Wilhelmine colliery
| Wilhelmine colliery | |
|---|---|
| General information about the mine | |
| other names | Wilhelmina colliery Wilhelminenbänke colliery |
| Information about the mining company | |
| Start of operation | 1784 |
| End of operation | 1854 |
| Successor use | Glückauf-Tiefbau colliery |
| Funded raw materials | |
| Degradation of | Hard coal |
| Geographical location | |
| Coordinates | |
| Location | Kirchhörde |
| local community | Dortmund |
| Independent city ( NUTS3 ) | Dortmund |
| country | State of North Rhine-Westphalia |
| Country | Germany |
| District | Ruhr area |
The Wilhelmine colliery is a former hard coal mine in Kirchhörde . The mine was also known under the name Zeche Wilhelmina or Zeche Wilhelminenbänke . The mine was owned by the sole trader Dr. Spark operated.
Mining history
On November 2, 1770, the Längenfeld Wilhelmine 1 and Wilhelmine 2 were awarded . From the year 1784 the mine was demonstrably in operation for several years. In 1800, the well was Junius in promotion . In November 1803 the mine was closed. In March 1846 the mine was put back into operation. To promote the mined coal was Pferdegöpel shaft of the coal mine Stork Bank used. In the same year the Wilhelmine colliery was merged with the Storksbank colliery , but this was not confirmed by the mining authorities . In 1847 an air shaft was dismantled. In the same year a mining shaft was sunk . In 1854 the Wilhelmine colliery was finally closed. In 1897 the mine was added to the Glückauf Tiefbau colliery.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Joachim Huske : The coal mine 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 .
- ↑ 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 .