Ascension colliery
| Ascension colliery | |||
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| General information about the mine | |||
| other names | Colliery Himmelfarth Colliery Ascension Office Hörde |
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| Information about the mining company | |||
| Start of operation | 1788 | ||
| End of operation | 1798 | ||
| Successor use | United Bickefeld colliery civil engineering | ||
| Funded raw materials | |||
| Degradation of | Hard coal | ||
| Geographical location | |||
| Coordinates | 51 ° 29 '23.8 " N , 7 ° 33' 0.2" E | ||
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| Location | Aplerbeck | ||
| local community | Dortmund | ||
| Independent city ( NUTS3 ) | Dortmund | ||
| country | State of North Rhine-Westphalia | ||
| Country | Germany | ||
| District | Ruhr area | ||
The Zeche Himmelfahrt in Aplerbeck- Berghofen is a former hard coal mine . The colliery was also known under the name Zeche Himmelfarth or Zeche Himmelfahrt Amts Hörde and was in operation for about ten years. Little is reported about the mine.
Mining history
On May 13th of the year 1779 the expectation of a tunnel to be set up was submitted to the mining authority . The tunnel was set up on the Emscher, the tunnel mouth hole was east of the St. Martin colliery . Following this, the excavation of the tunnel began. The seam was measured on March 22nd, 1787, and an inspection was carried out on September 9th of the same year . A length field was awarded on April 12, 1788 . The colliery probably went into operation after the award ceremony. From August of 1796, the mine was proven in operation, the same year began, the bay Lisette abzuteufen . In 1797 the Lisette shaft started mining . The Himmelfahrt colliery was closed in 1798. On August 27, 1830 , the Himmelfahrt colliery consolidated with other collieries to form the United Bickefeld Civil Engineering Colliery .
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 .