Johannisberg colliery
| Johannisberg colliery | |||
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| General information about the mine | |||
| other names | Johannesberg colliery | ||
| Funding / year | Max. 15,729 t | ||
| Information about the mining company | |||
| Employees | to 44 | ||
| Start of operation | 1952 | ||
| End of operation | 1967 | ||
| Successor use | shut down | ||
| Funded raw materials | |||
| Degradation of | Hard coal | ||
| Geographical location | |||
| Coordinates | 51 ° 26 '50.7 " N , 7 ° 6' 12.9" E | ||
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| Location | Steele-Freisenbruch | ||
| local community | eat | ||
| Independent city ( NUTS3 ) | eat | ||
| country | State of North Rhine-Westphalia | ||
| Country | Germany | ||
| District | Ruhr area | ||
The Johannisberg colliery was a hard coal mine in Essen - Freisenbruch . The colliery arose from a renaming of the Johannesberg colliery and was only in operation for a few years.
Mining history
On January 1, 1952, the small mine named Zeche Johannesberg in Essen-Steele-Freisenbruch was put into operation. This small mine was owned by Felix Decker. The colliery was operated in tunnel construction . In 1953, 17 miners extracted 6,544 tons of hard coal . In the following year the name was changed to Zeche Johannisberg. At the same time as the renaming, there was a change of ownership. The new owner was the Johannisberg union, later the Wippsterz union took over this small mine. In 1955, 24 miners produced 7,799 tons of hard coal. In 1960, 29 miners extracted 9,232 tons of hard coal. On January 1, 1965 there was another change of ownership, the new owner of the colliery was the Friedrichshöhe trade union. This year the maximum production of the mine was achieved. With 44 miners 15,729 tons of hard coal were extracted. On August 15, 1967, the Johannisberg colliery was shut down.
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 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 .