Morgenstern colliery (Bochum)
| Morgenstern colliery | |||
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| General information about the mine | |||
| Funding / year | Max. 50,435 t | ||
| Information about the mining company | |||
| Employees | Max. 132 | ||
| Start of operation | 1954 | ||
| End of operation | 1964 | ||
| Funded raw materials | |||
| Degradation of | Hard coal | ||
| Geographical location | |||
| Coordinates | 51 ° 27 '52.1 " N , 7 ° 7' 38.1" E | ||
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| Location | Wattenscheid | ||
| local community | Bochum | ||
| Independent city ( NUTS3 ) | Bochum | ||
| country | State of North Rhine-Westphalia | ||
| Country | Germany | ||
| District | Ruhr area | ||
The Morgenstern colliery was a coal mine in Bochum in the Wattenscheid -Sevinghausen district. The mine was located on Portmannsweg, 300 meters west of the Fröhliche Morgensonne colliery. The mine was a small mine , the owner of this small mine was initially the Wilhelm Schwab & Nolte company, later Wilhelm Schwab took over the mine.
Mining history
The mine was put into operation on April 27, 1954. In the following year, a ton-long shaft and other shafts were in operation. In 1957, the former weather shaft of the Fröhliche Morgensonne colliery was filled . On November 29, 1963, the Morgenstern colliery ceased operations. On June 30, 1964, the mine was deregistered.
Promotion and workforce
The first production and workforce figures are from 1955, in that year 19,823 tons of hard coal were extracted with 104 miners . The maximum production of the mine was achieved in 1957, with 132 miners 50,435 tons of hard coal were extracted. The last known production and workforce figures for the mine are from 1960, in that year 89 miners were employed at the mine, who produced 31,638 tons of hard coal.
literature
- 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 .