Jupiter colliery
| Jupiter colliery | |||
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| General information about the mine | |||
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| other names | Zeche Jupiterbank Zeche Jupiter Bank Zeche Juppiter Zeche Jupiter I & II |
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| Funding / year | Max. 17,764 t | ||
| Information about the mining company | |||
| Employees | Max. 80 | ||
| Start of operation | 1789 | ||
| End of operation | 1950 | ||
| Successor use | Muttental colliery | ||
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| Degradation of | Hard coal | ||
| Geographical location | |||
| Coordinates | 51 ° 25 '36.5 " N , 7 ° 19' 43.1" E | ||
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| Location | Herbede (Bommerholz-Muttental) |
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| local community | Witten | ||
| District ( NUTS3 ) | Ennepe-Ruhr district | ||
| country | State of North Rhine-Westphalia | ||
| Country | Germany | ||
| District | Ruhr area | ||
The Jupiter colliery in Witten ( Bommerholz-Muttental district ) is a former hard coal mine . The colliery was also known under the names Zeche Jupiterbank , Zeche Jupiter Bank , Zeche Juppiter and Zeche Jupiter I & II . The colliery was in the area of Rauendahlstrasse east of Bockampstrasse. In the second half of the 19th century, the mine belonged to the Märkisches Bergamts district and there to the Hardenstein jury area .
history
The beginnings
The mine was mentioned in the documents as early as 1768. In 1783 the assumption was made for a coal bank. This coal bank extended north from the Fortuna field. The mother was Johann Oberste Frielinghaus and his brother Henrich Johann Oberste Frielinghaus. In addition, a test was made on the Jupiter tunnel. In 1787 the mine was listed on the Niemeyer's map . On June 14, 1788, a length field for mining in the Mausegatt seam was awarded . On October 1, 1789, a length field east of the Muttental was awarded as an extension. Subsequently, the fields Jupiter benches 1 and Jupiter benches 2 were being dismantled. Around 1790 the brothers Oberste Frielinghaus and the jury had coal mined in the two seams Jupiter 1 (Kreftenscheer) and Mausegatt. The mining took place via the tunnel from the valley. However, there were problems with selling the coal due to poor transport routes. In 1796 the colliery was out of operation again. After that, the mine remained out of service for a long time.
The other years
On October 6, 1845, the Fortuna colliery was put back into operation. The pit field was solved via a wing location of the St. Johannes Erbstollen . The pit water flowed off through the hereditary tunnel to the Ruhr and thus enabled the mine to operate without the pit water having to be pumped out. That same year, a cross-cut was from the eastern tunnels of the mine Fortuna ascended . It was also in 1847 together with the coal mine Fortuna to the east of seigere shaft Juno sunk . The shaft was also called the Jonas shaft. The costs for the excavation work were met by both mines together. The shaft was initially sunk to a depth of 20 meters. The conveyance took place via a hand reel that was operated by two reel workers . In 1850, the Fortuna mine was probably mined in the mine field . In 1852 a contract was signed with the Fortuna colliery to the east. This contract made it possible to use the Juno mine of the Fortuna colliery to the east for reimbursement of costs. The Juno shaft was 9.5 laughs deep . At this time there was still a connection with a wing location of the St. Johannes Erbstollen . In the years 1854, 1855 and 1857 the Jupiter colliery was verifiably in operation, for the year 1855, however, there is no information about the funding or the workforce. There were three seams with thicknesses of 60, 50 and 32 inches in Verhieb .
In 1856, the Juno shaft was widened and sunk 21 meters deeper. The shaft now reached to the bottom of the St.-Johannes-Erbstollen . In the same year the hand reel was exchanged for a horse peg. With this Göpel a payload of six bushels of coal could now be conveyed. On May 20, 1862 , the Jupiter colliery consolidated with other mines below the bottom of the Erbstollen to form the United Bommerbänker Tiefbau colliery . The mine was in operation in 1863 and 1865. In 1867 the Jupiter colliery was closed again. On September 28, 1871, an operating plan was submitted for the Glücksstern colliery . This operating plan applied jointly to the Glücksstern , Saturn and Jupiter collieries , and they were put back into operation shortly afterwards. In 1875, the bill was initially Jupiter still in operation, in the course of the mine was in deadlines set. In 1880 the mine was put back into operation, the solution came from the Glücksstern field. From December 1883, the Jupiter colliery was again placed within deadlines and put back into operation in the spring of the following year. In the following year, operations at the Juno shaft were completely shut down. On December 31, 1887, the Jupiter colliery was shut down again.
The further operation
In 1934 the new Jupiter Union took over the tunnel. On May 26th of the same year the Jupiter colliery was put back into operation. Initially, tunnel construction was carried out in the former authorization of Fortuna to the east. The tunnel was driven in the Geitling seam. The mining area was located further south of the previous mining area. The ventilation of the mines took place over a Lutte , on the means of fan fresh weather were blown up on the ground. For the operation of pneumatic tools on day one was compressor into operation. First, an old tunnel was opened up , then a shaft was sunk. In addition, the Juno shaft was put back into operation. In the following time, the two length fields Jupiter I, Jupiter II and Upsala I + II were consolidated into Jupiter colliery. At that time, the rights holders covered an area of six square kilometers. A loading platform was built on Jupiterstraße. The filled trucks were emptied for days on a rotary tipper. A truck could be parked backwards in the loading bay under the rotary tipper. The coal fell from the truck through the pouring opening of the rotary tipper directly onto the loading area of the truck. In 1945 the mine was closed from April to mid-July. In 1946 a start was made to sink a tonnage shaft into the Finnefrau seam. The shaft starting point was in the Muttental below the Rauentalstrasse. In 1948 the excavation level was set at a depth of 120 meters. In the same year, another pit field was awarded on November 9th. In 1950 a mine accident occurred at the Jupiter colliery , on June 21 a shaft collapsed and three miners lost their lives. On October 31, 1950, the Jupiter colliery was closed again and renamed the Muttental colliery on November 27 of the same year .
Promotion and workforce
Only edible coal was extracted from the mine. The first known production figures of the mine come from the year 1846, at that time 6644 bushels of hard coal were produced . The first known workforce figures date from 1847, when 6 to 16 miners were producing 29,975 bushels of hard coal. In 1867, 13,824 bushels of hard coal were mined. In 1874, four miners extracted 793 tons of hard coal. In 1881, five miners extracted 1080 tons of hard coal. In 1883, five miners extracted 1,290 tons of hard coal. In 1885 production fell to 895 tons of hard coal, this production was provided by four miners. In 1887, three miners extracted 735 tons of hard coal. In 1935, 33 miners extracted 11,300 tons of hard coal. The maximum production of the colliery was provided in 1936 with 50 miners, 17,764 tons of hard coal were mined. In 1940 production decreased to 3,240 tons, this production was provided by six miners. In 1945, 23 miners extracted 3,150 tons of hard coal. The last mining and workforce figures for the mine are from 1949, when 80 miners extracted 12,000 tonnes of hard coal.
Pictures of the loading facility
Loading system of the colliery
Overall view of the plant
Description of the plant
Further mining use
Muttental
The Muttental colliery in Witten-Bommern was a small mine , the owner of the small mine was Dahmen & Wagener GmbH. The small mine , which was initially set up as a mining site, was created on November 1, 1950 by taking over the rights of the small mine Jupiter. This small mine was closed on October 31 of the same year. On November 27, 1950, it was restarted. The Juno shaft was in operation for extraction . In the year it was put back into operation, 17 miners produced 13,007 tonnes of hard coal. This was also the maximum production of the mine. On February 1st, 1952, the mine was acquired by Renate Bergbaugesellschaft mbH . This year, 58 miners extracted 5636 tons of hard coal. The Muttental colliery was closed on December 31st. On January 1st, 1954, the Muttental colliery was renamed the Jupiter II colliery.
Jupiter II
The Jupiter II colliery in Witten-Bommern was a small mine in Muttental. The colliery was also known as the Bommerholz colliery . The Jupiter Union was the owner of the small mine. The colliery was created by renaming the disused Muttental colliery. On January 1st, 1954, the mine was put back into operation. A barrel-length shaft was available for extraction, this had a depth of about 60 meters and reached into the Finefrau seam. The shaft was equipped with a new wooden frame. At times, the mining also took place in the shaft of the Renate colliery . In the same year, 68 miners extracted 11,151 tons of hard coal. On July 11, 1955, a mine accident occurred at the colliery , after which the Jupiter II colliery was shut down.
Todays use
Today the tunnel mouth hole of the Jupiter colliery is still there. The tunnel mouth hole is located on the Muttentalstraße in the Muttental. It was restored in 1979 and is now station 10 of the Muttental mining trail . In addition, the coal loading station of the Jupiter colliery has been preserved.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r 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 Ludwig Herrmann Wilhelm Jacobi : The mining, metallurgy and trade of the government district Arnsberg in statistical representation. Published by Julius Bädeker, Iserlohn 1857.
- ↑ a b c d e f Gerhard Koetter (Ed.): Mining in the Muttental. 1st edition, Druckstatt Wöhrle, Witten 2001, ISBN 3-00-008659-5 .
- ↑ a b c d e Wilhelm Hermann, Gertrude Hermann: The old collieries on the Ruhr. 4th edition, unchanged reprint of the 3rd edition. Verlag Karl Robert Langewiesche, successor to Hans Köster KG, Königstein i. Taunus 1994, ISBN 3-7845-6992-7 .
- ↑ a b c d e f g Gerhard Koetter (Ed.): From seams, tunnels and shafts in the Muttental. 1st edition, Klartext Verlag, Essen 2007, ISBN 978-3-89861-612-6 .
- ↑ a b tunnel of the Jupiter union . In: Witten Tourist Office. (Ed.): Mining circuit Muttental, 7th edition, Witten 1988
- ↑ Early mining on the Ruhr: Jupiter tunnel mouth hole (accessed on July 16, 2012)
- ↑ Early mining on the Ruhr: Jupiter colliery (accessed on July 16, 2012)
Web links
- Early mining on the Ruhr: Historical map around 1840 (accessed on July 16, 2012)
- Early mining in the Ruhr: Map of the situation around 2000 (accessed on July 16, 2012)
- Jupiter colliery loading station (accessed on July 16, 2012)