Colliery cow

Colliery cow
	General information about the mine
other names	Colliery Kuhe ; Colliery United Cow
	Information about the mining company
Employees	up to approx. 4
Start of operation	1737
End of operation	1784
	Funded raw materials
Degradation of	Hard coal
	Geographical location
Coordinates	51 ° 21 '45.3 " N , 7 ° 13' 44.2" E Coordinates: 51 ° 21 '45.3 " N , 7 ° 13' 44.2" E
	Location Zeche Kuh
Location	Niederstüter
local community	Hattingen
District ( NUTS3 )	Ennepe-Ruhr district
country	State of North Rhine-Westphalia
Country	Germany
District	Ruhr area

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The Kuh colliery was a hard coal mine in Hattingen -Niederstüter, right on the border with the neighboring town of Sprockhövel . The mine was also known as the Zeche Kuhe and Zeche Vereinigte Kuh . The mine was located in the Oberstüter mountains, in the area of today's Paasstrasse. The name of the mine is derived from the word Kuhle.

Mining history

The mine was mentioned in the documents as early as 1737, and it was probably already in operation at that time. In 1739 the mine was out of service again. The note "is silent" is entered in the documents . There is evidence that the mine was in operation in 1755; four miners were employed on the mine. The main trades on the mine were Kauermann, Quiver and consorts. Shift supervisor at the mine was the son of the Kauermann main trade. In 1756 the mine was still in operation. In 1775 the mine was mentioned in the documents, whether the mine was still in operation at that time is not clear.

On July 16 of 1784 the mine was by the head of the Mark Berg Revieres, the Baron von Stein , navigate . The Kuh colliery was one of 63 mines that von Stein visited on his journey through the Brandenburg mountain area. The mine was in operation at the time. At the time of the visit, a Seiger shaft was sunk . The shaft already had a depth of 18½ laughs . There were problems with the sinking work, as up to 600 cubic meters of water ran into the shaft every day and severely hindered the sinking work. For this reason, they had driven under the shaft from below using the basic section and then wanted to drill further through the shaft. Vom Stein gave information about the further condition of the mine in his protocol. In particular, he criticized the poor approach to the shaft sinking. It is not clear from the documents whether the mine was still in operation or when it was finally shut down.

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Joachim Huske : The coal mines in the Ruhr area. Data and facts from the beginning until 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 Kurt Pfläging: Stein's journey through the coal mining industry on the Ruhr. 1st edition. Geiger Verlag, Horb am Neckar 1999, ISBN 3-89570-529-2 .

Web links

Early mining on the Ruhr: Zeche Kuh (last accessed on November 26, 2012)
Early mining on the Ruhr: Historical map around 1840 (last accessed on November 26, 2012)
Early mining in the Ruhr: Map of the situation around 2000 (last accessed on November 26, 2012)

Remarks

↑ The word Kuhle is another name in Low German for hole, putt or pit. (Source: Kurt Pfläging: Stein's journey through coal mining on the Ruhr. )

[Quelle_1-1] ↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Joachim Huske : The coal mines in the Ruhr area. Data and facts from the beginning until 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 .

[Quelle_2-2] Kurt Pfläging: Stein's journey through the coal mining industry on the Ruhr. 1st edition. Geiger Verlag, Horb am Neckar 1999, ISBN 3-89570-529-2 .

[Anm._Pflägig.-3] The word Kuhle is another name in Low German for hole, putt or pit. (Source: Kurt Pfläging: Stein's journey through coal mining on the Ruhr. )