Morgenstern colliery to the east
| Morgenstern colliery to the east | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| General information about the mine | |||
| Mining technology | Underground mining | ||
| Funding / year | up to 10,510 t | ||
| Information about the mining company | |||
| Employees | up to 15 | ||
| Start of operation | 1798 | ||
| End of operation | 1841 | ||
| Successor use | United Morgenstern colliery civil engineering | ||
| Funded raw materials | |||
| Degradation of | Hard coal | ||
| Geographical location | |||
| Coordinates | 51 ° 25 '12.7 " N , 7 ° 18' 37.1" E | ||
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| Location | Vormholz -Hardenstein | ||
| local community | Witten | ||
| District ( NUTS3 ) | Ennepe-Ruhr district | ||
| country | State of North Rhine-Westphalia | ||
| Country | Germany | ||
| District | Ruhr area | ||
The Morgenstern colliery to the east in the Vormholz- Hardenstein district of Witten is a former hard coal mine . The mine was in operation as a tunnel mine for over 40 years .
Mining history
The pit field was measured in 1774, and the mine was probably already in operation at that time. Since there was no deep water solution tunnel to the east in the area of the Morgenstern mine , a contract was signed in 1791 with the neighboring short Eggersbank colliery . Under the agreement the bill Short Egger Bank extended its in the south wing of the Hard Steiner dump ascended basic line down to the pit box of Morgenstern in the East. This made it possible to divert the pit water from Morgenstern to the east via this basic stretch. From the year 1798 the mine was demonstrably in operation. The degraded coals were a tonnlägigen shaft after about day promoted . There the coal was transported by carts over sliding paths to the coal defeat on the Ruhr . From 1800 there was also a connecting cross-passage to the Morgenstern colliery in the west in the north wing of the Hardensteiner Mulde. The pit water from Morgenstern was now diverted to the east via this connection. In 1803 was started by the colliery Morgenstern into the East, together with the mines Carthäuserloch , United Reiger , Morgenstern into the West and Wesel Bank , the Association tunnel excavate . This made it possible for the mine to shorten the transport routes.
From 1815 the mine was referred to as the Morgenstern colliery to the east above the bottom of the tunnel. In 1816 a coal towing line to the Ruhr was built. This track had a length of 40 laughs and reached up to the coal defeat on the Ruhr. On October 4th of the same year, two length fields were awarded . The award took place above the bottom of the tunnel, subject to older rights of the Carthäuserloch colliery. In 1827, the coal extracted from the mine was conveyed through the union tunnel . In 1824 the mine participated in the construction of the Muttentalbahn together with the collieries Turteltaube , Frielinghaus , Eleonora , Nachtigall and Louisenglück . In 1839 , the mine consolidated under the tunnel floor with other mines to form the United Morgenstern & kurzeggerbänker civil engineering . In November of the same year, the Morgenstern colliery to the east above the bottom of the tunnel was shut down. In 1840, the legal rights were taken over by the United Morgenstern Tiefbau colliery . In 1841, coal was mined again for a short time in the Morgenstern colliery to the east.
Promotion and workforce
The first production figures date from 1830, 9916 tons of hard coal were produced . In 1835 10,510 tons of hard coal were mined. The first known workforce at the mine dates back to 1838, at that time 15 miners were employed in the mine, who produced 17,788 Prussian tons of hard coal. The last known production figures of the mine come from the year 1839, in that year 16,296 Prussian tons of hard coal were produced.
Individual evidence
- ↑ 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 .
- ^ Wilhelm Hermann, Gertrude Hermann: The old collieries on the Ruhr (= The blue books ). 4th edition, unchanged reprint of the 3rd edition in 1990. Langewiesche, Königstein im Taunus 1994, ISBN 3-7845-6992-7 .
- ↑ a b c Gerhard Koetter (Ed.): Mining in the Muttental. 1st edition, Druckstatt Wöhrle, Witten 2001, ISBN 3-00-008659-5 .
Web links
- Early mining on the Ruhr: Morgenstern colliery to the east (accessed on January 18, 2013)
- Early mining on the Ruhr: Historical map around 1840 (accessed on January 18, 2013)
- Early mining on the Ruhr: Map of the situation around 2000 (accessed on January 18, 2013)