United Johann colliery
| United Johann colliery | |
|---|---|
| General information about the mine | |
| other names | United Johann civil engineering colliery |
| Funding / year | Max. 120,269 t |
| Information about the mining company | |
| Employees | until approx. 291 |
| Start of operation | 1859 |
| End of operation | 1886 |
| Successor use | Johann Deimelsberg colliery |
| Funded raw materials | |
| Degradation of | Hard coal |
| Geographical location | |
| Coordinates | |
| Location | Food Steele |
| local community | eat |
| Independent city ( NUTS3 ) | eat |
| country | State of North Rhine-Westphalia |
| Country | Germany |
| District | Ruhr area |
The United Johann colliery in Essen-Steele is a former hard coal mine . The mine was also known as the Zeche Vereinigte Johann Tiefbau . The mine emerged from the consolidation of several mines. The United Johann colliery was part of the Essen mining district.
Mining history
In 1859, Johann consolidated with part of the Margarethe colliery. At about the same time, the United Alexander mine was added. The beneficiaries comprised a length field and a square field and thus had an area of 1.1 km 2 . In the field area Johann a weak operation took place in civil engineering . The Antonie shaft was in operation. The first bottom was at a shallow depth of 93 Lachter . The mining took place in the tunnel . In 1860 the focus on civil engineering began to focus on the lean, so-called Langenbrahmer seams. That same year, the shaft Antonie deepened geteuft and at a seigeren the first depth of 145 meters civil sole recognized. A weather and drainage shaft lasting several tons was created. The construction of a machine building was completed above ground. In order to obtain sufficient sales, it was planned to connect the mine with the Witten-Duisburg railway. In 1861 a branch line to the Bergisch Märkische Eisenbahn was created. Part of the coal was also promoted to the Ruhr.
In 1862, mining began in civil engineering. In the same year the shaft reached a shallow depth of 100 puddles. However, the coal that was mined did not contain many lumps , so that it was very difficult to sell the coal. The sale of these coals was only possible when the mine owners cut prices sharply. Due to this bad situation, it was planned to close the mine soon. In 1869 there was a water ingress, after which the operation of the colliery was temporarily stopped. In 1873 work began on the deep Fromberg shaft. The shaft, also known as Johann 1 shaft, was located near the Steele-West train station. The carbon was already reached at a depth of four meters . In 1874 the Fromberg shaft reached a depth of 127 meters. In the same year the breakthrough took place with the first and the second sole. In the following year, the Fromberg shaft reached a depth of 215 meters. In 1876 , the third level was set at a depth of 229 meters (−148 meters above sea level ). In 1883 an additional weather shaft was in operation. In 1885, the consolidation to the Johann Deimelsberg colliery was initiated and carried out the following year.
Promotion and workforce
The first known workforce figures come from the year 1859, when 53 miners were employed at the colliery. In the following year, 65 miners were already employed at the colliery. The first known production figures come from the year 1861, at that time with 60 miners a production of 16,356 Prussian tons of hard coal was provided. In 1865 the production rose to 176,215 Prussian tons of hard coal, this production was provided by 153 miners. In 1870, 180 miners extracted 48,560 tons of hard coal. In 1875, 227 miners extracted 53,508 tons of hard coal. In 1880, production increased again to 94,823 tons of hard coal, this production was provided by 291 miners. The maximum production dates back to 1885, when 286 miners produced 120,269 tons of hard coal. These are also the last known production and workforce figures for the mine.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e 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 Ministry of Trade and Industry (ed.): Journal for the mountain, huts and saltworks in the Prussian state. Ninth volume, publishing house of the royal secret Ober-Hofdruckerei (R. Decker), Berlin 1861
- ↑ 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.