United Hammerthal colliery

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United Hammerthal colliery
General information about the mine
Funding / year Max. 25,566 t
Information about the mining company
Employees Max. 142
Start of operation 1831 as Hammerthal colliery
End of operation 1925
Successor use Elisabethenglück
colliery Alte Haase colliery
Funded raw materials
Degradation of Bituminous coal / coal iron stone
Degradation of Coal iron stone
Geographical location
Coordinates 51 ° 23 '44.6 "  N , 7 ° 15' 31.4"  E Coordinates: 51 ° 23 '44.6 "  N , 7 ° 15' 31.4"  E
United Hammerthal Colliery (Regional Association Ruhr)
United Hammerthal colliery
Location United Hammerthal colliery
Location Through wood
local community Witten
District ( NUTS3 ) Ennepe-Ruhr district
country State of North Rhine-Westphalia
Country Germany
District Ruhr area

The United Hammerthal colliery in Durchholz- Hammer Valley is a former hard coal mine . The mine was created from a consolidation of the Hammerthal colliery with the Vergißmeinnicht colliery . In the second half of the 19th century, coal iron was also mined from the colliery .

history

The predecessor mines

Hammerthal

The Hammerthal colliery in Durchholz was also called Hammerthal-Stolln. The mine was already in operation before 1831. The tunnel mouth hole was located at the entrance to Werbecksiepen, east of the Pleßbach, at a height of 114 meters above sea ​​level . On May 24th, 1847, a square was awarded . After removal of the coal reserves above the tunnel floor the mine in 1859, was shut down. On November 1st, 1888, the mine was put back into operation and the tunnel was cleared with seven miners. Mining began in 1889, with 18 miners producing 2,745 tons of hard coal. On April 2, 1890, the company was consolidated with the Vergißmeinnicht colliery.

Forget Me Not

Very little is known about the Vergißmeinnicht colliery in Hammertal. A length field was awarded on July 17, 1848 , it is not known whether the mine was in operation. The rightful owner was probably united with the Hammerthal colliery before 1857.

The other years

On April 2, 1890, the Vergißmeinnicht and Hammerthal collieries consolidated into the United Hammerthal colliery. In 1892 there was a barrel-length shaft with a shallow depth of 80 meters and a tunnel . On October 1st, 1893, the mine was shut down. In 1906 the shareholder of the Blankenburg colliery acquired the majority of the United Hammerthal colliery. In 1913 the United Hammerthal colliery was completely acquired by the Blankenburg colliery . On March 15 of the same year the United Hammerthal colliery was put back into operation, an old tunnel was cleared again . The rightful covered an area of ​​0.8 square kilometers. In addition, the mining fields Elephant , Nachgedacht, Johanna , Diedrich Ernst and Vereinigte Glückauf were taken over by the Blankenburg colliery. In 1914, a small amount of funding was achieved with twelve miners. In 1914/1915 a separate connection to the small railway Bossel – Blankenstein was opened in the Durchholz station.

The last few years

In 1915, a blind shaft with a depth of 86 meters was sunk from the bottom of the tunnel . In 1916, the mine field was New Tinsbank taken over by the mine Blankenstein, also the first civil sole was at a depth of 86 meters aligned . In 1919, a rail connection to Sprockhövel-Bossel was built above ground. On August 31, 1925, production was stopped and on September 3 of the same year the United Hammerthal colliery was finally shut down. In November of the same year, the robbery was completed. In the following year, the daytime facilities were dismantled and the part of the mine field in which the blind shaft was located was added to the Elisabethenglück colliery. In 1940 the rightful owner fell to the Alte Haase colliery .

Promotion and workforce

The first known production and workforce figures come from the year 1890. In that year, 35 miners produced around 5600 tons of hard coal . In 1892, 17 miners extracted 2477 tons of hard coal. In 1914, twelve miners extracted 86 tons of hard coal. In the following year the production rose to 2397 tons, this production was provided by 28 miners. In 1920 production increased again to 21,027 tons, this production was provided by 98 miners. The maximum funding of the United Hammerthal colliery was provided in 1922. This year, 142 miners extracted 25,566 tons of hard coal. The last known production and workforce figures for the mine are from 1924, when 107 miners produced 18,577 tonnes of hard coal.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j 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 .
  2. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l 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 .
  3. ↑ Gerhard Knospe: Works Railways in German Coal Mining and Its Steam Locomotives, Part 1 - Data, facts, sources . 1st edition. Self-published, Heiligenhaus 2018, ISBN 978-3-9819784-0-7 , p. 520 .

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