Sellerbecker Stolln colliery

Sellerbecker Stolln colliery
General information about the mine
other names	Sellerbeck coal mines
Information about the mining company
Start of operation	16th century
End of operation	before 1814
Funded raw materials
Degradation of	Hard coal
Geographical location
Coordinates	51 ° 26 '45.3 "  N , 6 ° 53' 48.9"  E Coordinates: 51 ° 26 '45.3 "  N , 6 ° 53' 48.9"  E
Location of the Sellerbecker Stolln colliery
Location	Mellinghofen-Sellerbeck
local community	Mülheim an der Ruhr
Independent city ( NUTS3 )	Mülheim an der Ruhr
country	State of North Rhine-Westphalia
Country	Germany
District	Ruhr area

The Sellerbecker Stolln colliery was a hard coal mine in Mülheim an der Ruhr , in the Mellinghofen-Sellerbeck district. The mine was also known as the Sellerbeck coal mine . The mine is not the direct predecessor of the United Sellerbeck colliery . The tunnel mouth hole was in the area of ​​the Sellerbecker Höfe.

Mining history

The tunnel was probably built in the 16th century. First, the tunnel was several hundred Lachter east ascended . In the excavation of several were seams approached and Verhieb taken. According to the award document , the dismantling has been carried out since 1710. Several shafts were sunk in the tunnel . The promotion took place by means of a reel . Up until 1730, the colliery operated a mining tunnel to the Ruhr together with the Leybank , Kinderberg and Wiesche collieries . This tunnel was also referred to as the "large tunnel" . This tunnel was dismantled in 1730. Before 1814, the Sellerbecker Stolln colliery was closed.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} 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} Hermann Adam Von Kamp: The castle and the rule Broich. 1st part, published by Joh.Ewich, Duisburg 1852