Sprockhövel colliery

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Sprockhövel colliery
General information about the mine
Mining technology Underground mining
Funding / year Max. 99,162 t
Information about the mining company
Employees up to 412
Start of operation 1880
End of operation 1905
Funded raw materials
Degradation of Hard coal
Geographical location
Coordinates 51 ° 21 '30.9 "  N , 7 ° 14' 58"  E Coordinates: 51 ° 21 '30.9 "  N , 7 ° 14' 58"  E
Sprockhövel Colliery (Ruhr Regional Association)
Sprockhövel colliery
Location of the Sprockhövel colliery
Location Niedersprockhövel
local community Sprockhövel
District ( NUTS3 ) Ennepe-Ruhr district
country State of North Rhine-Westphalia
Country Germany
District Ruhr area

The Sprockhövel colliery was a hard coal mine in the Sprockhövel district of Niedersprockhövel. The mine emerged from the consolidation of several previously independent mines. The Sprockhövel colliery was a member of the Rheinisch-Westphalian coal syndicate with a participation figure of 0.36 .

history

The beginnings

In October 1880 the mines Aschermittwoch, Vereinigte Neue St. Melchior, Johann Mathias, Frischgewagen to the west , Johann Mathias to the east, St. Peter, Vogelbruch , Vereinigte Wildenberg & Vogelbruch , Froschbank , Luchsbank, Knappbank , Fuchsbank and Diefhausen consolidated into a colliery Sprockhövel. A new union with the name Sprockhövel was founded. The Berechtsame included after consolidation twelve length fields and nine square fields . It was mined in the tunnel construction on the bottom of the Vogelbruch colliery . The shaft taken over from the Frosch colliery was used for extraction . The operation of the colliery was interrupted several times and was of little importance. After these initial failures, plans were made to move coal mining to the old hollow of the former Frosch colliery. In order to realize this project, a capital stock of 1.5 million marks was invested. In 1896 work began on digging a shaft in the hollow of the Frosch field . The starting point of this shaft was about one kilometer east of the Sprockhövel train station. With the sinking of this shaft, the beginning of a new underground mine was made. In the same year the fields Zuversicht and Rockershausen were acquired. Those entitled now comprised twelve length fields and nine quarter fields, and the mine was also involved in 13 length fields. In 1897 water-bearing layers were encountered during the sinking work. The existing pumps could not handle the strong water inflows. As a result, the shaft drowned at a depth of 138 meters. The shaft could not be swamped by the end of the year. At that time the mine belonged to the Witten mining area . In the following year the shaft was swamped and then the sinking work continued. In the same year, the first level was set at a depth of 229 meters.

Operation in civil engineering

Mining began in 1899. Only a few months later, in 1900 , the trades faced further problems. The north wing, 200 meters from the shaft, was completely torn up and unworthy of construction . In the same year, efforts to reduce confidence in the field contrary to the prohibition began. In order to open up a new construction site, a cross passage was driven into the south wing. However, there were only small stocks of coal in the south wing. The main seam had already been partially extracted by other mines . The still existing seam water bank had only a 0.5 meter thick, buildable coal strip in the lower bank. There were only small stocks below the base of the building. In 1901 a cut was created. Cutting off was needed to unlock the 2nd floor. This year there were 15 party shifts . On January 2nd, 1902, a briquette factory was put into operation. In 1903 the substation was dismantled with the approval of the mining authority . However, this reduction was not sustainable for economic reasons. This year an output of 0.6 tons per man and shift was achieved. The operation of the mine remained uneconomical, so that additional penalties had to be paid constantly .

The last few years until the takeover

In 1904, the illegal mining in the Confidence field was ended. In the same year, the Königsborn union made the Sprockhövel union an offer to buy the Kuxe . At the trade union meeting of the Sprockhövel union on April 18 of the same year, the decision was made to accept the offer of the Königsborn union and to sell the Kuxe of the Sprockhövel union to the Königsborn colliery . In the same year Königsborn AG took over the Sprockhövel colliery. At this point there were two shafts. With the purchase of the Sprockhövel colliery, the Königsborn colliery increased its share in the Rheinisch-Westphalian coal syndicate. First of all, the already prepared coal reserves of the Sprockhövel colliery were dismantled. On April 1st, 1905, the mine was closed. The reasons for this closure were, on the one hand, the constant payments of additional fines and, on the other hand, the high inflow of mine water . 400 workers lost their jobs as a result of the closure. In the same year the daytime facilities and the briquette factory were demolished. In 1908 the non-consolidated rights holder was sold. In 1911, minor mining was carried out in the rest of the pit. On September 12, 1916, the consolidated part of the mine field was taken over by the Johannessegen mine .

Promotion and workforce

At the Sprockhövel colliery, lean coal was mined in the Sprockhövel strata. The first workforce dates from 1896, when 48 miners were employed at the colliery. The first production figures come from 1899, when 123 miners produced 12,322 tons of hard coal . In 1900, 44,000 tons of hard coal were mined, the workforce in this year was 242 employees. In 1903 412 people were employed at the mine, 76,925 tons of hard coal were extracted. In 1904 99,162 tons of hard coal were mined, which was also the maximum output of the mine. The workforce was 337 this year. These were also the last production and workforce figures for the mine.

Current condition

Today the former Sprockhövel colliery is station 19 of the Alte-Haase-Weg (south) circular mining trail .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n 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 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 .
  3. ↑ a b c d e f Kurt Pfläging: The cradle of Ruhr coal mining. Verlag Glückauf GmbH, 4th edition, Essen 1987, ISBN 3-7739-0490-8
  4. ↑ a b Ministry of Commerce and Industry (ed.): Journal for the mountain, huts and saltworks in the Prussian state. Volume 46, published by Wilhelm Ernst & Sohn, Berlin 1898.
  5. ↑ a b c d e f Förderverein Bergbauhistorischer Ststätten Ruhrrevier eV, Sprockhövel Working Group (Ed.): The trace of coal - Route 3 . The Alte-Haase-Weg (south) hiking trail through the history of early mining with directions and hiking map. Sprockhövel 1997.
  6. ↑ a b Gerhard Gebhardt: Ruhr mining. History, structure and interdependence of its societies and organizations. Verlag Glückauf GmbH, Essen 1957

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