Oespel colliery

Oespel colliery
	General information about the mine
	; Preserved and reused operational buildings of the Oespel colliery
Mining technology	Underground mining
Funding / year	Max. 630,261 t
	Information about the mining company
Operating company	Mining trade union
Employees	up to 1921
Start of operation	1906
End of operation	1962
	Funded raw materials
Degradation of	Hard coal
	Geographical location
Coordinates	51 ° 29 '37 " N , 7 ° 22' 25" E Coordinates: 51 ° 29 '37 " N , 7 ° 22' 25" E
	Location Oespel colliery
Location	Oespel and Kley
local community	Dortmund
Independent city ( NUTS3 )	Dortmund
country	State of North Rhine-Westphalia
Country	Germany
District	Ruhr area

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The Oespel colliery is a former hard coal mine near the Dortmund districts of Oespel and Kley . The Oespel colliery was one of four mines in the Oespel area. In contrast to the Borussia colliery, the mine did not belong to the Rheinisch-Westfälischen Kohlen-Syndikat and was therefore not bound by the syndicate's conditions.

history

The beginnings

The first coal was found in the village of Oespel as early as 1666. In 1892 the Kaiser Friedrich field was divided. This field could not be operated by the Kaiser Friedrich colliery . The 1.1 km ² Oespel field was created through the real division . This field was leased to the United Borussia mine in 1896. In 1903 the lease contract with the United Borussia mine was canceled again. In the same year the Oespel field was returned. In the meantime the Oespel union had been founded. In addition, the sinking work for shaft 1 began this year . The shaft was initially called Borussia 4 shaft. Later the bay was renamed shaft Oespel 1. Since the bill Borussia no new syndicate of reasons Schacht could intersect, the shaft was 120 meters west of Borussia 02.01 set . Since the Borussia union could not achieve a higher participation figure in the syndicate, it took part in the Oespel union on a large scale. In 1905, the shaft reached at a depth that of 19 meters carbon . On July 10th of the same year a mine fire broke out at the Borussia colliery, killing 39 miners . Due to the fire, the excavation work on shaft 1 was interrupted until October of the same year. After the sinking work had resumed in October, the shaft could be completed in the following year up to the 6th level of Borussia in the full shaft cross-section . Yet in 1906 the shaft 1 went into promotion .

The other years

In 1906, the 7th floor was abandoned by Borussia and drowned. In the first years of operation in the field Borussia were the shaft 1 mined coal promoted. The reason for this was the burned-out Borussia 1 shaft and the lack of a further mining shaft on Borussia. In addition, the sinking work for shaft 2 (Oespel 2) began in 1906. The shaft was set up as a weather shaft in the southern field and reached the Carboniferous in the same year at a depth of 16 meters (−119 m NN ). On October 12 of the same year, the shaft wall erupted in shaft 1, killing three miners. In the following year, a breakthrough was created between the Oespel 1 and Oespel 2 shafts on the 5th level . The Oespel 2 shaft went into operation in the same year. In addition, mining began in the Oespel field this year. With the exception of own use, the extraction was transported underground to the Borussia colliery . The reconstruction of the 7th level began in 1907 via a blind shaft. On October 1, 1910, a briquette factory was put into operation. The following year, the Oespel union took over all of the Borussia union's Kuxe . From then on, the Borussia union only existed by name. At the same time, the Borussia colliery was taken over by the Oespel colliery.

With the takeover of the Borussia colliery, the owner now covered an area of 9.6 km ² . There were several shafts in operation. The Oespel shaft was used as a delivery shaft. The Borussia 2 shaft was renamed the Oespel 2 shaft. The shaft was used for extraction and for cable travel . The weather shaft 2 was renamed to weather shaft 3, it was used as an extending weather shaft for ventilation , rope travel and material transport. In the same year the old 6th floor was swamped in the Borussia field . In addition, the Borussia coking plant was still in operation that year . In 1912 the old 7th level was swamped in the Borussia field. In the following year, the sinking work on shaft 1 was resumed and the shaft was sunk in full cross-section up to the 7th level. In the following year, the sinking work on weather shaft 3 was resumed and the shaft was sunk deeper. On 15 December 1916, there was a break in slot 1, where six people died. In the following year, the sinking work on shaft 2 was resumed and the shaft was sunk to the 7th level. In 1919 a new sole was added. The new sole has been above the old first floor of Borussia at a depth of 41 meters (-22 m NN) ascended and should be used for the dismantling of remaining coal reserves there.

The last few years

On January 1, 1921, the administration of the Oespel union was relocated to Essen. In 1923 all assets and liabilities of the Oespel union were transferred to Essener Steinkohlebergwerke AG. From now on, Essener Steinkohlebergwerke AG continued to run the two operating facilities Borussia and Oespel. In 1925, three shafts were still in operation at the Oespel colliery. In 1940 the coking plant on the Borussia branch was taken out of service. In 1947 the 7th level became the main extraction level. On August 12, 1948, the coking plant on the Borussia part of the business was put back into operation. On April 28, 1961, the coking plant was finally shut down. The Oespel colliery was shut down on September 30, 1962.

Promotion and workforce

The first workforce dates from 1905, in that year 55 miners were employed at the mine. The first production figures come from 1907, in that year 228 tons of hard coal were extracted with 121 employees . In 1910 the production rose to 1,818 tons of hard coal, this production was provided with 117 employees. In 1913, 271,416 tons of hard coal were mined, the workforce was 1257 employees. In 1915, 874 employees produced 222,850 tons of hard coal. In 1920 the production was around 365,000 tons of hard coal, the workforce was 1556 employees. In 1925, 1735 employees produced 472,214 tonnes of hard coal. In 1930, production exceeded the 500,000 ton mark for the first time. This year, a production of 523,220 tons of hard coal was provided, the workforce this year was 1794 employees. In 1935 the production sank to 384,229 tons, the workforce was 1032 employees. The highest funding was provided in 1938. This year 630,261 tons of hard coal were mined, the workforce was 1495 employees. In 1940, 1647 employees produced 614,856 tons of hard coal. In 1945 the production sank to around 225,000 tons of hard coal. In 1950 the production increased again to 464,529 tons of hard coal. This funding was provided with 1921 employees. In 1955, 420,292 tons of hard coal were extracted, and the workforce was 1677. In 1960, around 400,000 tons of hard coal were mined with 1,336 employees. These are the last known sponsorship and workforce figures.

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w ^x 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 Roy Jasper: Oespel in the course of history - a chronological journey through time of 1125 years. Chronicle of the village of Oespel Online (accessed on July 10, 2014)
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j Gerhard Gebhardt: Ruhr mining. History, structure and interdependence of its societies and organizations. Verlag Glückauf GmbH, Essen 1957
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ Günter Streich, Corneel Voigt: Mining Dominants in the Revier. 2nd expanded and revised edition, Verlag Beleke KG, Nobel-Verlag GmbH, Essen 1999, ISBN 3-922785-58-1 .
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k 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 .
↑ Manfred Rasch, Gerald D. Feldman (eds.): August Thyssen and Hugo Stinnes. An exchange of letters 1898-1922, Verlag CH Beck oHG, Munich 2003, ISBN 3-406-49637-7 .

Web links

Oespel Zechen (last accessed on July 10, 2014)

[Quelle_1-1] ↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w ^x 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_2-2] A ^b ^c Roy Jasper: Oespel in the course of history - a chronological journey through time of 1125 years. Chronicle of the village of Oespel Online (accessed on July 10, 2014)

[Quelle_3-3] ↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j Gerhard Gebhardt: Ruhr mining. History, structure and interdependence of its societies and organizations. Verlag Glückauf GmbH, Essen 1957

[Quelle_4-4] ↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ Günter Streich, Corneel Voigt: Mining Dominants in the Revier. 2nd expanded and revised edition, Verlag Beleke KG, Nobel-Verlag GmbH, Essen 1999, ISBN 3-922785-58-1 .

[Quelle_5-5] ↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k 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_6-6] Manfred Rasch, Gerald D. Feldman (eds.): August Thyssen and Hugo Stinnes. An exchange of letters 1898-1922, Verlag CH Beck oHG, Munich 2003, ISBN 3-406-49637-7 .