Colliery Hero
| Colliery Hero | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| General information about the mine | |||
| other names | Prince Georg colliery | ||
| Information about the mining company | |||
| Employees | up to max. 90 | ||
| Start of operation | 1896 | ||
| End of operation | 1900 | ||
| Funded raw materials | |||
| Degradation of | Hard coal | ||
| Geographical location | |||
| Coordinates | 51 ° 24 '53.2 " N , 6 ° 58' 39" E | ||
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| Location | Schuir | ||
| local community | eat | ||
| Independent city ( NUTS3 ) | eat | ||
| country | State of North Rhine-Westphalia | ||
| Country | Germany | ||
| District | Ruhr area | ||
The Hero colliery in Essen-Schuir is a former hard coal mine . The colliery was also known as the Zeche Prinz Georg and was only in operation for a few years. The mine was part of the Werden mining district .
Mining history
In 1896, the Essen Anthracite Coal Works Union was founded. The reason for this union formation was the exploitation of several length fields . These were the length fields of Prince Georg, Johann Wilhelm and Prince of Prussia, plus several smaller length fields. In the following year, the mine was in regular operation. It was nine miners started the shaft Prince George to sink . In 1898 the Hero union was taken over and ownership transferred accordingly. At this point in time, the entire mine field had an area of four kilometers stroking and one kilometer cross-cutting. That same year, George was at a bay in Prince depth of 100 meters, the first sole recognized the second floor at 200 meters. This year 90 miners were employed at the colliery, but there was no extraction. In 1899 the Prinz Georg shaft reached a depth of 213 meters. No coal was mined here either. On April 1, 1900, the Hero colliery was shut down. The reason for the closure was that despite the alignment work, no seam worthy of construction had been reached through crosscuts . After the closure, the mines were robbed and the union was subsequently dissolved.
Current condition
Today there is an Arcandor thermal power station on the mine field of the former Hero colliery.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c 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 Ministry of Commerce and Industry (ed.): Journal for the mountain, huts and saltworks in the Prussian state. Volume 46, published by Wilhelm Ernst & Sohn, Berlin 1898.
- ^ Bredeney active: Industry, mining, mills, brickworks (last accessed on August 27, 2015).
Web links
- Headframes in mining de .: Prince Georg | Hero (last accessed August 27, 2015).