United Gladbeck colliery

United Gladbeck colliery
General information about the mine
other names	Mining Inspection II in Gladbeck Gladbeck Coal Mine
Funding / year	Max. = 1,830,916 t
Information about the mining company
Employees	up to 7576
Start of operation	1901
End of operation	1935
Successor use	Möller colliery Rheinbaben colliery
Funded raw materials
Degradation of	Hard coal
Geographical location
Coordinates	51 ° 34 '18.6 "  N , 6 ° 58' 9.2"  E Coordinates: 51 ° 34 '18.6 "  N , 6 ° 58' 9.2"  E
Location United Gladbeck colliery
Location	Gladbeck and Bottrop
local community	Gladbeck
District ( NUTS3 )	Recklinghausen
country	State of North Rhine-Westphalia
Country	Germany
District	Ruhr area

The United Gladbeck colliery is a former hard coal mine in Gladbeck and Bottrop . The mine emerged from a consolidation of the Gladbeck colliery with other authorized persons . The United Gladbeck colliery was called Berginspektion II in Gladbeck from 1905 to 1925 . From 1925 the mine was run under the name Steinkohlenbergwerk Gladbeck .

history

The beginnings

From a drilling company founded in 1870, the union Vereinigte Gladbeck was founded in the second half of the 19th century . The Kuxenmehrheit this union had August Thyssen. Several pit fields were awarded on the basis of inserted assumptions . These fields were consolidated in 1876 under the name Zeche Gladbeck . In 1896, the United Gladbeck union began sinking the Thyssen 1/2 shafts . In 1897 the Gladbeck colliery consolidated with the field professor to the United Gladbeck colliery. The rights holders covered an area of ​​26.2 km ² and consisted of 13 square fields . At a depth of about 380 meters in the same year, the sinking operation were on the shafts 1/2 due to heavy water inflow deferred . In the same year, the sinking work for shaft 3 began in the former field professor. In 1899, the sinking work on shaft 1 was resumed. For this purpose, the shaft was first sumped and then sunk deeper. In the same year, shaft 1 reached the Carboniferous at a depth of 445 meters. In addition, the sinking work for shaft 4 began this year. The shaft was beside pit 3 set . In 1900, shaft 2 was first swamped and then further sunk. In the same year were at a depth of 343 meters (-298 m in shaft 3 NN 1.) sole and at a depth of 413 meters (-368 m NN) set the second floor. In 1901, the first level to the south was set in shaft 1 at a depth of 461 meters (−403 m NN). Later, the first level to the north was set at a depth of 490 meters (−490 m NN). In the further course of the year, the second level was set at a depth of 578 meters (−520 m above sea level). Shaft 1 was put into operation in the same year. With the start of funding , the construction of a steel mill began.

The operating years

In 1902, shaft 2 up to the second level was put into operation. The third level was set in shaft 3 at a depth of 498 meters (−453 m above sea level). The mine now consisted of operating parts 1/2 and 3/4. In March of the same year, the Prussian state passed a law that enabled it to acquire mine property. In order to be able to manage and develop its mining fields, the Prussian state founded the administration of the royal hard coal mines in April of the same year. In the same year the United Gladbeck colliery was sold to the Prussian state. In addition to the United Gladbeck mine, August Thyssen also sold other mine fields to the Prussian state. Thyssen kept the iron and steel works in its possession and spun it off as an AG for iron and steel works. With the change of ownership, the mine was also renamed. Section 1/2 was named Möller and section 3/4 was named Rheinbaben. The shaft system 1/2 was also known as Möllerschächte, 3/4 was also known as Rheinbabenschächte. Both pits were initially continued to run together. In 1903 the union Vereinigte Gladbeck was dissolved, the companies were subordinated to the Prussian mine management in Dortmund.

In 1905, a 0.05 km ² field that bordered the southern mine divide was acquired. The mine was now run as Berginspektion II. In 1907, the sinking work on shaft 2 was resumed and the shaft was sunk deeper. In 1908 a coking plant was put into operation on the Möller branch . In 1909, the third level was set in shaft 3 at a depth of 678 meters (−620 m above sea level). In 1910 a connecting line between Möller and Rheinbarben was built above ground, which continued to Gladbeck West station. As a result, there was now a continuous colliery railway and the surface transport of the coal was ensured. In 1911 a field exchange of a 0.5 km ² field with Arensberg continuation was carried out. In 1912, a coking plant was put into operation on the Rheinbarben branch. On June 27, 1920, five employees died in an explosion of several gas cylinders. In 1925 it was renamed the Gladbeck hard coal mine. In 1926 there were sales problems. For this reason, operations were only continued in one shift. In July 1928, the coking plant on the Rheinbaben branch was shut down. In January of the following year, the coking plant on the Möller branch was shut down. In 1935 the mine was split up into the two independent mines Möller and Rheinbaben .

Promotion and workforce

The first known workforce dates from 1897, when 96 miners were employed in the mine. In 1900 the workforce had risen to 388 employees. The first production figures come from 1901, in that year 13,666 tons of hard coal were mined with 661 employees . In 1870, 663,809 tons of hard coal were extracted and the workforce was 2884. In 1910 the one million tons mark was exceeded. This year 1,297,529 tons of hard coal were mined with 5,705 employees. The maximum funding was achieved in 1913. This year 1,830,916 tons of hard coal were extracted. The workforce this year was 7127. In 1920, 1,245,392 tonnes of hard coal were extracted; the workforce in that year was 7576. In 1925 the workforce was 6,330, the production amounted to 1,331,210 tons of hard coal. In 1930, 1,275,201 tons of hard coal were extracted and the workforce was 4,335. In 1934, 3253 people were still employed at the mine; 1,162,469 tons of hard coal were extracted. These are the last known sponsorship and workforce figures.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g h} 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 c d} Manfred Rasch, Gerald D. Feldman (eds.): August Thyssen and Hugo Stinnes. An exchange of letters 1898-1922, Verlag CH Beck oHG, Munich 2003, ISBN 3-406-49637-7 .
3. ↑ ^{a b c} Wilhelm Hermann, Gertrude Hermann: The old collieries on the Ruhr. 4th edition. Publishing house Karl Robert Langewiesche, successor Hans Köster, Königstein i. Taunus 1994, ISBN 3-7845-6992-7 .
4. ^ ^{A b c} Gerhard Gebhardt: Ruhr mining. History, structure and interdependence of its societies and organizations. Verlag Glückauf GmbH, Essen 1957
5. ↑ ^{a b} Norbert Tempel: Coal, Coke & Oel. From the Königliche Zechenbahn to RHB Logistic GmbH 100 Years of RHB, 1st edition, Klartext Verlag, Essen 2013, ISBN 978-3-8375-0593-1 .