Merklingsbank colliery

Merklingsbank colliery
	General information about the mine
other names	Mercklingsbank ; colliery Merchlingsbank colliery
	Information about the mining company
Employees	up to 11
Start of operation	1739
End of operation	1813
Successor use	Louisenglück colliery
	Funded raw materials
Degradation of	Hard coal
	Geographical location
Coordinates	51 ° 25 '36.5 " N , 7 ° 19' 30.9" E Coordinates: 51 ° 25 '36.5 " N , 7 ° 19' 30.9" E
	Location Merklingsbank colliery
Location	Bommern
local community	Witten
District ( NUTS3 )	Ennepe-Ruhr district
country	State of North Rhine-Westphalia
Country	Germany
District	Ruhr area

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The Merklingsbank colliery is a former hard coal mine in Bommern . The mine was also known under the names Zeche Mercklingsbank and Zeche Merchlingsbank . The mine was erroneously referred to as the Mecklingsbank colliery . The mine was located about 200 meters east of Steinhausen Castle , west of today's Lindenweg. The mine was about 20 meters below the Steinhardtsbank colliery .

history

The beginnings

The Längenfeld Merklingsbank was awarded on May 21, 1732 . The length field was in the area between the Muttental and the Ruhr valley . The seam available here was the Kreftenscheer seam, which was 1.8 meters thick, including 50 centimeters of intermediate means . After the award, the mine was idle for a long time. In 1738 Gerhard Peter Merklingshaus was enfeoffed with the mine field by the Prussian Mining Authority. The mine started operating in 1739. The tunnel was excavated about 20 meters from the south wing of the Braunschweig colliery . In the years 1754 and 1755 the mine was in pursuant to paragraph shortage deadlines set. In 1755 the heirs of Gerhard Peter Merklingshaus sold half of their mine property to Johann Caspar Hundicker. According to the records of the Weather Office, Mercklingshaus and Hundicker were registered as trades in 1755 .

The further operation

In 1757 the mine was put back into operation. In 1787 the mine was entered on the Niemeyer's map . In 1796 eleven miners extracted 44,407 ringlets through the tunnel in Muttental . Some of the coal extracted was transported to the Bergisches Land. From 1800 the mine was in operation for several years. In 1804, the trades had a sliding path built through the Muttental to the Ruhr. Other mines also took part in the construction of this sliding route. Thanks to the sliding path, it was then possible to transport the coal to the Ruhr in carts . As a result of purchase and inheritance, the number of union members had grown steadily since 1755. The trades were now the families Hueck, Küper, Wünnenberg, Gethman and Berger. The mine was in operation until 1810. In June 1813 the Merklingsbank colliery was shut down. In the period from January 30th to April 14th, 1821 , the mine consolidated with other mines to form the Louisenglück colliery .

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h 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 ^g Gerhard Koetter (Hrsg.): Mining in the Muttental. 1st edition, Druckstatt Wöhrle, Witten 2001, ISBN 3-00-008659-5 .
^ Gustav Adolf Wüstenfeld: Schlebuscher Revier Bergbau in Wetter. Gustav Adolf Wüstenfeld-Verlag, Wetter-Wengern 1983, ISBN 3-922014-05-4 .

[Quelle_1-1] ↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h 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 .

[Quelle_3-2] ↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Gerhard Koetter (Hrsg.): Mining in the Muttental. 1st edition, Druckstatt Wöhrle, Witten 2001, ISBN 3-00-008659-5 .

[Quelle_2-3] Gustav Adolf Wüstenfeld: Schlebuscher Revier Bergbau in Wetter. Gustav Adolf Wüstenfeld-Verlag, Wetter-Wengern 1983, ISBN 3-922014-05-4 .