Herberholz colliery
| Herberholz colliery | |||
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| other names | United Herberholz colliery | ||
| Funding / year | up to approx. 7000 t | ||
| Information about the mining company | |||
| Employees | approx. 50 to 150 | ||
| Start of operation | 1854 | ||
| End of operation | 1891 | ||
| Successor use | Part of the Muttental mining trail | ||
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| Degradation of | Hard coal | ||
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| Coordinates | 51 ° 25 '18.2 " N , 7 ° 19' 4.9" E | ||
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| Location | Vormholz | ||
| local community | Witten | ||
| District ( NUTS3 ) | Ennepe-Ruhr district | ||
| country | State of North Rhine-Westphalia | ||
| Country | Germany | ||
| District | Ruhr area | ||
The Herberholz colliery is a former hard coal mine in the Vormholz district of Witten . The colliery was also known as the United Herberholz colliery and was the result of the consolidation of several tunnels . The consolidation of the collieries was carried out by Obersteiger Herberholz, after whom the consolidated colliery was named. The mine belonged to the Brandenburg Mining Authority District and there to the Hardenstein mining district .
history
The beginnings
In the period from May 29 to October 18, 1854, the mining mines Neuglück & Stettin , Stralsund , Hazard , St Johannes Nr. 4, Kleist, Österbank , Nelkenthal, United Arrival & Anclam , Rabener and Muttental consolidated into the Herberholz colliery. The reason for this consolidation was the joint mining operations in civil engineering . The mining below the bottom of the St.-Johannes-Erbstollen should take place through a common shaft . The kuxe of the newly founded mine were divided among many trades . The board of directors of the newly founded mine was the judiciary Brinkmann from Hagen . He was supported in his task by family members of the Reese, Mittelste Berghaus and Niederste Berghaus families. On October 18, 1856, the award for the extension of the length field took place . On June 6, 1857 mining contract was concluded, the solution and the promotion of coal through the colliery Louis fortune allowed. The coals were underground for conveyor shaft Elisabeth promoted and there brought to light . However, the Herberholz colliery remained an independent union . In 1858 the mine was equipped with fixtures and fittings . The work concentrated on three seams in both hollow wings . In the following year, too, extensive alignment and fixture work was carried out at the Herberholz colliery.
The other years
In 1860 the seams in the south wing of the hollow were developed. This were from the north crosscuts ascended . In 1862 Diedrich Köllermann became the mine director of the Herberholz colliery. In 1865 it was mined under the St. Johannes Erbstollen sole. The first floor was at a depth of 119 meters and the second floor at 163 meters. Both soles were at the same level as the soles of the United Louisenglück colliery. Since the Louisenglück colliery had already driven its first underground excavation as far as the marrow divide, Herberholz was able to mine at an early stage below the Muttental in the Kreftenscheer seam . The coal continued to be mined underground to the United Louisenglück colliery and brought to light there. Pit horses were used for underground mining . In 1876, director Kollmann became the new head of the mine board. From 1877 onwards, the coal reserves in the south wing of the Mulde were mined under the tunnel floor and the first floor. In 1879 a new mining contract was signed, the mining was now carried out in its own field by the United Louisenglück colliery.
Problems were caused by the high inflow of mine water , which was so strong that the pumps in the Elisabeth shaft could hardly pump out the amount of water that had accumulated. After 1880 the deposits gradually ran out. In 1885 the Herberholz colliery was closed. The reasons for the closure were the low coal reserves and the high water maintenance costs . In 1886 the Herberholz colliery was acquired by the Herrmann colliery, but the Herberholz colliery continued to be named independently. The following year, the bill Herberholz was again in the documents of the mining authority , named as it probably was in operation, but it has been operated, no degradation. In 1890 the mine was back in operation. In 1891 the Herberholz colliery was finally closed and on November 2nd of the same year it was consolidated into the United Hermann colliery . In 1911, the mine workings , which had meanwhile been flooded, were swamped by the United Hermann colliery .
Promotion and workforce
The first known workforce at the mine dates back to 1854, when 54 miners were employed in the mine. The first known production figures for the mine come from the year 1857. In that year 13 miners produced 5,182 Prussian tons of hard coal . In 1859, with 75 employees, 67,818 Prussian tons of hard coal were mined. In 1864 50 people were employed at the mine. In 1865, 17,364 tons were extracted, in 1867 extraction fell to 13,588 tons, and in 1869 extraction increased again to 17,118 tons. In 1874, almost 30,000 tons of hard coal were extracted, and the workforce in that year was 85. In 1875, 122 employees produced 31,470 tonnes, and in 1879 production slumped again to 13,000 tonnes. The colliery's maximum funding was achieved in 1882. This year, 91 employees produced 37,110 tonnes of hard coal. In 1884 the production sank again to 22,447 tons, this production was provided with 60 employees. In 1890, 50 tons were extracted with two miners; the last extraction and workforce figures for the mine are from 1891, when 60 tons were extracted with six miners.
Todays use
Today only the Herberholz colliery reminds of the former colliery. The Herberholz colliery was built around 1875 and served as an operating building for the Herberholz and Louisenglück collieries. On the forecourt of the site was the 20 m deep Constanz shaft , through which the miners extracted the coal with a reel . The Zechenhaus is part of the Muttental Mining Trail and is looked after by the Association for the Promotion of Mining Historic Sites in the Ruhr Area, which it also serves as a club house. There is a small mining history exhibition on the site and in the building.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n 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 .
- ↑ City of Witten: Herberholz colliery, Muttentalstraße 32 (accessed on June 3, 2016)
- ↑ a b c Ministry of Trade and Industry (ed.): Journal for the mountain, huts and saltworks in the Prussian state. Eighth volume, published by the royal and secret Ober-Hofdruckerei (R. Decker), Berlin 1860
- ↑ a b c d e f g h Gerhard Koetter (Ed.): Mining in the Muttental. 1st edition, Druckstatt Wöhrle, Witten 2001, ISBN 3-00-008659-5 .
- ↑ Ministry of Commerce and Industry (ed.): Journal for the mountain, huts and saltworks in the Prussian state. Seventh volume, published by the royal and secret Ober-Hofdruckerei (R. Decker), Berlin 1859.
- ↑ a b c Wilhelm Hermann, Gertrude Hermann: The old collieries on the Ruhr (= The blue books ). 4th edition, unchanged reprint of the 3rd edition in 1990. Langewiesche, Königstein im Taunus 1994, ISBN 3-7845-6992-7 .
- ↑ Ministry of Commerce and Industry (ed.): Journal for the mountain, huts and saltworks in the Prussian state. Sixth volume, published by the royal and secret Ober-Hofdruckerei (R. Decker), Berlin 1858.
- ↑ a b Stadtmarketing Witten (Hrsg.): Mining circular hiking trail Muttental
- ↑ Mining in Muttental: Zechenhaus Herberholz (last accessed on October 16, 2012)
Web links
- Zechenhaus Herberholz (last accessed on May 21, 2014)
- Finding aid (B 180 BA Oberbergamt Dortmund, company files) Operation of the Herberholz coal mine (last accessed on May 21, 2014)