Colliery Lowest Cow

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Colliery Lowest Cow
General information about the mine
other names Colliery Lowest Cows
Funding / year Max. 2393 t
Information about the mining company
Employees Max. 14th
Start of operation 1754
End of operation 1884
Funded raw materials
Degradation of Hard coal
Geographical location
Coordinates 51 ° 21 '35.9 "  N , 7 ° 13' 32.3"  E Coordinates: 51 ° 21 '35.9 "  N , 7 ° 13' 32.3"  E
Lower cow colliery (Ruhr Regional Association)
Colliery Lowest Cow
Location Zeche Unterste Kuh
Location Niederstüter
local community Hattingen
District ( NUTS3 ) Ennepe-Ruhr district
country State of North Rhine-Westphalia
Country Germany
District Ruhr area

The bill Bottom cow was a coal - mine in Hattingen - Lower Stüter in today's North Rhine-Westphalia .

The mine, also known as the Zeche Unterste Kuhe, was located next to the Zeche Oberste Kuh in the area of ​​today's streets Paasstraße and Am Friedhof in the Oberstueter mountains.

Mining history

On September 9, 1727, the loan took place . In the years 1754 and 1755 there were difficulties in selling, so the mine was temporarily in periods specified. There is evidence that the mine was in operation between 1758 and 1762. On March 7, 1792, a length field was awarded . Towards the end of the 18th century the mine was entered on the Niemeyer's map. The mine was in operation from 1881 to 1883. In 1884 the Unterste Kuh colliery was closed. In 1910 the rightful owner of the Alte Haase colliery was added.

Promotion and workforce

The first known production and workforce figures come from the year 1881, 609 tons of hard coal were mined by seven miners . In the following year, 14 miners extracted 2393 tons of hard coal, which was also the maximum extraction of the mine. The last known production and workforce figures for the mine are from 1883, when nine miners extracted 1,460 tons of hard coal.

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d Joachim Huske : The coal mines in the Ruhr area. Data and facts from the beginning until 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 Kurt Pfläging: Stein's journey through coal mining on the Ruhr. 1st edition. Geiger Verlag, Horb am Neckar 1999, ISBN 3-89570-529-2 .

Remarks

  1. The name of the mine is derived from the word " Kuhle ". In Low German, this word is another name for hole, putt or pit. (Source: Kurt Pfläging: Stein's journey through coal mining on the Ruhr. )