Colliery Kucks

Colliery Kucks
General information about the mine
other names	Kux colliery
Information about the mining company
Employees	until approx. 13
Start of operation	1802
End of operation	1820
Successor use	United Kucks & Ham Bank colliery
Funded raw materials
Degradation of	Hard coal
Geographical location
Coordinates	51 ° 23 '42 "  N , 7 ° 3' 8.3"  E Coordinates: 51 ° 23 '42 "  N , 7 ° 3' 8.3"  E
Location Zeche Kucks
Location	Eat-becoming
local community	eat
Independent city ( NUTS3 )	eat
country	State of North Rhine-Westphalia
Country	Germany
District	Ruhr area

The Kucks colliery in Essen-Werden -Hamm is a former hard coal mine . It was also known under the name of Zeche Kux .

Mining history

Hard coal was extracted from the mine as early as the 18th century , but without a loan. In 1802, 28 ringlets were extracted every day . In 1803 the mine was demonstrably in operation. In 1805, shaft 8 was mined. In 1811 were shafts 7 and 8 in the promotion . In 1813, shafts 5 and 7 were in production. In 1817 the Fortuna shaft was mined. In 1819 the Christina and Maas shafts were in production. The only known workforce figures come from this year; 13 miners were employed at the mine. In 1820 the Kucks colliery consolidated with the Schinkenbank colliery in Fischlaken to form the United Kucks & Ham Bank colliery .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Joachim Huske : The coal mine 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 .
2. ^ Karlheinz Rabas, Karl Albert Rubacht: Mining History Atlas for the city of Essen. 1st edition, Regio Verlag, Werne 2008, ISBN 978-3-929158-22-9 .