Pafaba colliery
| Pafaba colliery | |
|---|---|
| General information about the mine | |
| other names | Kehlberg colliery |
| Funding / year | Max. 6860 t |
| Information about the mining company | |
| Employees | up to 24 |
| Start of operation | 1952 |
| End of operation | 1965 |
| Funded raw materials | |
| Degradation of | Hard coal |
| Geographical location | |
| Coordinates | |
| Location | Through wood |
| local community | Witten |
| District ( NUTS3 ) | Ennepe-Ruhr district |
| country | State of North Rhine-Westphalia |
| Country | Germany |
| District | Ruhr area |
The Pafaba colliery is a former hard coal mine in Durchholz (North Rhine-Westphalia). The mine was a small mine and was also known as the Kehlberg colliery. Owners of this mine was first the paper mill Baienfurt ( Pa Pier Fa brik Ba ienfurt ), later the Mining Union GmbH took over the mine.
Mining history
The mine started operating in 1952. The Baienfurt paper mill used this small mine as a successor to the disused Muthe small mine. The mining was carried out in the mine field of the Elisabethenglück colliery . In 1955 there were two shafts , a delivery shaft and a weather shaft. The delivery shaft reached into the seam water bank, the weather shaft extended into the seam dirt bank. From August 11th to October 27th, 1957, the mine was out of order. On October 28 of the same year there was a change of ownership and the new owner was Kehlberg GmbH. On August 31, 1965, the mine was stopped. On September 30th of the same year the Pafaba colliery was closed.
Promotion and workforce
The first production and workforce figures come from 1952, in that year 24 miners were employed at the colliery who produced 2502 tonnes of hard coal . In 1955, 6515 tons of hard coal were mined, the workforce was 17 employees. The maximum production was achieved in 1956, with 15 employees 6860 tons of hard coal were produced. In 1960 there were 15 employees on the mine, the production amounted to 4444 tons of hard coal. The last production and workforce figures are from 1964, when 4244 tons of hard coal were mined with twelve employees.
literature
- 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 .