Hope Valley Colliery

Hope Valley Colliery
	General information about the mine
other names	Teufelsburg II colliery
Mining technology	Underground mining
Funding / year	Max. 8540 t
	Information about the mining company
Employees	up to 27
Start of operation	1952
End of operation	1958
	Funded raw materials
Degradation of	Hard coal
	Geographical location
Coordinates	51 ° 21 '52.8 " N , 7 ° 13' 34.3" E Coordinates: 51 ° 21 '52.8 " N , 7 ° 13' 34.3" E
	Location of the Hope Valley colliery
Location	Niederstüter
local community	Sprockhövel
District ( NUTS3 )	Ennepe-Ruhr district
country	State of North Rhine-Westphalia
Country	Germany
District	Ruhr area

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The Hope Valley colliery is a former coal mine in Sprockhövel -Niederstüter. The mine was a small mine , the owner of this small mine was Gustav Riepelsiep in the early years. The mine was only in operation for a few years, from 1952 to 1957.

Mining history

The mine was put into operation on April 1, 1952. The mine mouth hole was located east of the Paasbach near the street Zum Hackstück (Hackstückstraße). The pit field in which the mine was operated belonged to the former Johannessegen colliery . The mine ceased operations on June 23 of the same year. Subsequently, the Hope Valley colliery was renamed the Teufelsburg II colliery . At the same time as the name change, the owner of the mine changed, and the new owner was Teufelsburg GmbH. In the same year the mine was put back into operation in the tunnel construction . The reduction of coal carried in the seam mud bank. This year, 3833 tons of hard coal were extracted with eleven miners . The mine was sold on January 1, 1954, and the new owner of the mine was now Hans Wolf Lange & Co oHG. The mine was renamed the Hope Valley colliery. In the same year the maximum production of the mine was reached with 27 miners, 8,540 tons of hard coal were extracted. In 1956, a total of 6162 tons of hard coal were mined with 24 employees. The production was probably stopped in June 1957. On December 31, 1958, the Hope Valley Colliery was shut down.

Current condition

Today, the mine is part of the Alte Haase Nord mining trail under the name Zeche Teufelsburg II . Melt water runs out of the tunnel mouth hole in spring.

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d 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 ^d Association of Mining Historic Sites Ruhrrevier eV, Sprockhövel working group (ed.): The trace of coal - Route 2 . The Alte-Haase-Weg (North) hiking trail through the history of early mining with directions and hiking map. Sprockhövel 1999.

Web links

Oliver Glasmacher: Kleinzeche Teufelsburg 2 (accessed on August 16, 2013)
Restoration of the mouth of the tunnel in the Hope Valley (accessed on August 16, 2013)

[huske-1] 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 .

[ahws-2] Association of Mining Historic Sites Ruhrrevier eV, Sprockhövel working group (ed.): The trace of coal - Route 2 . The Alte-Haase-Weg (North) hiking trail through the history of early mining with directions and hiking map. Sprockhövel 1999.