Leybank colliery

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Leybank colliery
General information about the mine
other names Laybank
colliery Leibank colliery
Mining technology Underground mining
Information about the mining company
Start of operation 1730
End of operation 1851
Successor use United Wiesche colliery
Funded raw materials
Degradation of Hard coal
Geographical location
Coordinates 51 ° 26 '20.1 "  N , 6 ° 54' 33.3"  E Coordinates: 51 ° 26 '20.1 "  N , 6 ° 54' 33.3"  E
Leybank Colliery (Ruhr Regional Association)
Leybank colliery
Location Leybank colliery
local community Mülheim an der Ruhr
Independent city ( NUTS3 ) Mülheim an der Ruhr
country State of North Rhine-Westphalia
Country Germany
District Ruhr area

The Leybank colliery is a former hard coal mine in Mülheim - Eppinghofen . The mine was also known as the Zeche Laybank or Zeche Leibank . The colliery has a history of over 120 years. The mine was part of the Broich dominion .

history

The beginnings

The Leybänker tunnel was mentioned in the documents as early as the 17th century. With the initial success of the mine Sellerbeck animated, several merchants were in the Mülheim area of coal deposits . Soon after, the construction of a tunnel in Eppinghofen began. The tunnel mouth hole was set up in the pond of a former mill there. After the tunnel was excavated about 1,112 feet , the seam-bearing layers were reached. Shortly afterwards a major fault was hit. After the fault had been explored, a seam was found that was known as the Leibank seam. The seam had a thickness of 24 inches and had in the middle of a mountain pack from shale ( Ley ), after the seam and the bill were named. After the seam had been hacked , the work on the eleven pools beneath it was found in the thick thick bank . In the further course of the mining activities , the Schrämchen seam was also found.

The further operation

In the period between the end of the 17th century and 1730, the Leybank colliery operated the mining tunnel to the Ruhr together with the Wiesche , Kinderberg and Sellerbecker Stolln collieries . In 1730 the large gallery was dismantled . In 1814, consolidated the mines Dickebank, Dickebänksgen, Bänksgen, Schrömgen Geitling, Leybänker Bänksgen and Nettelkönig to mine Leybank. The Dickebank and Dickebänksgen collieries were around 1800 and the Nettelkönig colliery was in operation in the 18th century. The other four mines were all operating independently before 1814. Nothing of note is reported about any of these seven mines. In 1839 the mine was mentioned in the documents, the operation was located on Eisenstrasse. In 1841 the mine was out of order. A length field was awarded on November 24, 1844 . Over the years , the tunnel gradually eroded. The promotion is why the mined coal had in shafts are performed as drives were reels used. Among other things, mining was carried out in the Dickebank seam, the seam had been opened up to eleven pools below the bottom of the tunnel . In 1851 all the quarries were down to 1,000 puddles from the mouth of the tunnel . In the course of the year, the Leybank colliery consolidated with other mines to form the United Wiesche colliery.

Todays situation

Today there are no more traces of the former Leybank colliery. Today the Leybankstraße in Mülheim reminds of the former mine.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d 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 .
  2. ↑ a b c Hermann Adam von Kamp: The castle and the rule Broich. 1st part, published by Joh.Ewich, Duisburg 1852
  3. ↑ a b 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 .
  4. ^ The early mining on the Ruhr: Zeche Leybank (accessed on August 24, 2012)

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