Valeria colliery

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Valeria colliery
General information about the mine
other names Valerie colliery
Funding / year up to 6614 t
Information about the mining company
Employees up to 35
Start of operation 1857
End of operation 1874
Successor use Johannessegen mine
Funded raw materials
Degradation of Hard coal
Geographical location
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Location Bredenscheid
local community Hattingen
District ( NUTS3 ) Ennepe-Ruhr district
country State of North Rhine-Westphalia
Country Germany
District Ruhr area

The Valeria colliery in Hattingen- Redenscheid is a former hard coal mine . The mine was also known as the Valerie colliery . The Valeria colliery was one of the founding members of the Association for Mining Interests .

Mining history

A length field was awarded on September 2, 1844 . The mine was put into operation in 1857. The pit field was solved by the bridegroom Erbstollen . From the year 1859, the mined coal was by the groom Erbstollen promoted . In the course of 1865 the mine was closed, but opened again in 1870. In 1874, the deposits above the tunnel floor had been mined . In the same year the Valeria colliery was finally shut down. From 1890, the rightful property fell to Carl Friedrich's Erbstollen. The rightful owner later went to the Blankenburg colliery . In 1907 the rightful owner fell to the Johannessegen mine .

Promotion and workforce

The first known workforce dates from 1858, when 20 miners were employed in the mine. The first known production figures come from the year 1872, in that year with 35 employees 6614 tons were produced. In 1874, 1725 tons of hard coal were mined. These are the last known production figures for the mine.

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 Gerhard Gebhardt: Ruhr mining. History, structure and interdependence of its societies and organizations. Verlag Glückauf GmbH, Essen 1957.