Storksbank colliery (Bochum)

Storksbank colliery
	General information about the mine
	The tunnel mouth hole of the Storksbank colliery, freely recreated through a private initiative, at the point of view of the old tunnel
other names	Storcksbanck ; colliery Storksbänker Stolln colliery
Funding / year	up to 3784 t
	Information about the mining company
Start of operation	1735
End of operation	1829
Successor use	Colliery United Castel Sant'Angelo
	Funded raw materials
Degradation of	Hard coal
	Geographical location
Coordinates	51 ° 27 '35.7 " N , 7 ° 10' 3.2" E Coordinates: 51 ° 27 '35.7 " N , 7 ° 10' 3.2" E
	Location Storksbank colliery
Location	Eppendorf
local community	Bochum
Independent city ( NUTS3 )	Bochum
country	State of North Rhine-Westphalia
Country	Germany
District	Ruhr area

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The Storksbank colliery in Bochum-Eppendorf is a former hard coal mine . The mine was also known under the names Zeche Storcksbanck and Zeche Storksbänker Stolln . The mine is not identical to the Storksbank colliery in Bochum-Stiepel. The mine was first mentioned in a document in 1738.

history

The beginnings

Drilling of the Oberstollen probably began as early as 1735 . The tunnel mouth hole was set up in the Ahbach valley. 67 meters west of the adit hole was later the shaft Hector the colliery Engelsburg set , then was cleats ascended to the south. In 1738, the mutation was laid for the seam opened up by means of a tunnel under the name Stork and for another seam with the name Michael. The mother was Georg Hüttemann and Johann Rödeln & Genossen. On 20 May 1738 an was Langenfeld for the reduction in seam Stork Bank awarded . The field was 685 meters long. In the same year the Oberstollen was opened further. On September 27, 1739, the Längenfeld was awarded for mining in Seam Michael. When held on the same day, surveying the field Stork Bank was noted that this field in part was no longer unverritzt. Mining had already taken place in this area earlier, through which the coal was already partially mined. On October 7th of the same year, the subsequent award for the dismantling in Flöz Storksbank took place. A western part of the field with a length of 235 meters was awarded. Thus the entire field was awarded a length of 920 meters.

Further expansion and operation

In 1740 the upper tunnel reached a length of 400 meters. Since the terrain rises only slightly in this area, only a low construction height was achieved for the exposed seams. For this reason, the trades decided to open an additional, deeper tunnel. In the same year, the four-meter-deep Storksbänker tunnel was set up north of the upper tunnel. Today the area is located south of the Wattenscheid-Bochum railway line and east of the Matterburg road . The Storksbänker tunnel was driven in a south-easterly direction. In the same year a tunnel shaft was sunk . The shaft was 13 meters deep . When driving the tunnel, two further seams were approached. On July 13, 1744, a length field was awarded for mining in Seam Steensbank (today Seam Dickebank). On April 5, 1747, a length field was awarded for mining in Flöz Übelgünne. The two representatives of the union , Jürgen Nottebaum and Dr. Peltser, up. In the same year, further excavation of the tunnel was completed. The maximum construction height at this time was 25 meters. The two loaned seams were no longer mined. The mine was in operation in the following years. A length field was awarded on March 28, 1765; this was a subsequent award for the seam Übelgünne, which had already been awarded in 1747. Around 1775 the north and south wings of Storksbank were in operation.

In 1782 the Paul shaft was sunk. The shaft reached a depth of 15 meters. On June 17 of 1784 the mine was by the head of the Mark Berg Revieres, the Baron von Stein , navigate . The mine was in operation at the time of the visit. Vom Stein provided information about the condition and performance of the mine in his protocol. In his minutes he noted in particular that the output of 82 ringlets of hard coal per man and shift was not enough at the mine . Von Stein demanded a significant increase in performance to 90 rings per man and shift. In 1785 the excavation of the tunnel was resumed, the tunnel was subsequently excavated to a total length of 800 meters. In the same year, more shafts were put into operation. These were the Hope Shaft with a depth of 17 meters, the Zuversicht Shaft with a depth of 19 meters, the Louise Shaft with a depth of 12.5 meters and the Wilhelm Shaft with a depth of eight meters. On January 25, 1787, the Längenfeld Young Stork was awarded. In addition, the expectation was placed on the field of young stork No. 2. This field was later awarded. In 1796 the well was 1 in promotion . This year around 4000 tons of hard coal were mined.

The last few years

In 1800 the shaft 4, the shaft Johannes and the light hole 5 were in operation. Shaft 2 and the old art shaft were in operation in 1805, and in that year 1283 tons of hard coal were mined. In 1808 1284 tons of hard coal were mined. In 1810 shaft 5 and the Egidius shaft were in operation. In 1815 shaft 3 and shaft Paul were in operation. In 1820 the N shaft and the Wilhelm shaft were in operation. On October 14, 1828, the Längenfeld Übelgünne No. 3 was awarded. As the mining in the tunnel was almost over , the Storksbank colliery consolidated into the United Engelsburg colliery on July 28, 1829. In 1830 the Fortuna, Elisabeth and Luise shafts were in operation. The annual production capacity of the three shafts was 8500 Prussian tons . In 1833 mining in the Storksbänker tunnel was stopped.

Individual evidence

↑ ^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 .
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j Kurt Pfläging: Stein's journey through coal mining on the Ruhr. 1st edition, Geiger-Verlag, Horb am Neckar 1999, ISBN 3-89570-529-2 .
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Wilhelm Hermann, Gertrude Hermann: The old collieries on the Ruhr. 4th edition, unchanged reprint of the 3rd edition. Verlag Karl Robert Langewiesche, successor to Hans Köster KG, Königstein i. Taunus 1994, ISBN 3-7845-6992-7 .

Web links

Early mining on the Ruhr: Storksbank colliery (accessed on July 15, 2013)
Early mining on the Ruhr: historical map around 1840 (accessed on July 15, 2013)
Early mining on the Ruhr: Map of the situation around 2000 (accessed on July 15, 2013)

Remarks

↑ An entry well , even Stoll bay called, is a light hole was geteuft on a cleat. These shafts are required to support the tunnel operation. (Source: Albert Serlo: Leitfaden der Bergbaukunde. First volume, fourth revised and up to the most recent edition supplemented.)

[Quelle_1-1] ↑ ^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 .

[Quelle_3-2] ↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j Kurt Pfläging: Stein's journey through coal mining on the Ruhr. 1st edition, Geiger-Verlag, Horb am Neckar 1999, ISBN 3-89570-529-2 .

[Quelle_2-3] Wilhelm Hermann, Gertrude Hermann: The old collieries on the Ruhr. 4th edition, unchanged reprint of the 3rd edition. Verlag Karl Robert Langewiesche, successor to Hans Köster KG, Königstein i. Taunus 1994, ISBN 3-7845-6992-7 .

[Anm._Serlo.-4] An entry well , even Stoll bay called, is a light hole was geteuft on a cleat. These shafts are required to support the tunnel operation. (Source: Albert Serlo: Leitfaden der Bergbaukunde. First volume, fourth revised and up to the most recent edition supplemented.)