelsfürster Erbstollen Sole, it was consolidated with other collieries to form the Altendorf Tiefbau colliery . After the consolidation, the tunnel was still in operation. The mine was in operation from 1858 to 1878, and closed in 1879. In 1881 the coal was mined over the bottom of the tunnel . Subsequently, the mine is no longer mentioned in the files of the mining authority. In 1908 it was consolidated with other mines to form the United Catharina mine .

Promotion and workforce

The first workforce at the mine dates back to 1754, in this and the following year seven miners were employed at the colliery. The first production figures of the mine come from the year 1865, in that year 2811 tons of hard coal were produced . In 1867 the production sank to 1,407 tons of hard coal. In 1869, 18 miners extracted 772 tons of hard coal. In 1872, around 9,000 tons of hard coal were extracted. This year 59 miners were employed at the mine. In 1873 the production increased to 10,402 tons, this production was provided by 57 miners. The last known production and workforce figures for the mine are from 1878, in that year 1376 tons of hard coal were extracted with seven miners.

Great Varstbank & Neue Aproche

Not much is reported about the Große Varstbank & Neue Aproche colliery. The colliery arose from a merger of the Neue Aproche colliery with the Große Varstbank colliery. The purpose of the association was a joint coal mining. After the unification in October 1820, the new mine went into operation. In 1823 the Abgunst shaft was mined. On July 19, 1825, the mine was shut down again and the union of the two mines was dissolved again.

Great Varstbank & Altendorfer Erbstolln

The colliery was created in October 1820 from a merger of the Große Varstbank colliery with the Altendorfer Erbstolln. The mine was also known as the Zeche Vereinigte Große Varstbank & Altendorfer Erbstolln , Zeche Vereinigte Altendorfer Erbstolln & Große Varstbank and Zeche Groß Varstbank & Altendorfer Erbstolln . In 1821 the tunnel was driven further in the secondary seam. In January 1824, the dismantling began again. In 1826 a third Altendorfer Erbstollen was presumably set up and driven. In 1830 mining was again carried out, the production capacity was 600 Prussian tons per year. In 1831 the Erbstollen reached a length of 1202 Lachtern. Together with the Himmelsfürster Erbstolln , the fields of the collieries Alte Sackberg , Alte Aproche, Dreieinigkeit, Geitling, Vereinigte Alte Sackberg & Geitling , Große Varstbank, Poland, Prussian Adler , Mülheimer Glück and Vereinigte Neue Sackberg & Schrutenberend have now been released.

In 1835 a crosscut was driven south and further mining was carried out. On June 25, 1836, the right to inherit the Altendorfer Erbstollen was confirmed. In 1837 no mining was carried out, only repair work was carried out and the cross passage was driven further south. 30 Prussian tons of hard coal were mined. In 1839, 84 Prussian tons of hard coal were mined. In 1840 only repair work was carried out in the tunnel, the tunnel was used as a conveyor tunnel. The solution came through the four Lachter deeper Himmelsfürster Erbstollen. This solution was of little use because of the low overall height . A length field was awarded on August 11, 1843 . In 1845 only a small amount of mining was carried out, otherwise only extraction activities and repair work were carried out in the tunnel. From the second half of 1846 the mine was out of order, only the coal stocks were sold. In the following years, the union of the two mines was dissolved again and the Great Varstbank colliery closed.

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h 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 Karlheinz Rabas, Karl Albert Rubacht: Mining historical atlas for the city of Essen . 1st edition, Regio Verlag, Werne 2008, ISBN 978-3-929158-22-9 .

↑ ^a ^b Wilhelm Hermann, Gertrude Hermann: The old collieries on the Ruhr. 4th edition, unchanged reprint of the 3rd 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: Great Varstbank colliery (accessed on July 6, 2015)
Early mining on the Ruhr: Historical map around 1840 (accessed on July 6, 2015)
Early mining in the Ruhr: Map of the situation around 2000 (accessed on July 6, 2015)

[Quelle_1-1] ↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h 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 .