United Schelle & Haberbank colliery

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United Schelle & Haberbank colliery
General information about the mine
other names Haberbank & Schelle colliery
Mining technology Underground mining
Funding / year up to 7461 t
Information about the mining company
Employees up to 12
Start of operation 1826
End of operation 1846
Successor use Alte Haase colliery
Funded raw materials
Degradation of Hard coal
Geographical location
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Location Niedersprockhövel
local community Sprockhövel
District ( NUTS3 ) Ennepe-Ruhr district
country State of North Rhine-Westphalia
Country Germany
District Ruhr area

The United Schelle & Haberbank colliery in Sprockhövel -Niedersprockhövel is a former hard coal mine . The mine was also known under the name of Zeche Haberbank & Schelle and was the result of the union of two independent mines.

history

The beginnings

In 1826, the coal reserves of the two neighboring mines Haberbank and Schelle were used up. For this reason, the trades of the two mines decided to move on to civil engineering together . In the same year, the two mines were merged below the bottom of the tunnel . The name Schelle & Haberbank was chosen as the name for the newly founded mine. Above the bottom of the tunnel, both mines remained in operation independently until they were closed. In 1827 work began on digging the Caroline shaft deeper . This shaft was a machine shaft of the disused Sperberg colliery . The shaft was on the Hohen Egge in the area of ​​today's street corner Zwischenweg / Unterweg. In 1830 the bay Caroline was geteuft as far deeper that at a depth of 49½ Lach Tern machine sole could be created. The bottom of the tunnel was at a depth of 28 laughs. In the same year, a steam engine was put into operation at the Caroline shaft . This was a combined machine that was used both for drainage and as a hoisting machine . It was the first steam engine that was in operation in Sprockhövel. In addition to the Caroline shaft, the Glücksanfang, Piele and Wachauf shafts were also in operation at this time. In 1832 the old Haberbanker tunnel began to be cleaned . The tunnel was located in the area of ​​the valley floodplain. In this area the soil was very clayey and the tunnel could not be kept open. For this reason, a new tunnel was set up at Uhlenbruch.

The further operation until the shutdown

In 1835, the Caroline shaft was sunk deeper. The shaft reached a final depth of 122 meters. On November 25, 1837, a hat was awarded . In 1840 the Caroline mine was in operation. Since the deposits in the depths of the hollow became smaller and smaller, the deposits were depleted very quickly . As early as November 1841, there were only a few unlocked stocks. In December of the same year there was a flood. This led to the fact that civil engineering operations were shut down. In the following year, the Caspar, Caroline and Piele shafts were still in operation. In 1845 only the Caspar shaft was still in operation. On February 21, 1846, the United Schelle & Haberbank colliery was finally shut down. The reason for the closure was the poor quality of the coal mined. On April 11, 1853, the rights to the property were deleted. In the middle of the 20th century, the Alte Haase colliery mined the lower-lying lean coal in the mine field, which could not be mined at the time of the United Schelle & Haberbank colliery due to the depth.

Promotion and workforce

The first production figures come from 1830, in that year 5064 tons of hard coal were produced . In 1835, 7461 tons of hard coal were extracted. In 1840, 22,834 Prussian tons of hard coal were mined. In 1842 the mine production sank to 4,235 Prussian tons of hard coal. In 1845, twelve miners produced 2558 tons of hard coal. These are also the last known production and workforce figures for the mine.

Current condition

Almost nothing is left of the former United Schelle & Haberbank colliery. There is still a ping field on the western edge on the high harrow. The Pingen belong to the former colliery and the previous mines. The former mine is now part of the Pleßbachweg . And there is a scale from the mine exists fountain . The old well of the widow Hetbleck had dried out due to the underground construction of the mine and the mine had to create a new well for her.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k 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 e f g h i j k l Friends of Mining Historic Sites Ruhrrevier eV, Sprockhövel Working Group (ed.): The trace of coal - Route 5 . The Pleßbachweg hiking trail through the history of early mining with directions and hiking map. Sprockhövel 2006.
  3. ^ The early mining on the Ruhr: Pingenfeld on the Hohen Egge (accessed on May 10, 2013)

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Remarks

  1. ↑ As Beilehn or Beilehen is called an additionally imparted pit box, which is connected with another holding moderately pit pitch. (Source: Tilo Cramm, Joachim Huske: Miners' language in the Ruhr area. )