Weselbank colliery

Weselbank colliery
General information about the mine
other names	Wesselbank colliery, Weselbanck colliery, Weeselbanck colliery, Wechselbanck colliery, Weselerbank colliery
Mining technology	Underground mining
Funding / year	up to 4415 t
Information about the mining company
Start of operation	1739
End of operation	1840
Successor use	United Hardenstein colliery
Funded raw materials
Degradation of	Hard coal
Geographical location
Coordinates	51 ° 25 '9.4 "  N , 7 ° 18' 15.8"  E Coordinates: 51 ° 25 '9.4 "  N , 7 ° 18' 15.8"  E
Location of the Weselbank colliery
Location	Hardenstein
local community	Witten
District ( NUTS3 )	Ennepe-Ruhr district
country	State of North Rhine-Westphalia
Country	Germany
District	Ruhr area

The Weselbank colliery in Witten -Hardenstein is a former hard coal mine . The mine was also known under the names of Zeche Wesselbank , Zeche Weselbanck , Zeche Weeselbanck , Zeche Wechselbanck and Zeche Weselerbank . The mine was located west of today's Muttentalstrasse.

history

The beginnings

Around 1739 some of the mining rights were in the hands of Johann Mittelste Berghaus. The mine was already in operation in 1739. The mine was surveyed on October 8 of the same year . A field consisting of a treasure trove and six measures was measured . In the years 1754 to 1755 the mine was in pursuant to paragraph shortage deadlines set. The mine was in operation from 1769. In 1770, the trades asked the mining authority to carry out a new survey. In the opinion of the trades, the first survey from 1739 was too imprecise, so that they could not precisely define the limits of their legitimate interests. The mining authority gave the mountain jury Heintzmann the task of revising the measured field and paving it with holes . On September 8 of the same year , the mountain jury Heintzmann and Wünnenberg drove down the Weselbank colliery and re-measured the six dimensions on the north wing. The mine was still in operation after 1770. On February 26th, 1771, the trades Johann Niederste Berghaus, Niederste Frielinghaus, Johann Henrich Niederste Frielinghaus, Johann Henrich Oberste Frielinghaus and Christian Kaessler were noted in the documents . The trades had different numbers of kuxes . Christian Vahlefeld was also noted in the documents as a lieutenant. The legal fees were paid. In 1775 the mine was still in operation, the tunnel was operated in the direction of the Hardenstein castle ruins . In 1777 the mine was temporarily out of order. Nevertheless, the trades continued to operate the mine without a shift supervisor and without a carving guide. When this illegal operation was discovered by the mining authority , the trades had to pay a fine of five Reichstalers to the miners' union .

The other years

The mine was back in operation in 1778. In the years 1779 to 1782 the coal was transported to Kleve, using the waterway over the Ruhr to Kleve. Since the mine did not have its own water solution gallery , the mining authority looked for a different solution. In 1785, together with the United Reiger colliery, a ton-length shaft was sunk , which was named shaft 3. In this shaft, the pit water from Weselbank was pumped to the surface using barrels . Around 1790, the Weselbank colliery with the neighboring mines Reiger and Carthäuserloch broke through . As a result, the mine now had better ventilation in its mines . In 1803, together with the Carthäuserloch, United Reiger, Morgenstern to the west and Morgenstern to the east collieries , the unification tunnel began. From the same year the mine did not produce any more yield . The necessary additional fines were collected from the trades by the shift supervisor. From 1810 a sliding route to the coal defeat on the Ruhr was operated. This sliding path had a length of 240 laughs. In December 1830 the mining was finished, for this reason the mine was closed. Since the trades of the mine, the Rezeßgeld not paid, the mine field fell into on August 22 of 1840 Mountain Free . Some time later the field was taken over by the United Hardenstein colliery.

Promotion and workforce

The first funding figures are from 1791, there was a grant of 49,791 Ringel coal provided. In 1816, 38,722 Ringel coal was extracted. The last known production figures of the mine come from the year 1828, 2416 tons of hard coal were produced.

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} Gerhard Koetter (Ed.): Mining in the Muttental. 1st edition, Druckstatt Wöhrle, Witten 2001, ISBN 3-00-008659-5 .
3. ↑ ^{a b c} Thomas Schilp (Ed.), Wilfried Reininghaus, Joachim Huske: Das Muth-, Verleih-, and Confirmation Book 1770 - 1773. A source on the early history of Ruhr mining, Wittnaack Verlag, Dortmund 1993, ISBN 3-9802117-9- 7 .