United Louisenglück colliery

United Louisenglück colliery
	General information about the mine
Funding / year	Max. 58,500 t
	Information about the mining company
Employees	Max. 350
Start of operation	1853
End of operation	1885
Successor use	United Hermann colliery
	Funded raw materials
Degradation of	Hard coal
	Geographical location
Coordinates	51 ° 25 '18.2 " N , 7 ° 19' 5.8" E Coordinates: 51 ° 25 '18.2 " N , 7 ° 19' 5.8" E
	Location United Louisenglück colliery
Location	Bommern
local community	Witten
District ( NUTS3 )	Ennepe-Ruhr district
country	State of North Rhine-Westphalia
Country	Germany
District	Ruhr area

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The United Louisenglück colliery is a former hard coal mine in Bommern . The mine is the result of a consolidation of several previously independent mines.

history

The beginnings

On May 10, 1853, the mines Altena , Turteltaube Südflügel , Louisenglück to the east , Louisenglück , Gutekauf and Oberste Frielinghaus consolidated below the bottom of the Erbstollen of St. Johannes Erstollens to form the United Louisenglück colliery. The purpose of this consolidation was the excavation of a common 72- Lachter -Sohle. As a result of the consolidation, the mine field of the new mine extended over both wings of the Borbeck Mulde. The mine field was limited in the east by the Ruhr and in the west by the Muttenbach . At the time of consolidation were three bays available, the ventilation shaft Constance and the two production wells Jupiter and Elizabeth, both production wells were encouraging . After the consolidation, the excavation of a cross passage in a southerly direction began on the first level . The Geitling, Kreftenscheer and Mausegatt seams were to be opened up with the cross passage. In the following year work began on digging the Elisabeth shaft deeper . Two steam engines were installed on the shaft . The larger of the two machines had an output of 145 hp and was used as a dewatering machine . The smaller one had an output of 25 hp and was used as a drive for the hoisting machine . In 1855 the Elisabeth shaft reached a depth of 230 meters. The alignment work on the I. and II. Underground level was continued. It was mined in three seams . The seams ranged from 34 inches to 60 inches in thickness . In addition, a 695 Lachter long track was put into operation this year. The railway was designed with two lanes and reached from the mine over the Ruhr to Witten-West station. In order to be able to cross the Ruhr, a pontoon bridge was built. At that time, the mine belonged to the Märkisches Bergamts district and there to the jury district Hardenstein.

The further operation

In 1856 a cut to the second level was made in the Jupiter shaft. On June 6, 1856, a mining contract was signed with the Herberholz colliery . This contract regulated the solution of the Herberholz colliery by the United Louisenglück colliery, which also took over the tons of mining for the Herberholz colliery. Due to the contract, the Herberholz colliery was now able to cut through the security pillar of the western marrow divide. It was also agreed that the Herberholz colliery would remain independent despite these measures. The coal mined on Herberholz was transported underground to the Elisabeth shaft by means of a truck and there it was transported above ground. The coal was transported to the Ruhr or to the train station in Witten above ground. In addition to the coal mining, the United Louisenglück colliery also pumped out the pit water from the Herberholz field . On the colliery Louis happiness were in spite of these additional expenses in the promotion no additional operating facilities required. However, it was planned to use pit horses to support the route . In 1859, the alignment and fixture work was continued. The mining continued in the following years in a westerly direction. In 1860 the western part of the mine field of the Flößgraben colliery was acquired. The dismantling, expansion and installation in the Herberholz field continued without any disruptions this year. From this year the Finefrau seam was also opened up. This seam lay above the seams that had previously been mined . Director Diedrich Köllermann took over management of the mine this year. In the years that followed, Köllermann had route subsidies rationalized. In 1862, for the purpose of investigating the trough south wing of seam No. 2. II. Sole with the creation of a Abhauens begun. The runaway was brought down to a length of 11½ laughs that same year. At a depth of 40 laughs, one expects the deepest pit.

In 1863, larger carts with a capacity of 10 bushels were purchased, and the route transport was changed to horse transport . On June 17, 1864, there was major damage to the water retention pump. The machine's balance was broken and repairs took over a month. Due to the severity of this damage, the 2nd sole drowned. During the repair work, the director Köllermann had the steam engine modified and strengthened. From July 27 of the same year, the swamp measures began. In 1865, a large underground area was created on the second underground level. The room was used to set up a water retention steam engine. The machine had an output of 22 hp. The boiler and the furnace were installed underground. To prevent a mine fire from occurring, the fumes and exhaust gases from the machine were discharged using special precautions. The machine was supposed to pump out the pit water that accumulated during the excavation of the seams under the second underground level. This measure made it unnecessary to dig the main shaft deeper. In the same year, a ton-length blind shaft was sunk from the second level . The third level was set at a shallower depth of 300 meters. A contract was signed with the Neubommerbank colliery , which regulated mining in the area of the field borders. The bill Neubommerbank built under that contract their eastern mark distinctive mining field from above the second floor of the colliery Louis happiness. The coal mined was extracted from the Elisabeth mine. At that time the mine was part of the Sprockhövel mining area.

The other years

The following year, the coal reserves of the colliery Louis happiness were almost used up, for this reason one of which was colliery Hardenstein be pachtetes mining area below the St. John Erbstollensohle aligned . From January 1866, rope travel in the Elisabeth shaft was officially approved by the mining authorities. The rope ride over the Elisabeth shaft took place up to the second level. A maximum of six miners were allowed to ride on the hoist cage during the rope journey. The conveying speed was a maximum of 1.6 meters per second. In 1868 the tonnel-length blind shaft was sunk and in the same year the fourth level was set at a shallower depth of around 225 meters. Above the third floor the bill Neubommerbank took her other deposit items in Verhieb . In the 1870s, the mine workings in the mine drowned several times . In 1870, for example, due to the high water in the Ruhr that had formed due to heavy rainfall, the mine drained and had to be swamped again. In the same year, the pit field of the Louisenglück colliery was leased to the east for mining. Nevertheless, the Louisenglück colliery in the east remained independent in terms of mining law . In 1871 the pit sank again after rainfall and had to be swamped. To support the pumps, boxes were hung under the delivery baskets and then used to siphon additional water from the mine.

In 1873 a break from the 3rd level to the 2nd level was made in the Elisabeth shaft . From 1876 onwards, the Elisabeth shaft could now also be roped up to the third level. In 1878 there was increased inflow of mine water , which caused the 4th level to sink. The pump keepers could only save themselves by fleeing from the bottom floor. In 1879 it was possible to mine the Elisabeth shaft up to the fourth level. In the same year a solution and dismantling contract for the Herberholz field was concluded. The expansion of the mine building resulted in ever increasing inflows of mine water. This ultimately led to the mine losing more and more profitability despite the increase in production . In 1880 there was strong water inflow, with 5.4 cubic meters of water flowing into the mine workings per minute . From 1880 the coal supplies in the United Louisenglück mine field gradually ran out. In 1881 remaining coal was mined in the field of the disused Louischen colliery . On February 7th, 1883, a new contract was signed that regulated the mining of the Louisenglück field to the east. In April of the same year, mining began in the Louisenglück field to the east. In addition, the 4th sole was thrown off this year .

The last few years

In 1884 remaining piers were dismantled below the St. Johannes Erbstollen sole . This dismantling of the remaining piers brought the mine further profits. However, this year there were problems with the drainage system , which meant that funding had to be temporarily suspended. In the meantime, the mine facilities were out of date and due to the high costs for drainage, the mine could no longer be operated economically enough. In 1885 the drainage machine broke. As a result, the dewatering failed completely and the mine building drowned again. Since repairs were no longer worthwhile due to the obsolescence of the machine, operations were completely shut down. On January 19, 1885, the United Louisenglück colliery was closed. In 1891 the United Hermann mine took over the Constanz shaft as a weather shaft. In 1948 the mine field was mined again.

Promotion and workforce

Over the years, coal has been extracted from the mine. The first known workforce and production figures come from the year 1853, at that time around 350 miners were employed in the mine who produced 58,500 tons of hard coal . In 1855, 180,582 Prussian tons of hard coal were mined with 254 employees . In 1857, 303 employees mined 221,399 Prussian tonnes of hard coal. In 1859 the production fell to 175,771 Prussian tons of hard coal, this production was provided by 274 employees. In 1860 the production sank below 150,000 Prussian tons of hard coal. In 1864 the production sank drastically to only about 15,000 Prussian tons of hard coal. This was the total funding of the Oberste Frielingbank, Flößgraben, Neubommerbank, Herberholz and Vereinigte Louisenglück mines. The number of employees at the United Louisenglück colliery fell to 193 miners. In 1865, 182 employees mined 32,641 tons of hard coal. In 1870, 197 employees produced 34,174 tonnes of hard coal. In 1874, around 44,000 tons were extracted, and the workforce this year was 280 employees. At that time, the mine was producing good and lumpy fat coal . In 1875, 316 employees produced 44,477 tons of hard coal. In 1880, the production was 35,757 tons of hard coal, the workforce was 181 employees. In 1884 the workforce sank to 103 miners, the production was 16,885 tons of hard coal. The last known production figures for the mine are from 1885, only 219 tons of hard coal were mined.

United Louisenglück small mine

The United Louisenglück colliery in Bommern was the successor to the United Louisenglück colliery. The owner of the gallery was Georg Vosskühler. This small mine was put into operation in 1948 to dismantle the remaining safety pillar of the United Louisenglück colliery. On February 15, 1949, the mine was registered with the trade association . However, the mine was only in operation for a few months and was closed again on August 31 of the same year. On April 12, 1950, the mine was deregistered from the employers' liability insurance association.

Current condition

An old Steigerhaus from the United Louisenglück colliery still exists today. The house stands on the former site of the Constanz shaft. However, this house is not the Steigerhaus , which Steiger Best lived in from 1825 to 1860 . Today's Steigerhaus was built around 1860 and is now used by the Sauerland Mountain Association as a clubhouse.

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w ^x ^y ^z ^aa ^ab ^ac ^ad 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 Wilhelm Hermann, Gertrude Hermann: The old collieries on the Ruhr. 4th edition, Verlag Karl Robert Langewiesche, successor Hans Köster KG, Königstein i. Taunus 1994, ISBN 3-7845-6992-7 .
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r Gerhard Koetter (Ed.): Mining in the Muttental. 1st edition, Druckstatt Wöhrle, Witten 2001, ISBN 3-00-008659-5 .
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d Ludwig Herrmann Wilhelm Jacobi : The mining, metallurgy and trade of the government district Arnsberg in statistical representation. Published by Julius Bädeker, Iserlohn 1857.
^ Günter Streich, Corneel Voigt: Zechen Dominanten im Revier. 2nd expanded and revised edition, Verlag Beleke KG, Nobel-Verlag GmbH, Essen 1999, ISBN 3-922785-58-1 .
↑ ^a ^b 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
↑ ^a ^b Ministry of Commerce and Industry (ed.): Journal for the mountain, huts and saltworks in the Prussian state. Eighth volume, published by the royal and secret Ober-Hofdruckerei (R. Decker), Berlin 1860
↑ Ministry of Commerce 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.
↑ ^a ^b ^c Ministry of Trade and Industry (ed.): Journal for the mountain, huts and saltworks in the Prussian state. Volume fourteenth, published by the royal and secret Ober-Hofdruckerei (R. Decker), Berlin 1866
↑ The coal of the Ruhr area . Compilation of the most important mines in the Ruhr coal mining area, specifying the quality of the coal mined, the rail connections, as well as the mining and freight rates. Second completely revised and completed edition, publishing bookstore of the M. DuMont-Schauberg'schen Buchhandlung, Cologne 1874
↑ The early mining of the Ruhr: United Louisenglück colliery (accessed on October 30, 2012)
↑ Gerhard Koetter (ed.): From seams, tunnels and shafts in the Muttental. 1st edition, Klartext Verlag, Essen 2007, ISBN 978-3-89861-612-6 .

Web links

Early mining on the Ruhr: Historical map around 1840 (accessed October 30, 2012)

[Quelle_1-1] ↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w ^x ^y ^z ^aa ^ab ^ac ^ad 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 .

[Quelle_2-2] Wilhelm Hermann, Gertrude Hermann: The old collieries on the Ruhr. 4th edition, Verlag Karl Robert Langewiesche, successor Hans Köster KG, Königstein i. Taunus 1994, ISBN 3-7845-6992-7 .

[Quelle_3-3] ↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r Gerhard Koetter (Ed.): Mining in the Muttental. 1st edition, Druckstatt Wöhrle, Witten 2001, ISBN 3-00-008659-5 .

[Quelle_6-4] Ludwig Herrmann Wilhelm Jacobi : The mining, metallurgy and trade of the government district Arnsberg in statistical representation. Published by Julius Bädeker, Iserlohn 1857.

[Quelle_5-5] Günter Streich, Corneel Voigt: Zechen Dominanten im Revier. 2nd expanded and revised edition, Verlag Beleke KG, Nobel-Verlag GmbH, Essen 1999, ISBN 3-922785-58-1 .

[Quelle_7-6] 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

[Quelle_8-7] Ministry of Commerce and Industry (ed.): Journal for the mountain, huts and saltworks in the Prussian state. Eighth volume, published by the royal and secret Ober-Hofdruckerei (R. Decker), Berlin 1860

[Quelle_12-8] Ministry of Commerce 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

[Quelle_13-9] 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.

[Quelle_9-10] Ministry of Trade and Industry (ed.): Journal for the mountain, huts and saltworks in the Prussian state. Volume fourteenth, published by the royal and secret Ober-Hofdruckerei (R. Decker), Berlin 1866

[Quelle_10-11] The coal of the Ruhr area . Compilation of the most important mines in the Ruhr coal mining area, specifying the quality of the coal mined, the rail connections, as well as the mining and freight rates. Second completely revised and completed edition, publishing bookstore of the M. DuMont-Schauberg'schen Buchhandlung, Cologne 1874

[Quelle_4-12] The early mining of the Ruhr: United Louisenglück colliery (accessed on October 30, 2012)

[Quelle_11-13] Gerhard Koetter (ed.): From seams, tunnels and shafts in the Muttental. 1st edition, Klartext Verlag, Essen 2007, ISBN 978-3-89861-612-6 .