United Wiendahlsbank colliery

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United Wiendahlsbank colliery
General information about the mine
United Wiendahlsbank colliery.jpg
Remaining buildings of the Wiendahlsbank colliery
Funding / year Max. 339,769 t
Information about the mining company
Operating company German-Luxembourgish mining and smelting company
Employees up to 2138
Start of operation 1758
End of operation 1924
Funded raw materials
Degradation of Hard coal
Geographical location
Coordinates 51 ° 27 '23 "  N , 7 ° 24' 54"  E Coordinates: 51 ° 27 '23 "  N , 7 ° 24' 54"  E
United Wiendahlsbank colliery (Ruhr Regional Association)
United Wiendahlsbank colliery
Location United Wiendahlsbank colliery
Location Kruckel
local community Dortmund
Independent city ( NUTS3 ) Dortmund
country State of North Rhine-Westphalia
Country Germany
District Ruhr area

The United Wiendahlsbank colliery was a hard coal mine in Dortmund - Kruckel and Witten - Rüdinghausen . The mine emerged from the consolidation of several previously independent mines. The United Wiendahlsbank union was one of the founding members of the Rheinisch-Westfälischen Kohlen-Syndikat . In the second half of the 19th century, the mine was one of the most important collieries in the Arnsberg administrative district .

history

The beginnings

On September 24, 1850, the Wiendahlsbank colliery consolidated with the Geviertfeldern Wiendahlsbank No. 4, Güldener Mond, Rosalie and Westermannsbank under the name of United Wiendahlsbank. The mine was from the union United Wiendahl Bank performed. Prospecting work was carried out the following year . In 1853, parts of the Johannes Erbstollen and Mit Gott daring collieries were taken over. In the same year, the sinking work for a seigeren shaft began. The shaft was northwest of Kruckel in Hamburg dump set . The shaft was located south of the Bergisch-Märkische Railway between the two stations of Annen and Barop. This first shaft was planned as a production shaft. At that time, the mine belonged to the Bochum mining district. In 1854, the shaft reached at a depth of 20 meters (+ 81 m NN ) is Stollen sole . In 1855 the first level was set at a depth of 50 meters (+ 51 m above sea level). Subsequently, the jig work began on the first foundation level . At that time the mine belonged to the Ostlich-Witten mining area . In 1857 the second level was set at a depth of 105 meters (-4 m above sea level). In 1858, a second shaft was dug 70 meters south of the production shaft and sunk to the first level. This marked the transition to civil engineering .

The first years of operation

Still in the year 1858 with the promotion started. In the following year, the work on the already exposed seams was continued. On the weather bed , the crosscuts to the south and north were driven further. So that the railway line above the mine field could not be damaged by the mining operations, the mining authorities ordered that appropriate safety pillars be placed. In 1861 the excavation of the two cross passages was continued. The other seams were approached by new routes from the cross passages. The mine was now part of the Witten mining area. In the following year, a cross passage was driven on the first building level in the northern field to resolve seams No. 1 and No. 2 by 21 holes . In 1866, the sinking work began on a shaft that took several tons. In 1869 there was a defect in the drainage machine . A plunger tube on the 20-inch pressure pump had burst. Shortly afterwards, the damage also made itself felt on the built-in auxiliary pump. To repair the damage, the machines were repaired with the help of diving work.

The damage to the machine and the subsequent repair work meant that operations had to be suspended for three weeks. In the following year, the fields taken over from the Johannes Erbstollen colliery were consolidated into Vereinigte Wiendahlsbank. In the same year the Holthausen-Wiendahlsbank field was acquired by the Holthausen colliery . In 1872, the sinking work for the Friedrich shaft began. The shaft was set up next to the first shaft. The Friedrich shaft was intended as a production shaft. In the same year the first shaft was named Schacht Wilhelm. The following year, the sinking work in the Friedrich shaft was stopped due to strong water inflows at a depth of 130 meters. Then they took the second from the sole promotion on. From then on, the Wilhelm shaft was only used for dewatering . In 1877 the sinking work on the Wilhelm shaft was resumed and the shaft was sunk deeper. At a depth of 209 meters (- 108 m above sea level), the third level was set in the same year. In the following year, the Friedrich shaft was sunk down to the third level. In 1880, a lease agreement was signed, which secured the 25-year right for mining in the field of the Holthausen colliery. Around 1885, the United Hamburg colliery acquired the Ardey & Wiendahlsbank I-III fields. In 1888 the disused Johannes Erbstollen colliery was acquired. In 1889, the Dortmund-based Louise Tiefbau AG took over 991 Kuxe of the United Wiendahlsbank union and thus the Kuxen majority.

Further expansion and operation

In the 1890s, the mine was modernized and expanded under the new management. In 1890, the sinking work on the Friedrich shaft was continued and the shaft was sunk deeper. In 1892 the 4th level was set in the Friedrich shaft at a depth of 316 meters (- 215 m above sea level). In the following year, the Wilhelm shaft was sunk deeper and the 5th level was set at a depth of 401 meters (- 300 m above sea level). In 1895, over days , the coal washing plant and the briquetting plant put into operation. Seams 9, 10, 11, and 12 were reached with the northern crosscut in 1897. At this point in time, the cross passage had reached a length of 220 meters. In the same year the fields Ardey & Wiendahlsbank I-III were consolidated into Vereinigte Ardey and Wiendahlsbank. At the same time, an operational unit was formed with the United Wiendahlsbank colliery. As a result, the entire rights covered an area of ​​7.9 km 2 . At that time the mine was part of the Dortmund-Süd mining area. In 1898 part of a field was leased from the Kaiser Friedrich colliery. In the same year were in the mine six seams with a thickness of up to 1.8 meters in Verhieb . In 1900 three shafts were in operation. In the same year, a field swap was made between the United Ardey & Wiendahlsbank and Ardey & Dreigewerke collieries. Through this field swap, the Kruger field was reacquired. As a result, the entire right now covered an area of ​​6.9 km 2 . In 1903, work began on sinking a new weather shaft. The shaft was set up next to the Friedrich shaft. In 1905, a blind shaft began to be digged from the 5th level . In the following year, the Friedrich shaft was lined . In 1907 the functions of the Friedrich and Wilhelm shafts were swapped. The Friedrich shaft became a weather shaft and Wilhelm shaft became a production shaft. In the same year, the 6th level was set in the blind shaft at a depth of 542 meters (- 441 m above sea level).

In 1908, the German-Luxembourgish mining and smelting company acquired Louise Tiefbau and with it the United Wiendahlsbank colliery. On February 1, 1909, the mining union was dissolved. In the same year, the sinking work on the Wilhelm shaft was continued and the shaft below the 5th level was sunk deeper. The following year, the 6th level was set in the Wilhelm shaft at a depth of 658 meters (- 557 m above sea level). In addition, the Friedrich shaft was sunk deeper. A small part of the field was taken over from the already closed Louise Tiefbau colliery . The Schulte shaft was also located in this part of the field. This shaft was put back into operation as a weather shaft. A pump was installed and began to swamp the Louise field . After the swamp work was completed, the remaining coal was mined in the Louise field. In 1911 the Louise Ostfeld field was transferred to the Glückauf Tiefbau colliery. The rightful now covered an area of ​​6 km 2 . The following year, the 8th level was set in the Wilhelm shaft at a depth of 783 meters (- 3682 m above sea level). In addition, the shaft was broken up from level 6 to level 5. A copy was made with the Kaiser Friedrich colliery. In 1914, the Friedrich shaft was converted back into a production shaft. The shaft started producing from the 7th level. In the following year, the briquette factory was shut down. In 1917 came after a crash of conveyor basket four miners at the rope ride to death.

The last few years until the shutdown

During the First World War, many Deutsch-Lux mines, including the United Wiendahlsbank colliery, were over-utilized. As a result, the mine was technically completely out of date after the war. For this reason, the company decided in the 1920s to close several no longer economically working mines. First, the briquette factory at the mine was put back into operation in 1921. In the following year, a field swap was made with the Gottessegen mine . Parts of a seam were given up and the length field Rosina was acquired. In 1923 the mine was stopped due to the occupation of the Ruhr. On April 11, 1924, there was a coal dust explosion , in which six miners were killed. Just a few weeks later, on June 2, there was another coal dust explosion, which also killed six miners. In the meantime, the upper parts of the coal had been extracted from the mine. As a result, the mine had developed into a so-called edible coal mine. However, there was not a sufficiently large sales market for the remaining edible coals. For this reason, the United Wiendahlsbank colliery was closed on August 16, 1924. The mine building was gradually falling. In the following years the shafts were backfilled and the daytime facilities demolished.

Promotion and workforce

The first production figures date from 1860, in that year 584,903 bushels of hard coal were produced . Up until the 20th century, the mine was used to extract high-quality fat coals that were suitable for machine firing. The first known workforce figures come from the year 1861, at that time 241 miners were employed at the mine. In 1865, with 363 employees, 293,719 Prussian tons of hard coal were mined. In 1870, the production was 59,742 tons of hard coal, the workforce was 398 employees. In 1875, 456 employees produced 98,293 tons of hard coal. In 1880 the production rose slightly to 92,759 tons of hard coal, the workforce was 342 employees. In 1885 the production sank to 82,455 tons of hard coal, the workforce was 304 employees. In 1890, 467 employees produced 123,407 tons of hard coal. In 1895 the production was 114,139 tons of hard coal, the workforce was 520 employees. In 1900 the production rose again to 187,796 tons of hard coal, the workforce was 833 employees. In 1905, the production was 160,328 tons of hard coal, the workforce was 984 employees. In 1910 the production increased again to 308,562 tons of hard coal, the workforce was 1176 employees. In 1913 the production was 336,000 tons of hard coal, the workforce was 1210 employees. The maximum production of the mine was achieved in 1914. This year 339,769 tons of hard coal were mined with 1347 employees. In 1920, with 1151 employees, 174,617 tons of hard coal were mined. In 1922 there were still 2138 employees at the mine, 305,382 tons of hard coal were extracted. These are the last known funding and workforce figures for the United Wiendahlsbank colliery as a mining mine.

What is left

The main administration building with its characteristic entrance arch in the middle has been completely preserved. The current owners have cleaned and renovated the facade in recent years. The adjacent former business premises are now used for a sports field, a school, a shopping center, for small businesses and residential purposes. A RWE substation is located on the mine's overburden area , which was built after the power plant that had been attached to the mine since 1908 was closed.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t 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 .
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  3. ^ H. Fleck, E. Hartwig: History, statistics and technology of hard coal in Germany and other countries in Europe . R. Oldenbourg, Munich 1865
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  8. ↑ 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
  9. ↑ Ministry of Commerce and Industry (ed.): Journal for the mountain, huts and saltworks in the Prussian state. Eighteenth volume, published by Ernst & Korn, Berlin 1870
  10. ↑ a b c d 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 .
  11. ↑ a b Ministry of Commerce and Industry (ed.): Journal for the mountain, huts and saltworks in the Prussian state. Volume forty-sixth, published by Wilhelm Ernst & Sohn, Berlin 1898
  12. ^ 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
  13. ↑ 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