Kämgesbank colliery
| Kämgesbank colliery | |||
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| General information about the mine | |||
| other names | Kämkesbank colliery Kämpchenbank colliery Kämkesbank colliery Kempgesbank colliery |
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| Funding / year | Max. 37,873 pr t | ||
| Information about the mining company | |||
| Employees | until 50 | ||
| Start of operation | 1833 | ||
| End of operation | 1872 | ||
| Successor use | Langenbrahm colliery | ||
| Funded raw materials | |||
| Degradation of | Hard coal | ||
| Geographical location | |||
| Coordinates | 51 ° 24 '19.7 " N , 7 ° 0' 43.3" E | ||
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| Location | Essen-Baldeney | ||
| local community | eat | ||
| Independent city ( NUTS3 ) | eat | ||
| country | State of North Rhine-Westphalia | ||
| Country | Germany | ||
| District | Ruhr area | ||
The Kämpgesbank colliery was a hard coal mine in Baldeney, part of the Essen district of Bredeney since 1915 . The mine was also known under the names of Zeche Kämpchesbank , Zeche Kämpchenbank , Zeche Kämkesbank and Zeche Kempgesbank and emerged from the Kempgesbänker Stolln . The Kämpchenbank colliery was one of the founding members of the Association for Mining Interests .
Mining history
The mine had already been in time since 1802 . In 1833 it was re-established and put back into operation, at that time the rights of ownership comprised a length field . In 1840 the mined coal was stored in the coal store on the Ruhr . In 1844, according to the records, the mine was in operation. A length field was awarded on February 28, 1845 . From the year 1859 on the pit box of the coal mine Kämpgesbank also carbon Eisenstein mined . The mining was done by the United Klosterbusch colliery . In 1867 the mine was initially still in operation, but has been over a year in deadlines set. In 1870 the mine started operations again. From October 1872 the Kämpgesbank colliery was closed. In 1925 a square of the Langenbrahm colliery was closed.
Kempgesbänker Stolln
Little is reported about the Kempgesbänker Stolln. In 1796 the Abbot of Werden granted the concession to operate the tunnel , which was only operated for a short time. In 1802 the tunnel was laid in time limits and opened again in 1833 under the new name of Zeche Kämpgesbank.
Promotion and workforce
The first known production and workforce figures come from the year 1834. At that time, three miners were set up at the colliery, who produced 3760 bushels of hard coal . In 1836, 9,554 ½ tons of hard coal were extracted . In 1838 the production rose to 22,052 Prussian tons of hard coal. In 1840 there was another increase in production to 28,478 Prussian tons. In 1842 the production was already 37,873 Prussian tons of hard coal. In 1847 93,664 bushels of hard coal were mined. In 1858 the workforce rose to 50 miners. In 1861, 18 miners produced 12,744 Prussian tonnes of hard coal. From 1870 onwards there was a drastic drop in production, with two miners extracting 66 tons of hard coal. In the following year, two miners extracted 256 tonnes of hard coal. The last indication of 191 tonnes of coal mined comes from 1872.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e 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 Gerhard Gebhardt: Ruhr mining. History, structure and interdependence of its societies and organizations. Verlag Glückauf GmbH, Essen 1957.
- ^ 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 .
- ↑ Early mining on the Ruhr: Kempgesbänker Stolln colliery (accessed on July 10, 2012).
Web links
- Early mining on the Ruhr: Kämpgesbank colliery (accessed on July 10, 2012)
- Early mining on the Ruhr: Historical map around 1840 (accessed on July 10, 2012)
- Early mining in the Ruhr: Map of the situation around 2000 (accessed on July 10, 2012)