North Pole Colliery
North Pole Colliery | |||
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General information about the mine | |||
Mining technology | Underground mining | ||
Funding / year | Max. 9465 t | ||
Information about the mining company | |||
Employees | up to 34 | ||
Start of operation | 1948 | ||
End of operation | 1965 | ||
Funded raw materials | |||
Degradation of | Hard coal | ||
Geographical location | |||
Coordinates | 51 ° 25 '2.6 " N , 7 ° 10' 22.2" E | ||
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Location | Linden trees | ||
local community | Bochum | ||
Independent city ( NUTS3 ) | Bochum | ||
country | State of North Rhine-Westphalia | ||
Country | Germany | ||
District | Ruhr area |
The North Pole colliery in the Linden district of Bochum is a former hard coal mine . The mine was a small coal mine and consisted of the operating regions North Pole 1 and Pole 2. owner of the tunnel was initially Ewald Dahlmann, later took over Paul Dahlmann the mine.
Mining history
On January 1, 1948, the first part of the business on Wuppertaler Strasse went into operation. This year nine miners extracted 455 tons of hard coal . In 1950, 20 miners extracted 4,178 tons of hard coal. On September 25th of that year, the North Pole 2 operating section on Surenfeldstrasse went into operation. In the following year, 24 miners extracted 4,841 tons of hard coal. The maximum extraction was achieved in 1957 by 34 miners, it amounted to 9,465 tons of hard coal. In 1958, North Pole 2 was in operation. In 1960, 6051 tons of hard coal were extracted by 22 miners. In 1964, nine miners extracted 2574 tons of hard coal. On February 26, 1965, the mine ceased operations. The North Pole colliery was shut down on March 31 of the same year.
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 .
Web links
- Photo of the colliery (accessed February 19, 2013)
- Oberbergamt Dortmund: Bibliography for the Kleinzeche Nordpol