Colliery United Speed
| Colliery United Speed | |||
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| General information about the mine | |||
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| Information about the mining company | |||
| Employees | about 100 | ||
| Start of operation | 1844 | ||
| End of operation | 1865 | ||
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| Degradation of | Hard coal | ||
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| Coordinates | 51 ° 23 '44.6 " N , 7 ° 15' 38.5" E | ||
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| Location | Buchholz | ||
| local community | Witten | ||
| District ( NUTS3 ) | Ennepe-Ruhr district | ||
| country | State of North Rhine-Westphalia | ||
| Country | Germany | ||
| District | Ruhr area | ||
The United Geschwind colliery is a former coal mine in Witten-Buchholz - Hammertal . The mine was created from a consolidation of the authorized persons Geschwind No. 1 and No. 2 and the Adolphine colliery . Until the second half of the 19th century, Spateisenstein was also mined at the United Geschwind colliery . The mine belonged to the Märkisches Bergamts district.
Mining history
On May 15, 1844 , the Adolphine mine consolidated with the authorized persons Geschwind No. 1 and No. 2, and the new mine went into operation that same year. On June 30, 1846, a square was awarded . In 1855 the excavation above the bottom of the tunnel was finished and civil engineering started . For this one was west of the Pleßbach tonnlägiger shaft sunk . The underground construction shaft was built in seam no. 2 deep. The seam was 30 inches in width and dipping 54 gons north. The shaft was initially down to a depth of 14 Lachter geteuft, after the sinking operation was interrupted by a steam engine for the promotion and the drainage to install. A combined conveying and water retention steam engine was installed. The steam engine had an output of 75 hp . In addition, a weather chimney with a furnace was built for ventilation . The weather chimney had a square base with a base of nine square meters and was 24 meters high. After the steam engine was installed, the sinking work resumed. At that time the mine was part of the Hardenstein jury area . In 1856 the first level was set at a shallow depth of 63 pools, and in the same year mining began on the first level. In 1857 there were sales difficulties due to poor quality coal . The shaft was sunk this year by a further 8 1/2 puddles to a depth of 35 puddles. Seam No. 1 was aligned by a cross cut .
A year later, a tunnel bottom was created at a depth of +93 meters above sea level . The purpose of this tunnel sole was to mine the coal above the safety pillar to the corsair inheritance tunnel . However, the seams there were disturbed by small cracks , and the coal of the seams was very soft. The coal above the first underground level was of better quality. In 1859 the mine was due to difficulties in selling briefly in deadlines set. In order to get better sales of the coal, a coal store was built on the Ruhr in 1860 . In the following year, a tunnel was excavated from the Pleßbachtal . The breakthrough on the shaft took place at a shallow depth of 49 laughs. A narrow-gauge horse railway was built up to the Ruhr with a length of two kilometers. The line was later extended to Blankenstein station. In 1862 the second level was added. In the same year, a crosscut was set on the 2nd level. After a driveway length of 13 1/4 Lachter, seam no. 3. approached. At that time the mine was part of the Sprockhövel mining area. The mine was still in operation from 1863 to 1864, but before 1865 it went bankrupt and ceased operations for a short time. On August 14, 1865, the colliery consolidated with the Blankenburg colliery . The built-up weather chimney was used from 1865 for the Blankenburg colliery for weathering .
Promotion and workforce
The first known production figures of the mine come from the year 1855, 245⅛ Prussian tons of hard coal were produced . The only known workforce at the mine dates back to 1862, when 100 miners were employed at the colliery. The last known production figures of the mine come from 1864, in that year 117,622 Prussian tons of hard coal were produced.
Speed
The Geschwind colliery was a colliery in Witten Hammertal, but little is reported about it. On February 18, 1787, the courage for the length field speed no. 1 was inserted, following the granting of rights of rights, tunnel mining was carried out west of the Pleßbach above the bottom of the tunnel . On March 23, 1812, the expectation for the length field speed 2 was inserted. In 1840 there was already a coal storage facility on the Ruhr. On May 15, 1844, the Geschwind colliery was consolidated with the Adolphine colliery to form the United Geschwind colliery.
Current condition
Only the Buchholz weather chimney remains from the former colliery . The weather chimney is located in the Buchholz district of Witten. It can be reached via the Rauhe Egge or the forest path.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e f g h i j 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 Ludwig Herrmann Wilhelm Jacobi : The mining, metallurgy and trade of the government district Arnsberg in statistical representation. Published by Julius Bädeker, Iserlohn 1857. Online .
- ↑ a b 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 .
- ↑ Ministry of Commerce and Industry (ed.): Journal for the mountain, huts and saltworks in the Prussian state. Sixth volume, published by the royal and secret Ober-Hofdruckerei (R. Decker), Berlin 1858
- ↑ Ministry of Commerce and Industry (ed.): Journal for the mountain, huts and saltworks in the Prussian state. Seventh volume, published by the royal and secret Ober-Hofdruckerei (R. Decker), Berlin 1859.
- ↑ Ministry of Commerce and Industry (ed.): Journal for the mountain, huts and saltworks in the Prussian state. Eleventh volume, published by the royal and secret Ober-Hofdruckerei (R. Decker), Berlin 1863.
- ^ The early mining on the Ruhr: Weather chimney of the Blankenburg colliery (accessed on October 19, 2012).
Web links
- Early mining on the Ruhr: Zeche Geschwind / Ver. Schnell (accessed October 19, 2012)
- Early mining on the Ruhr: Historical map around 1840 (last accessed on October 19, 2012)
- Early mining on the Ruhr: Map of the situation around 2000 (last accessed on October 19, 2012)
- Early mining on the Ruhr: map of the area (accessed on October 19, 2012)
- Heimatverein Buchholz: The Buchholz weather fireplace (last accessed on October 19, 2012)