Schepmannsbank colliery

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Schepmannsbank colliery
General information about the mine
other names Scheppmannsbank
colliery Schippmannsbank
colliery Schepmann colliery
Information about the mining company
Start of operation 1772
End of operation 1842
Funded raw materials
Degradation of Hard coal
Geographical location
Coordinates 51 ° 25 '25.2 "  N , 7 ° 11' 18"  E Coordinates: 51 ° 25 '25.2 "  N , 7 ° 11' 18"  E
Schepmannsbank Colliery (Ruhr Regional Association)
Schepmannsbank colliery
Location Schepmannsbank colliery
Location Rauendahl
local community Bochum
Independent city ( NUTS3 ) Bochum
country State of North Rhine-Westphalia
Country Germany
District Ruhr area

The Schepmannsbank colliery in Bochum- Rauendahl is a former hard coal mine . The mine was also known as Zeche Scheppmannsbank , Zeche Schippmannsbank and Zeche Schepmann . The mine was located south of the St. Mathias Erbstollen .

Mining history

The mine was already in operation in 1720. Around 1732 a tunnel was excavated in the seam . In addition, a was tonnlägiger shaft sunk . The shaft had a shallow depth of 38 meters and several basic sections were set up from the shaft . In 1762 the mutation was introduced. On July 6, the year 1765 was carried out ceremony of a length field . The mine was in operation from 1772. In the same year, the coal was delivered to Kleve via the Ruhr and Rhine . In 1775 the mine was called Zeche Schepmann und Nebenbank. In 1792 the mine was entered on the Niemeyersche map . The tunnel, which ran parallel to the St. Mathias Erbstollen, was driven in an easterly direction. The tunnel mouth hole was located in Rauendahl about 200 meters above today's Rauendahlstraße. In 1798, the Jörgen shaft (shaft 4) was mined . In 1800 the Georg shaft (shaft 3) was mined. In 1805, the Antonius shaft was initially dismantled. In April of the same year the mine was closed. The mine was put back into operation around 1842. Since the Schep's cleats twelve Lachter was above the St. Mathias Erbstollens which occurred promotion of the mined coal Erbstollen by St. Mathias. The Schepmannsbank colliery was temporarily owned by the St. Mathias Erbstollen.

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 .

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