Thorenbank colliery

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Thorenbank colliery
General information about the mine
Mining technology Underground mining
Information about the mining company
Start of operation 1753
End of operation 1798
Successor use Neuglück colliery
Funded raw materials
Degradation of Hard coal
Geographical location
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Location Dumberg
local community Hattingen
District ( NUTS3 ) Ennepe-Ruhr district
country State of North Rhine-Westphalia
Country Germany
District Ruhr area

The Thorenbank colliery is a former hard coal mine in Hattingen in the Dumberg district . The mine was already in operation in 1753.

Mining history

On March 3, 1753, a length field was awarded . In the years 1754 to 1755 the mine was on time , but was put back into operation from 1756. A survey took place in 1763. In 1775 the colliery was mentioned in the documents. In 1796 the area around shaft 2 was mined . Since the mine had no sliding path, it was shut down in February 1798. In 1898 the Thorenbank colliery consolidated into the Neuglück colliery .

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 .