Colliery Scotland
| Colliery Scotland | |||
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| General information about the mine | |||
| other names | Colliery Scotland Erbstollen | ||
| Information about the mining company | |||
| Start of operation | 1852 | ||
| End of operation | 1859 | ||
| Successor use | Josephine mine | ||
| Funded raw materials | |||
| Degradation of | Coal iron stone | ||
| Geographical location | |||
| Coordinates | 51 ° 27 '50.1 " N , 7 ° 33' 28.8" E | ||
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| Location | Swords | ||
| local community | Swords | ||
| District ( NUTS3 ) | Unna | ||
| country | State of North Rhine-Westphalia | ||
| Country | Germany | ||
| District | Ruhr area | ||
The Scotland colliery in Schwerte is a former ore mine . The mine was also known as Colliery Scotland Erbstollen . The colliery was located in the area of the Schwerter Wald at the height of today's Freischütz excursion restaurant .
history
Mining formalities
On July 10th, 1851, a group of mothers at the Dortmund Oberbergamt put forward the idea of a mine field . An application has been made to be awarded the Scotland mining field for the mining of hard coal and coal iron . On December 27th of the same year the Scotland pit field was awarded. The award was made on hard coal and coal iron stone. On January 16 of the following year, the award was confirmed by the Ministry in Berlin.
The construction of the mine
In the years 1852 and 1853 a tunnel was excavated about 340 meters east of today's federal highway 236 . The tunnel mouth hole was set to the northeast of today's local Freischütz. The tunnel was initially driven 126 meters in a northerly direction. In addition, a second tunnel was set up next to the tunnel mouth hole and driven about 15 meters in an easterly direction. When driving the tunnel to the north, two coal iron stone seams and a thin coal seam were penetrated. There was a mountain pack between the two iron stone seams . The thicker of the seams was between 25 and 30 inches thick. Subsequently, a 140-meter-long investigation section was driven westwards in the thicker of the two iron stone seams. However, the further drive was stopped due to dull weather . In order to better ventilate the place , it was initially planned to create a light hole . At that time the place was already 180 meters away from the tunnel mouth hole. However, the planned light hole was not created.
Operation through to consolidation
The extraction of iron stone was still started. However, the extraction of the iron stone was not carried out according to plan, only the iron stone was mined in the search terms. Hard coal was probably not mined due to the small thickness of the seam . In 1854 the mine was still in operation. A seam was encountered in the seam stretching 91 gon to the south. In order to develop the seam, a 16 meter deep cut was made in 1855 , and a fault was encountered in the seam. Since the work was also hindered by strong water inflows, the further excavation of the cut was completed in the same year. Since there was still no worthwhile information, operations were stopped. On February 3rd, 1859 , the Scotland colliery consolidated into the Josephine colliery .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e f g h 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 d e f g h Tilo Cramm: The mining between Dortmund-Syburg and Schwerte. Association for the promotion of Mining Historic Sites Ruhrrevier eV, Dortmund Working Group (publisher), Uwe Nolte printing company, Dortmund / Iserlohn 2010
- ↑ a b c d Tilo Cramm: The mining in the sword forest . In: City of Schwerte (ed.): AS The magazine of the city of Schwerte. 20th year, No. 80, Schwerte September 2007, pp. 10-13.