New Mecklingsbank colliery

New Mecklingsbank colliery
	General information about the mine
other names	Mecklingsbank colliery
Funding / year	Max. = 58,194 tons
	Information about the mining company
Employees	up to 147
Start of operation	1948
End of operation	1963
	Funded raw materials
Degradation of	Hard coal
Greatest depth	120 m
	Geographical location
Coordinates	51 ° 27 '21.6 " N , 7 ° 7' 48.9" E Coordinates: 51 ° 27 '21.6 " N , 7 ° 7' 48.9" E
	Location Neu Mecklingsbank colliery
Location	Wattenscheid-Sevinghausen
local community	Bochum
Independent city ( NUTS3 )	Bochum
country	State of North Rhine-Westphalia
Country	Germany
District	Ruhr area

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The Neu Mecklingsbank colliery was a hard coal mine in Wattenscheid . The mine was a small mine , the owner of this small mine was the Neu-Mecklingsbank union . The mine emerged from a renaming of the Mecklingsbank colliery. The mine was named after a mine field from the Eiberg colliery .

history

The beginnings

On August 1, 1948, the mine was founded as a small mine under the name of Zeche Mecklingsbank and put into operation that same year. Bayer AG in Leverkusen owned the mine . This also held all 100 Kuxe of the union in their possession. Initially, the Langenbrahm Steinkohlenbergbau AG provided funding in a lease field . A Seigerer shaft was sunk in 1948 . This bay was in the streets at Freisenbruch / Eibergweg set . In addition, a weather shaft was sunk that took several tons this year. In 1950, which was Berechtsame shared. This real division resulted in the Neu Mecklingsbank field. The field was bought by Bayer AG that same year.

The other years

In 1951 a new headframe was built for the growing mining operation . In 1952 the union of the coal mine Neu-Mecklingsbank was founded. In the same year the Zeche Mecklingsbank was renamed to Zeche Neu Mecklingsbank. The mine was operated after the renaming in Längenfeld Neu Mecklingsbank. In 1955, a Seigerer production shaft and a ton-long weather shaft were in operation. Both shafts had a depth of 120 meters. In 1958 the small mine Trapperfeld II was bought. In addition, the Sebastopol and Malakoff pit fields were acquired with this mine. The Trapperfeld II colliery had previously leased these two fields. With the acquisition of these authorized persons, the colliery was renamed the Esborn colliery . The mine promoted through the shaft Esborn. With the coal crisis came the end for the Neu Mecklingsbank colliery. In 1963 the Neu Mecklingsbank colliery was closed. In 1964 both shafts were filled .

Promotion and workforce

Fatty coal was extracted from the mine . The first production and workforce figures for the mine date back to 1948, when 80 tons of hard coal were extracted with eleven miners . In 1950, 23,485 tons of hard coal were extracted and the workforce was 68. In 1951, 115 employees produced 30,170 tons of hard coal. In 1952 the production rose to 36,060 tons of hard coal, the workforce was 121 employees. In 1955 the production rose again to 42,728 tons of hard coal, this production was achieved with 127 employees. In 1956, 136 employees produced 50,845 tons of hard coal. The maximum production of the mine was achieved in 1958. This year, around 58,200 tons of hard coal were mined with 147 employees. In 1960, 54,421 tons of hard coal were mined, the workforce was 141 employees. In 1962, 50,000 tons of hard coal were extracted from the mine. In 1963, 82 employees produced 33,094 tons of hard coal. These are the last production and workforce figures for the mine.

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j 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 Gerhard Gebhardt: Ruhr mining. History, structure and interdependence of its societies and organizations. Verlag Glückauf GmbH, Essen 1957
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f 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 .
^ ^A ^b ^c ^d Karl Heinz Bader, Karl Röttger, Manfred Prante: 250 years of coal mining in the Brandenburg region. A contribution to the history of mining, the mining administration and the city of Bochum. Study publisher Dr. N. Brockmeyer, Bochum 1987, ISBN 3-88339-590-0 , p. 183.

Web links

Photo of the Mecklingsbank colliery (accessed on March 25, 2014)

[Quelle_1-1] ↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j 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] Gerhard Gebhardt: Ruhr mining. History, structure and interdependence of its societies and organizations. Verlag Glückauf GmbH, Essen 1957

[Quelle_2-3] ↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f 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 .

[Quelle_4-4] A ^b ^c ^d Karl Heinz Bader, Karl Röttger, Manfred Prante: 250 years of coal mining in the Brandenburg region. A contribution to the history of mining, the mining administration and the city of Bochum. Study publisher Dr. N. Brockmeyer, Bochum 1987, ISBN 3-88339-590-0 , p. 183.