Small windmill colliery
| Small windmill colliery | |||
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| General information about the mine | |||
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| Mining technology | Underground mining | ||
| Funding / year | Max. 58,956 t | ||
| Information about the mining company | |||
| Employees | Max. 223 | ||
| Start of operation | 1841 | ||
| End of operation | 1930 | ||
| Successor use | Bill God's blessing | ||
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| Degradation of | Hard coal | ||
| Geographical location | |||
| Coordinates | 51 ° 21 '3.6 " N , 7 ° 15' 28.8" E | ||
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| Location | Obersprockhövel | ||
| local community | Sprockhövel | ||
| District ( NUTS3 ) | Ennepe-Ruhr district | ||
| country | State of North Rhine-Westphalia | ||
| Country | Germany | ||
| District | Ruhr area | ||
The Kleine Windmühle colliery was a hard coal mine in the Obersprockhövel district of Sprockhövel ; it was located on the Sirrenberg . The mine was built in the 18th century, but was only in operation since the middle of the 19th century.
history
The beginnings
A length field was awarded on April 17, 1841 . Following the ceremony which was mine field by the Munkerts Stolln solved . In 1858 the mine was demonstrably in operation. In 1863 the mine was initially still in operation, but has been over a year in deadlines set. After that, the mine was out of operation for several decades. In 1912 the colliery received a standard-gauge siding on the small railway Bossel – Blankenstein . In 1919 a lease agreement was signed with the Herkules VII trade union from Remscheid-Lennep. In December of the same year the mine was restarted by the Hercules VII union. At this point in time, the authorized persons comprised a square field and an unspecified number (several) of length fields. It was started two tonnlägige shafts (main shaft and ventilation shaft) to sink . The main shaft reached into the seam Neuflöz, the weather shaft into the seam water bank. The mine was solved at this time by the Dreckbänker Erbstollen .
The other years
In 1920 the two tonnage shafts reached a shallow depth of 120 meters. A breakthrough was made with the Munkerts tunnel, which should ensure the drainage of water from the mine field. At a shallow depth of 40 meters, the weather bed was set and the extraction started. In 1921 both shafts reached a shallow depth of 200 meters (160 m seiger). In a shallow depth of 110 meters, the first was the sole attached. In the autumn of 1922 the lease agreement with the Hercules VII union was terminated. In the following year, the construction site was 4000 meters across and 1000 meters across. On May 5, 1924, operations ceased. The mine was shut down for some time. On November 4, 1926, the mine was put back into operation. In the same year, work began on aligning the second level in the substation . The tonnage main shaft was sunk to a shallow depth of 220 meters. In 1927, the second level was set at a shallow depth of 220 meters. In that year VEW acquired the Kuxen majority of the mine. In 1929, a Bremsberg was created, which also served as a starting point for the third level. The Kleine Windmühle colliery was shut down on September 10, 1930. In 1932 the mine was acquired by the Gottessegen colliery , and later ownership went to the Alte Haase colliery .
Promotion and workforce
Only edible coal was extracted from the mine . The first workforce dates from 1919, there were 15 miners in the mine. The first production figures come from 1920, in that year 90 employees produced almost 8,000 tons of hard coal . In 1922 a total of 26,821 tons of hard coal were mined by 223 employees. In 1926, 9,435 tons of hard coal were mined; this was done by 32 miners. In 1927 173 employees produced 50,062 tonnes of hard coal. The maximum funding was provided in 1929. This year, 178 employees produced 58,956 tons of hard coal. The last known workforce and production figures of the mine are from 1930, with 157 employees 45,632 tons of hard coal were extracted.
Kleinzeche Small windmill
After the Second World War, a small mine with the same name was operated on the mine field of the Kleine Windmühle colliery . The owner of this mine was the Angelus union. It was put back into operation on April 22nd, 1947. In the same year, the main shaft, which took several tons, went into production again. This small mine was closed on July 31, 1949.
Current condition
The former administration building of the Kleine Windmühle colliery still exists. The building bears the relief inscription Small Windmill Union . Above the entrance door there is an inscription of the miner's greeting Glück auf . The building is located in Obersprockhövel on the road to the windmill. In addition, there are remains of the loading system on the small railroad below the building .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e f g h i j 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 e f Wilhelm Hermann, Gertrude Hermann: The old collieries on the Ruhr. 4th edition. Publishing house Karl Robert Langewiesche, successor Hans Köster, Königstein i. Taunus 1994, ISBN 3-7845-6992-7 .
- ↑ Gerhard Knospe: Works Railways in German Coal Mining and Its Steam Locomotives, Part 1 - Data, facts, sources . 1st edition. Self-published, Heiligenhaus 2018, ISBN 978-3-9819784-0-7 , p. 565 .
- ^ The early mining on the Ruhr: Administration building Kleine Windmühle (accessed on August 2, 2012).
- ↑ The early mining on the Ruhr: Zeche Kleine Windmühle (accessed on August 2, 2012).
Web links
- Early mining on the Ruhr: Historical map around 1840 (accessed on August 2, 2012)
- Early mining in the Ruhr: Map of the situation around 2000 (accessed on August 2, 2012)
- Early mining on the Ruhr: map of the area (accessed on August 2, 2012)