The Hüttenstollen , also Straßberger Hüttenstollen , was the central drainage adit in the Straßberg mining field and was also part of the Lower Harz Pond and Ditch System in the Harz Mountains of Germany. The adit lies at a depth of 50 m and is 750 m long. The pit water was drained into the Selke . The drainage ditches were the Straßberger Flösse and the Stollgraben .
8-652: The construction of a deep adit had begun before 1696. The aim was to provide ventilation for the pits at Straßberg: the Segen Gottes , Hilfe Gottes , Gott hilft gewiß and Vertrau auf Gott (later, the Glasebach Pit ). Georg Christoph von Utterodt, who came from Ilmenau , took over the running of the Straßberg mines in 1701. In the years that followed the adit was driven out from the Selke valley. Under Christian Zacharias Koch
16-504: A depth of 210 m. The driving water for the unexpectedly large quantities of water from old workings was insufficient; in addition only quartz , calcite and narrow veins with small amounts of galena were found. Mining ceased after the workings were flooded. The adit lost its function when the Straßberg pits closed and has collapsed in places. The Richtschacht was verbühnt and collapsed ( verstürzt ); neither winch ( Hornstatt ) nor wheelhouse ( Radstube ) has survived. The walled mouth of
24-633: The Hüttenstollen on the Selke is still visible and, like the site of the Richtschacht , is marked with a mining information board . 51°37′07″N 11°03′06″E / 51.61861°N 11.05167°E / 51.61861; 11.05167 Grube Vertrau auf Gott The Glasebach Pit ( German : Grube Glasebach ) is a mining museum and former pit in the Harz fluorspar mining area near Straßberg in
32-709: The Lower Kilian Dam (one of the oldest dams in Germany), salvaged in 1990 during renovations, after it had undergone long-term conservation work by the Harzwasserwerken in Clausthal-Zellerfeld . The show mine is checkpoint 175 in the Harzer Wandernadel hiking system. 51°36′45″N 11°03′39″E / 51.61250°N 11.06083°E / 51.61250; 11.06083 This article about
40-589: The counts of Stolberg . There was also flourishing mining activity on the Glasebach stream, which formed the boundary between the County of Stolberg and the Principality of Anhalt-Bernburg . After being abandoned for a while, mining restarted in the 18th century and continued, with interruptions, until the 1960s. Various mining artefacts are displayed in the museum, including the old wooden drainage outlet ( Grundablass ) of
48-618: The German state of Saxony-Anhalt . It is run by the East Harz Mining Society ( Montanverein Ostharz e. V. ). The pit was founded under the name of Vertrau auf Gott ("Trust in God"). The mining industry in the area around Straßberg goes back to the time around the year 1400. At Heidelberg north of Straßberg, fluorite and silver were won and processed at a smeltery on the site on behalf of
56-480: The adit, which had since been named the Hüttenstollen was further extended in 1720. By linking it to the main adit ( Hauptstollen ) south of Straßberg, the Hüttenstollen was expanded to become the central drainage adit for the Straßberg pits of Getreuer Bergmann (formerly Gott hilft gewiß ), Glückauf (formerly Hilfe Gottes ) and Zum Schwarzen Hirsch . The pits are holed through to one another. A final extension
64-545: Was carried out from 1848-1856 to the Kreuz Pit. In 1876 the adit was abandoned. The Straßberg mines were bought in 1856 by the Straßberg-Haynsche company. The Richtschacht was started up in 1858 as a 180 m long mineshaft with an underground wheelhouse ( Radstube ) and was linked to the Hüttenstollen. From its foot, at a depth of 80 m, it was intended to handle the water management and surveying of deeper-lying ores up to
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