United bustard colliery

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United bustard colliery
General information about the mine
Funding / year up to 162,836 t
Information about the mining company
Employees up to 543
Start of operation 1850
End of operation 1925
Funded raw materials
Degradation of Bituminous coal / coal iron stone
Degradation of Coal iron stone
Geographical location
Coordinates 51 ° 21 '44.4 "  N , 7 ° 19' 41.2"  E Coordinates: 51 ° 21 '44.4 "  N , 7 ° 19' 41.2"  E
United Trappe Colliery (Ruhr Regional Association)
United bustard colliery
Location United bustard colliery
Location Schlebusch
local community Weather
District ( NUTS3 ) Ennepe-Ruhr district
country State of North Rhine-Westphalia
Country Germany
District Ruhr area

The United Trappe colliery is a former hard coal mine in Wetter-Schlebusch and Gevelsberg-Silschede . In the second half of the 19th century, coal iron was also extracted from the mine for a short time . The mine is the result of a consolidation . The United Trappe union was one of the founding members of the Rhenish-Westphalian coal syndicate .

history

The beginnings

The mine was first mentioned in 1842. From September 1844 the mine was also named next to the Trappe colliery . The United Trappe colliery was founded for the transition to civil engineering for the Trappe and Vereinigte Wülfingsburg mines involved . The United Wülfingsburg colliery contributed 20 percent to the costs of the artificial shaft required for the transition to civil engineering . In 1846, the civil engineering facility, which until then was still part of the Trappe colliery, was spun off from the association with Trappe. Further work on the civil engineering system was carried out jointly by the Trappe and Vereinigte Wülfingsburg mines. The artificial shaft was sunk further . In 1849 the art shaft at a depth of 64 was Lach Tern with the Erbstollensohle of Trapper Erbstollens durchschlägig . In the same year the construction of the machine building began. In 1850 an auxiliary level was added at a depth of 145 meters (+ 82 m above sea ​​level ). In the same year, the weather bed was set at a depth of 188 meters (+ 39 m above sea level) . The Kunstschacht was renamed Schacht Voerster after the main work of the mine. In addition, the first coal from civil engineering was extracted this year. In 1851 a plan was drawn up to extend the Schlebuscher Railway from the Friedrich der permissive Adler shaft to the Voerster shaft. In 1852 the Voerster shaft reached a depth of 103¾ puddles. In the same year, the second level was set at a depth of 204 meters (+ 9 m above sea level). The shaft was then further sunk.

Further expansion and operation

In 1853 the United Trappe colliery was consolidated. On December 30, 1853, this administrative act was carried out between the Trappe colliery, the United Wülfingsburg colliery and other authorized persons to the Vereinigte Trappe colliery. At that time the mine belonged to the Bochum Mining Authority district. This consolidation was officially dated back to 1844. In 1855 the newly consolidated mine had three production wells with the Friedrica, Sylvia and Voerster shafts. For days , a horse-drawn tram was in operation for the removal of the coals, the track had a length of 402 laughs. The sinking work in the Voerster shaft was continued, the shaft was to be sunk to a depth of 136 holes in order to set the second underground level there. At that time the mine belonged to the Schlebusch mining area . On June 22nd, 1856, a square was awarded . The sinking work in the Voerster shaft proceeded very slowly this year, the shaft was sunk just 1 3/8 deep. This work was deliberately delayed because it was of the opinion that the coal reserves located above the 1st underground level would be sufficient for a longer period of time and thus the device for the 2nd underground level would only be required later. In the following year, the excavation work on the Voerster shaft was continued and the shaft was sunk deeper. This year, too, the sinking work went very slowly. The shaft was sunk 2½ holes deeper and was therefore 12½ holes below the first underground level.

In 1858 the horse-drawn tram was expanded to a length of 8,690 meters and now extended to Hagen-Haspe. In the following year, the Voerster shaft reached a depth of 254 meters. This year, too, the sinking work was carried out slowly. The promotion not to impair the sinking operation were carried out only at night. During the sinking work there was a constant inflow of 25 cubic feet of water per minute. The alignment and fixture work on the first underground level and on the weather bed went as planned. In 1860 the sinking work on Voerster shaft was postponed . In 1861, construction went ahead on the two saddle wings in the Trappe seam on the underground floor and the weather bed. A very favorable seam behavior was developed on the saddle wing on the underground excavation floor. At that time the mine was part of the Sprockhövel mining area. In 1862 there was no more alignment work. On the 1st level in the Trappe seam, jigging and dismantling activities took place. In 1863 the Voerster shaft was approved for rope travel . The eastern sole route was driven up to a length of 507½ Lachtern. In the construction field of the Sylvia shaft, dismantling took place on the north wing of the hollow and the south wing of the saddle. In 1864 the Sylvia shaft was also approved for rope travel. In 1865 the excavation work on the Voerster shaft was resumed and the shaft was sunk deeper. In the same year, the third level was set at a depth of 273 meters (-46 m above sea level). From this year on, coal iron stone was partly extracted from the mine. This year, four pit horses were used to promote the route . In 1867, work on the new underground floor was continued. In 1869 there was a decline in sales. The reason for this was that the mine did not yet have an efficient railway connection.

The decline and the recovery period

The mine was still in its prime until the 1870s, when the mine began to gradually decline over the course of this decade. A major reason for the decline was the impairment of sales due to the lack of a rail connection. The Friederica shaft was in operation in 1876; the Sylvia shaft is no longer mentioned in the documents at that time. In the following year the horse-drawn tram was converted to locomotive operation, the track was designed as a narrow-gauge railway . In 1882, the sinking work for a weather borehole began. In the following year the weather borehole was extended to the first level to become a weather shaft. On February 2, the consolidation with the United Schlebusch colliery took place. The weather shaft was in operation in 1884. In March 1885 the Prussian state approved the construction of a railway line. This route should extend on the Hattinger coal railway from the Schee station via a branch to the mine. In 1887 the legitimate Schlebuscher Erbstollen was completely taken over. In 1889 the railway connection was converted to standard gauge . After the railway was expanded, the mine now had sufficient transport routes to transport the coal that was extracted. However, the further expansion to a civil engineering shaft was only possible to a limited extent. In 1890, mining was resumed in the southern field (field Adler). In 1892 a die was sunk next to the Voerster mine. This die served to open up the 4th level. In 1893 the pit field of the closed St. Peter colliery was taken over, and the Wallfisch colliery was also acquired. In the same year the 4th level was set in the die at a depth of 376 meters (- 149 m above sea level). Alignment work began in the Wallfisch field in 1894 . The following year, mining began in the St. Peter field. In 1897 the closed Freier Vogel colliery was taken over. At this point in time, the entire United bustard had several length fields and square fields . In the north wing and in the south wing, the Trappe seam was further prepared above the 2nd underground level and above the die base. At that time the mine belonged to the Witten mining area .

In 1898, the sinking work for the Wilhelm shaft began. The shaft was beside pit Voerster set . After the Wilhelm shaft had reached a depth of 135 meters, it was put into operation as a weather shaft. With the commissioning of the Wilhelm shaft, three shafts were again in operation at the mine. This year a total of four seams were cut . The seams were between 1.2 and 2.4 meters thick . The seams all had a recovery pack that was between 0.3 and 1.2 meters thick. In 1899, St. Peter was completely taken over. In 1903, the deposit was aligned at Voerster shaft in order to mine the coal reserves still above the Trapper tunnel floor . On July 1, 1905, a contract was signed to resolve the United Neu-Hiddinghausen field. The field was an iron stone field, the ores to be mined were to be extracted from the Voerster mine . In the same year, the Argus colliery was acquired. In 1907 the weather ovens were replaced by a pit fan. In the same year the Neu-Schmalebank field was acquired. On June 1, 1908, the solution contract with United Neu-Hiddinghausen was terminated. In the following year, the sinking work in the Voerster shaft was continued. The shaft was sunk deeper to the fourth level. In 1912 there were now four shafts in operation. In 1914 two small weather shafts were abandoned. The Wilhelm and Voerster shafts were now still in operation.

The last few years

In the 20th century it became apparent that the coal reserves in the Herzkämper Mulde would soon be exhausted. In 1915 the Neptune field was acquired. The rightful now covered an area of ​​6 km 2 . On January 21 of 1916, there was a Schachtverbruch the shaft Contanz. This shaft had belonged to the St. Peter colliery and its backfill had broken into the dirt bank in the Erbstollen. This interrupted the drainage of the pit water. As a result, the 4th level was under water for four months. After plowing a tunnel, the water could drain away again. In 1920 the Arnold and Fritz fields were acquired. The rightful owner now covered an area of ​​7.1 km 2 . The construction site had a striking length of 4,000 meters and a cross-cutting width of 800 meters. In 1924 there were 90 party shifts at the mine . On June 3, 1925, the mine was acquired by the King Ludwig union . On November 25 of the same year, three miners were killed in an explosion . On December 31 of the same year the United Trappe colliery was shut down. On January 12, 1926, there was a coal dust explosion during robbery work . Seven miners were killed here. In the same year the daytime facilities were canceled. The shafts were filled . In 1944 the pit fields went to the stock corporation for supply companies in the Ennepe-Ruhr district from Gevelsberg.

Promotion and workforce

The first production and workforce figures for the mine date back to 1844. In that year, 1752 bushels of hard coal were extracted during the alignment work . The workforce fluctuated this year between 18 and 28 employees. In 1850, 83,950 Prussian tons of hard coal were mined. In 1855, a total of 187,656 Prussian tons of hard coal were mined with 280 employees. In 1860 the mine employed 200 people who produced 35,787 tons of hard coal. In 1865, 285 miners extracted 35,787 tons of hard coal. In 1870, 58,285 tons of hard coal were mined, the workforce was 376 employees. In 1875 the production sank to 27,785 tons of hard coal, the workforce was 171 employees. In 1880 181 people were employed at the mine, who produced 34,672 tons of hard coal. In 1885 the production rose again to 45,397 tons of hard coal, the workforce was 279 employees. In 1890 the production rose again to 92,822 tons of hard coal, this production was provided with 458 employees. In 1900 around 150,000 tons of hard coal were mined with 500 employees. In 1907, the mine employed 543 people who produced 162,836 tons of hard coal. In 1910, with 526 employees, 144,147 tons of hard coal were mined. In 1913, 161,946 tons of hard coal were mined, the workforce was 516 employees. In 1920 the production sank to 117,031 tons of hard coal, the workforce was 515 employees. In 1925, 324 people were still employed at the mine; 84,584 tons of hard coal were extracted. These are the last known production and workforce figures for the mine.

Individual evidence

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  17. ^ Association for Mining Interests in the Upper Mining District Dortmund: The development of the Lower Rhine-Westphalian hard coal mining in the second half of the 19th century. Julius Springer's publishing bookstore, Berlin 1902

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