Markana colliery

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Markana colliery
General information about the mine
Mining technology Underground mining
Funding / year Max. 24,887 t
Information about the mining company
Employees Max. 116
Start of operation 1907
End of operation 1913
Successor use New Mecklingsbank colliery
Funded raw materials
Degradation of Hard coal
Geographical location
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Location Wengern
local community Weather
Ennepe-Ruhr district ( NUTS3 ) Weather
country State of North Rhine-Westphalia
Country Germany
District Ruhr area

The Markana colliery is a former coal mine in Wetter - Wengern . In the mining area of the mine was already in the early 19th century mining operation. Decades of business interruptions followed the short operating times.

history

In 1907 the three mine fields of the closed collieries Sebastopol, Malakoff and Wengern were acquired. The mine went into operation in August of the same year. In the following year, a tunnel was set up in the Wengern field, south of today's Thyssen stainless steel works . The tunnel was starting from the Ruhr Valley to the west ascended . In 1909 the length of the tunnel was already 866 meters. Funding began towards the end of the year . In 1910 the tunnel reached a length of 1160 meters. That same year, the Sebastopol field was above the tunnels solved . In 1911 the tunnel reached a length of 1910 meters. Mining in the Sebastopol field began that year . In the following year, the tunnel was driven to a length of 2100 meters. In the same year, the pit field of the Dahlias colliery was acquired and put into operation. On June 28, 1913, the Markana colliery was shut down. The reasons for the shutdown were varied. On the one hand, unfavorable seam conditions were encountered, and on the other hand, the coal mined was difficult to sell. There was also a strong inflow of mine water . All of this resulted in the Markana union going bankrupt . In 1958 the Geviertfelder Sebastopol and Malakoff were added to the Neu Mecklingsbank colliery.

Promotion and workforce

The first known workforce at the mine dates back to 1908, when 14 miners were employed in the mine. The first known production figures for the mine date back to 1909, when 15 tons of hard coal were produced . This funding was provided by 29 miners. In the following year, 46 miners extracted 1967 tons of hard coal. The maximum production of the mine was provided in 1912 with 116 miners. This year, 24,887 tons of hard coal were mined. These were also the last known production and workforce figures for the mine.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f 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 d e 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 .

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