Saturn colliery
Saturn colliery | |||
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General information about the mine | |||
Funding / year | up to 143 t | ||
Information about the mining company | |||
Employees | up to 12 | ||
Start of operation | 1788 | ||
End of operation | 1881 | ||
Funded raw materials | |||
Degradation of | Hard coal | ||
Geographical location | |||
Coordinates | 51 ° 25 '4.8 " N , 7 ° 18' 47.9" E | ||
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Location | Bommern | ||
local community | Witten | ||
District ( NUTS3 ) | Ennepe-Ruhr district | ||
country | State of North Rhine-Westphalia | ||
Country | Germany | ||
District | Ruhr area |
The Saturn colliery is a former hard coal mine in Bommern . The colliery was east of the Muttental.
Mining history
The mine was already in operation in 1788. On July 19, 1839, a small length field was awarded east of the Muttental . On May 20, 1862 , the Saturn colliery consolidated with further mines below the bottom of the St. Johannes Erbstollen to form the United Bommerbänker Tiefbau colliery . On September 28, 1871, the Glücksstern colliery submitted a joint operating plan for the Saturn, Jupiter and Glücksstern collieries to the mining authority . The operating plan served the joint operation of the three previously independent mines under the management of the Glücksstern colliery. In 1879, the mine field of mine Saturn was from the field Glücksstern solved . The Saturn colliery was in operation until 1881. This year, twelve miners extracted 143 tons of hard coal . In 1881 the Saturn colliery was closed.
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
- Early mining on the Ruhr: Saturn colliery (accessed on April 22, 2013)
- Early mining on the Ruhr: historical map around 1840 (accessed April 22, 2013)
- Early mining in the Ruhr: Map of the situation around 2000 (accessed on April 22, 2013)