Wood pigeon colliery

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Wood pigeon colliery
General information about the mine
Witten Annen - United Hamburg colliery and Franziska (Ringeltaube colliery) 02 ies.jpg
Manhole cover of the Ringeltaube colliery at the tennis facility of the Schwarz-Weiß Annen tennis club
other names United Wood Pigeon Colliery
Mining technology Underground mining
Funding / year max = 140,888 t
Information about the mining company
Employees up to 576
Start of operation 1767
End of operation 1895
Successor use Colliery United Hamburg & Franziska
Funded raw materials
Degradation of Hard coal
Geographical location
Coordinates 51 ° 27 '15 "  N , 7 ° 22' 12"  E Coordinates: 51 ° 27 '15 "  N , 7 ° 22' 12"  E
Ringeltaube colliery (Ruhr Regional Association)
Wood pigeon colliery
Location Ringeltaube colliery
Location Anne
local community Witten
District ( NUTS3 ) Ennepe-Ruhr district
country State of North Rhine-Westphalia
Country Germany
District Ruhr area

The Ringeltaube colliery is a former coal mine in Witten in the area of ​​the Stockum , Düren and Annen districts . The mine was also known as the United Ringeltaube colliery . The union of the Ringeltaube colliery was one of the founding members of the Rheinisch-Westfälischen coal syndicate . The mine was initially operated by means of tunnel construction , and later civil engineering was used .

history

The beginnings

The first mutation under the name Ringeltaube was laid in 1766 on a narrow seam in the Wullener Feld. In 1767, had tunnels already been taken into operation. The mouth of the tunnel was to the west of Kampheuers Hof, in the area of ​​today's Liegnitzer Straße. In 1768 the wood pigeon field was measured . Already in the early years there were disputes with the trades of the neighboring mines Steinbergerbank and Stephansbank . The background to these disputes was the location of the common medullary sheath . The trades of the two neighboring mines invoked older rights. On September 16, 1769, a settlement was made with the trades of the Stephansbank mine. The mine was in operation in 1771. On February 27 of the same year Freiherr Clemens August von Elverfeldt, Johann Kipper, Johann Peter Mercklinghaus, Johann Diedrich Ruhrmann, the widow Oberste Frielinghaus and Johann Caspar Hundicker were registered in the records of the mining authority . Johann Tipper, Johann Peter Merck Ling House and Johann Diedrich Ruhrmann were with a share of 25 3/5 mining shares involved in the mine. Baron Clemens August von Elverfeldt, Johann Caspar Hundicker and the widow Oberste Frielinghaus owned 17 1/15 Kuxe. The legal fees had been paid. In 1790, an old shaft in Wullen was entered on the Niemeyer map .

The other years

The mine was not in regular operation in the first few years. The reasons for this were on the one hand the poor seam and on the other hand the disputes with the neighboring mines. The operation of this mine has been documented in writing since 1819. Seven years later, on December 9th, 1826, the Längenfeld Ringeltaube was awarded . In 1850, the supporter of Ringeltaube applied to the mining authorities to continue operating the mine. In the same year prospecting work was carried out. The mine field was examined through several smaller shafts . During the investigations it turned out that the high-yield seams could only be reached by means of civil engineering. At the end of 1850 operations were stopped. On May 19, 1857, the Geviertfelder Ringeltaube I and Ringeltaube II and an iron stone entitlement were awarded. In 1862, the sinking work for the Seigeren shaft Meyer began. The transition to civil engineering was initiated with this shaft . The shaft was at the foot of the mountain Annener set . In the same year the shaft reached a depth of 17 laughs . At that time the mine was part of the Bochum mining area . In 1863, the sinking work for a weather shaft began in the north wing. The sinking work on the first shaft continued. The water inflows were very low, one cubic foot of water flowed into the shaft every minute . At a depth of 44 Lachter, a coal seam with a thickness of 28 inches was cut. In the same year the shaft reached a depth of 45 laughs. At that time the mine was part of the Witten mining area .

In 1864 the weather bed was set at a depth of 91 meters (+37 m above sea ​​level ) . That same year was the promotion started in civil engineering. The mining took place in the Geitling seam. In 1865 the Ringeltaube colliery was directly connected to the Bergisch-Märkische Eisenbahn line by means of a horse-drawn railway. In the same year a second steam engine was put into operation to reinforce the drainage system . The machine was installed above ground on the north side of the shaft building . In 1866, at a depth of 151 meters (−25 m above sea level), the first excavation level was set. In 1869, the sinking work on the Meyer shaft was continued. In the same year the shaft reached a total depth of 105½ pools. The second underground level was set at a depth of 214 meters (−88 m above sea level) . In the following years, the mine was further aligned using cross cuts . These were two field parts ascended . The quarrying field for wood pigeon was also located in the northern opposite wing of the Hamburg civil engineering colliery . This led to disputes between the two mines. The Hamburg colliery feared that the mining of wood pigeons could cause the pit water to flow into their mines. In 1872, a midsole was added between the first and second excavation level. Around 1874 negotiations were held between the Hamburg Tiefbau and Ringeltaube collieries due to mining problems, but initially did not lead to any result. Hamburg Tiefbau offered Ringeltaube a part of the Krüger field in order to dispense with further mining in the northern opposite wing. In 1874 Carl Hahne became chairman of the mining board .

The further operation

In 1877 work began on sinking a weather shaft in the north field. In 1879, with the consent of the Hamburg civil engineering mine and with the approval of the mining authority, the excavation of a straightening section to the east into the Krüger field began. The field was before the Rüdinghauser jump. In 1882, mining began in the Krüger field, including Beilehn. The coal mined was conveyed from the Krüger field to the Meyer mine . The cable trip for the miners also took place at the Meyer shaft . Due to the large distance between the mining area and the extraction shaft, additional pit horses were used for extraction . In 1883, the sinking work on the Meyer shaft was resumed and the shaft was sunk deeper. In the same year the shaft reached a depth of 269 meters. At a depth of 264 meters (−138 m above sea level) the third excavation level was set in the same year. The south wing , which is worth building, was accessed via this new floor . A cross passage to the north was driven for this purpose. In 1885, urgent repair work was carried out on the Meyer shaft. The shaft lining was renewed in the upper area of ​​the shaft and the shaft wall was lined . Parts of the manhole installations were also defective and were replaced. A new mooring was built above ground for the Steiger . Over the years, the collaboration between the Ringeltaube collieries and Hamburg Tiefbau had matured. This also made it possible to mine in the border area between the two mines. In 1889 a contract was signed between the two mines. Due to the contract, Ringeltaube was now acquired by Vereinigte Hamburg. Both mines initially remained in operation independently. As a result of the contract, it was now also possible to mine the coal that was in the safety pillar between the two mines. The Meyer shaft remained a shaft for the coal extracted from the Ringeltaube construction site . However, a change was made to the dewatering of the two mines. The pit water from the lower lying areas in the construction site of Ringeltaube was channeled underground to Hamburg's dewatering and pumped from there to the surface.

The last few years

In 1890, the mine’s coal supplies were largely exhausted. In 1891, the alignment of the fields Krüger I and Krüger II began. In 1893, the Meyer shaft was in operation as a production shaft and two weather shafts. In 1893 the Kruger field was mined. In 1894 a wash house for miners was opened at the Meyer mine . In the same year a carbon copy was made for the United Hamburg mine. In addition, two small weather shafts were sunk in the Ostfeld Krüger this year. In 1895 Ringeltaube consolidated with the neighboring mine Zeche Hamburg. The production in the Meyer shaft was discontinued. The coal mined in the wood pigeon field was transported underground to the United Hamburg shaft. The Ringeltaube operating part was converted into a weather shaft system. For this purpose, a mine ventilator was installed and put into operation at the Meyer shaft . From then on, the Meyer shaft was used exclusively as a weather shaft for the United Hamburg mine. In 1898 the final consolidation to the United Hamburg & Franziska mine took place. In 1923 the Ringeltaube part of the business was completely closed.

Promotion and workforce

The first production figures of the mine come from the year 1867, in that year 20,760 tons of hard coal were produced . The first workforce at the mine dates back to 1870, in that year 248 people were employed at the mine. The production this year was over 50,000 tons of hard coal. In 1875 the workforce was 483, the production was 134,578 tons of hard coal. Good quality coal was extracted from the mine. The coals were suitable for machine firing. In 1880 the workforce was 458, the production amounted to 118,989 tons of hard coal. The maximum production of the mine was reached in 1885. This year, 140,888 tonnes of hard coal were extracted and the workforce was 469. In 1890 the workforce was 442, the production amounted to 112,706 tons of hard coal. In 1894 576 people were still employed in the mine, 112,676 tons of hard coal were extracted. These are the last known sponsorship and workforce figures.

Today's condition

After the Second World War, a small mine called Ringeltaube II was set up in the northern pit field ( Düren ) , which initially operated as part of the Borbachtal colliery . Today the tennis facility of the Tennis Club Schwarz-Weiß Annen is located on the site. After the closure of United of Hamburg and Franziska Schachtmeyer or wood pigeon was filled , but not with the necessary care, as it turned out 82 years later, in December 2007, when there was no one on the tennis court, there was a Schachtverbruch where the manhole filling sagged to 13 meters and tore a small but deep hole in the ground. During an appraisal, the above-mentioned details of an early underground construction shaft came to light. Both the walling of the shaft and the adjoining rock walls turned out to be dilapidated, so that the day hole had to be re-fastened and then filled with concrete.

Individual evidence

  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 y 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 .
  2. ↑ a b c d Thomas Schilp (ed.), Wilfried Reininghaus, Joachim Huske: Das Muth-, Verleih-, and Confirmation Book 1770 - 1773. A source on the early history of Ruhr mining, Wittnaack Verlag, Dortmund 1993, ISBN 3-9802117-9 -7 .
  3. ↑ a b Gerhard Gebhardt: Ruhr mining. History, structure and interdependence of its societies and organizations. Verlag Glückauf GmbH, Essen 1957
  4. ↑ a b c d e f g h 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 .
  5. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s Gerhard Koetter: Steinkohle unter Witten. 1st edition, Friends of the Westphalian Industrial Museum, Zeche Nachtigall, Witten 2009, ISBN 978-3-00-029412-9 .
  6. ↑ a b Ministry of Commerce and Industry (ed.): Journal for the mountain, huts and saltworks in the Prussian state. Eleventh volume, published by the royal and secret Ober-Hofdruckerei (R. Decker), Berlin 1863
  7. ↑ Ministry of Commerce and Industry (ed.): Journal for the mountain, huts and saltworks in the Prussian state. Twelfth volume, published by the royal and secret Ober-Hofdruckerei (R. Decker), Berlin 1864
  8. ↑ Ministry of Commerce and Industry (ed.): Journal for the mountain, huts and saltworks in the Prussian state. Volume fourteenth, published by the royal and secret Ober-Hofdruckerei (R. Decker), Berlin 1866
  9. ↑ Ministry of Commerce and Industry (ed.): Journal for the mountain, huts and saltworks in the Prussian state. Eighteenth volume, published by Ernst & Korn, Berlin 1870
  10. ^ Christian Lukas: Witten-Annen. Sutton Verlag GmbH, Erfurt 2012, ISBN 978-3-95400-004-3
  11. ↑ The coal of the Ruhr area . Compilation of the most important mines in the Ruhr coal mining area, specifying the quality of the coal mined, the rail connections, as well as the mining and freight rates. Second completely revised and completed edition, publishing bookstore of the M. DuMont-Schauberg'schen Buchhandlung, Cologne 1874
  12. ↑ Ruhr news about the daybreak (last accessed on September 5, 2014)

Web links

Commons : Zeche Ringeltaube  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Remarks

  1. ↑ As Beilehn or Beilehen is called an additionally imparted pit box, which is connected with another holding moderately pit pitch. (Source: Tilo Cramm, Joachim Huske: Miners' language in the Ruhr area. )