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Former Goldglück Lead Mine

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Former Goldglück Lead Mine

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Former Goldglück Lead Mine

Name: Former Goldglück Lead Mine
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Location: Niederstadtfeld, Vulkaneifel, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

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2. Former Goldglück Lead Mine loop from Wallenborn

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November 4, 2020

Former mine Goldglück
Niederstadtfeld, Niederstadtfeld municipality
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[...] The mine that was operated in the previous century should not go unmentioned. The field names "Am Bleiofen" and "An der Bleireinigung" are still reminiscent of this former mine. In 1858 it employed 12 to 15 miners who came from Niederstadtfeld and Üdersdorf.

The mine, which was located on a mountain east of the valley of the Kleine Kyll in the direction of Schutz, was probably of Roman origin, because there was already a tunnel when the work in the mine began. A tunnel still exists today, but the three shafts on the top of the Bleiberg were filled in for safety reasons after the Second World War.

In the mine, which was called "Goldglück", silver, lead and copper were extracted. The ore, which was melted into blocks, was transported to the large works in Mechernich and Bleialf with the help of ox carts. There is still a registered water right to discharge the waste water from the mine into the "Kerlsbach", which flows into the Kleine Kyll.

Work in the mine was temporarily suspended, for example in the years 1858 to 1907, for reasons that were not known. After a long interruption, production in the mine was resumed in 1907 and again it was Niederstadtfelder and Üdersdorfer who found work there.

However, in order to get to the ore in the deeper regions, a transverse shaft had to be built from the deep "guy". In 1915 the work in the mine "Goldglück" was finally stopped due to the strong effects of the war. During the war, some families from Niederstadtfeld still used these tunnels as bunkers.
(Source: kulturdb.de/einobjekt.php?id=17487)

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