Rauensiepen mine
| Rauensiepen mine | |||
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| General information about the mine | |||
| other names | Rauhensiepen colliery Raue Siepen colliery Tutenbank colliery Wolfsdelle colliery |
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| Information about the mining company | |||
| Employees | up to 10 | ||
| Start of operation | 1773 | ||
| End of operation | 1832 | ||
| Successor use | United Flaßdorf colliery | ||
| Funded raw materials | |||
| Degradation of | Hard coal | ||
| Geographical location | |||
| Coordinates | 51 ° 24 '7.2 " N , 7 ° 3' 10.3" E | ||
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| Location | Heisingen | ||
| local community | eat | ||
| Independent city ( NUTS3 ) | eat | ||
| country | State of North Rhine-Westphalia | ||
| Country | Germany | ||
| District | Ruhr area | ||
The Rauensiepen colliery is a former hard coal mine in Essen-Heisingen . The mine was also known under the names Zeche Rauhensiepen and Zeche Raue Siepen . Before 1800 the mine was also called Tutenbank colliery . The mine was later also named Zeche Wolfsdelle .
Mining history
In 1773 the concession was granted. On January 25 of the same year, the abbot of Werden was enfeoffed . The subsequent dismantling took place in the Finefrau seam . Around 1780, the substation construction was already being dismantled using dies. In 1802 the Oberste Rauensiepen mine was also in operation, but both operations remained independent. This year, 120 were from the mine Rauen Siepen per day Ringel coal promoted. In 1817 a daily operation was created. In 1820, the dismantling began again. There were four miners working on the mine. In 1826 134,678 bushels of hard coal were mined. In 1830 ten miners extracted 62,225 bushels of hard coal. In the following year, the mine was still in operation, the deposits were almost depleted by this time. In 1832 the day drive Wilhelm was in promotion. After that, the mine was not mentioned in the documents for a long time. During the year 1859 consolidated the bill Rauen Siepen with other mines for colliery Flaßdorf.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Joachim Huske : The coal mine 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 Karlheinz Rabas, Karl Albert Rubacht: Mining historical atlas for the city of Essen . 1st edition, Regio Verlag, Werne 2008, ISBN 978-3-929158-22-9 .
Web links
- Early mining on the Ruhr: Rauensiepen colliery (accessed on March 25, 2013)
- Early mining on the Ruhr: Historical map around 1840 (accessed on March 25, 2013)
- Early mining on the Ruhr: Map of the situation around 2000 (accessed on March 25, 2013)