Queen Augusta colliery
| Queen Augusta colliery | |||
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| General information about the mine | |||
| Funding / year | Max. 28,814 t | ||
| Information about the mining company | |||
| Employees | until approx. 91 | ||
| Start of operation | 1864 | ||
| End of operation | 1873 | ||
| Successor use | Empress Augusta colliery | ||
| Funded raw materials | |||
| Degradation of | Hard coal | ||
| Geographical location | |||
| Coordinates | 51 ° 23 '1.8 " N , 7 ° 3' 57.6" E | ||
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| Location | Essen-Dilldorf | ||
| local community | eat | ||
| Independent city ( NUTS3 ) | eat | ||
| country | State of North Rhine-Westphalia | ||
| Country | Germany | ||
| District | Ruhr area | ||
The Queen Augusta colliery in Essen - Dilldorf -Hamm is a former hard coal mine . The mine emerged from the consolidation of several mines.
Mining history
In 1864, the United Reher Colliery consolidated Dickebank & Erbstollen with the Queen Louise colliery. The Queen Louise colliery was a former tunnel operation that was in operation before 1831. The tunnel of the former Reher Dickebank colliery was used as a conveyor tunnel. In the same year they began to move to civil engineering . This was initially started. a tonnlägigen production well to the seam Quettenbank, better known as seam Geitling, abzuteufen . At a shallower depth of 31 meters (+50 m above sea level ), the tonnage shaft reached the level of the tunnel floor . In 1865 the first level was added. In 1867 it came in a thunderstorm with downpour to a mining accident . Due to the large amount of water, the pit sank and all the miners located underground (probably 15 people) drowned. Around 1870, a length field of the Carl Traugott colliery was acquired. In 1872 the excavation took place on the second level, this level was at a shallow depth of 109 meters (−23 m above sea level). On September 1, 1873, the Queen Augusta colliery consolidated with other mines to form the Kaiserin Augusta colliery .
Promotion and workforce
The first known production and workforce figures come from 1867, when 15 miners produced 135,379 bushels of hard coal . In 1868, 18,532 tons of hard coal were extracted; this extraction was carried out by 58 miners. In 1870, 68 miners produced 28,751 tons of hard coal. The last known production and workforce figures for the mine are from 1872, when 91 miners produced 28,814 tonnes of hard coal.
source
- 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 .
Web links
- Early mining on the Ruhr: Zeche Königin Augusta (accessed on July 17, 2012)
- Early mining on the Ruhr: Historical map around 1840 (accessed on July 17, 2012)
- Early mining on the Ruhr: Map of the situation around 2000 (accessed on July 17, 2012)