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Morshausen

Theresia Ore Mine

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Theresia Ore Mine

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Theresia Ore Mine

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    Location: Morshausen, Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

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    3. View of Schmausemühle – Baybachklamm Caves loop from Dorweiler

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    December 17, 2019

    One of the many mining tunnels in the Hunsrück that were driven into the rock for the extraction of ore, precious stones or slate. Most of them are closed off with bars and serve as protected sleeping places for bats.

    The place on the heap is the tunnel mouth of the lower of the three levels.

    A little above are the upper and middle tunnel mouths, which have largely been filled in.

    Below the mine house is the Erbstollen, from which the mine water was drained.

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      August 24, 2021

      Theresia ore mine

      From 1859 to 1886, lead, silver, copper and zinc ore were mined from the spoil dump of the lower tunnel sole of the former "Erzgrube Theresia" and transported to St.Goar-Fellen for smelting. The upper tunnel sole reached about 20m into the mountain, the deep tunnel bottom, from the Baybachtal, approx. 250 m. The passages in the mountain followed the ore veins and were in places 10 to 15 meters wide. Because of "impossibility" and inefficiency, the operators stopped mining ore after only 27 years During the Second World War, many Morshausen citizens sought protection in the abandoned tunnels from the artillery fire of the advancing American troops

      Murscher ores and their origin

      Around 400 million years ago, the rocks were sediment from the seabed. The layers of different materials (sand and clay) deposited and solidified over millions of years. During the mountain formation 400-200 million years ago, the solid layers were folded into a mountain range by the continental shifts. This folding resulted in deep cracks and cavities. Hot, highly mineralized water made its way up along this path, and over time various minerals crystallized from the water and filled the cavities. The minerals include iron, zinc and lead ores, which were mined as ore veins in the period from 1859 to 1886. Source: Text information board

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        August 24, 2021

        Die Bekanntmachung aus dem Jahr 1855 vom Altdeutschen übersetzt

        Bekanntmachung eines Konzessionsgesuches des Anton Hammes, Müller zu Gastenmühle, Johann Peter Schmidt, Ackerer zu Morshausen und Anton Karl Gustav Wilberth, Bürgermeisterreisekretär zu Brodenbach zum Bergbau auf Blei, Silber, Kupfer und Zinkerze im Felde Theresia.

        Bekanntmachung eines Konzessionsgesuches des Anton Hammes, Müller zu Gastenmühle, Johann Peter Schmidt, Ackerer zu Morshausen und Anton Karl Gustav Wilberth, Bürgermeisterreisekretär zu Brodenbach haben durch ein Gesuch vom 20. November 1854, welches später vervollständigt worden ist , bei uns um die Konzession zum Bergbau auf Blei, Silber, Kupfer und Zinkerze in einem Felde nachgesucht, welches von ihnen Theresia benannt worden ist, und welches nach den beigefügten Rissen genau den Bann der Gemeinde Morshausen, in der Bürgermeisterei Obergondershausen, im Kreise St. Goar und Regierungsbezirk Koblenz mit einem Flächeninhalt von 1.068.601 Quadrat-Lachtern oder 2998 Morgen, 4 Ruthen, 75 Fuß umfaßt. Die Konzessionsbewerber erbieten sich, den Art. 6 und 42 des Bergwerksgesetzes vom 21 April 1810 gemäß, den Oberflächeneigentümern des Konzessionsfeldes eine Grundentschädigung von einem Pfg. pro Morgen zu zahlen und außerdem den Schaden, welcher durch den Betrieb der Oberfläche etwa erwachsen wird, nach den gesetzlichen Bestimmungen zu vergüten. Wir bringen dieses Konzessionsgesuch im Auftrag des Königlichen Rheinischen Oberbergamtes zu Bonn und nach Vorschrift der Art. 21 und 24 des Bergwerkgesetzes durch viermonatlichen Anschlag und Verkündigung zu Koblenz, Saarbrücken, St. Goar, Morshausen und Brodenbach, sowie durch Verkünden in den öffentlichen Anzeiger zum Amtsblatt der königlichen Regierung zu Koblenz zur öffentlichen Kenntnis und ersuchen alle diejenigen, welche etwa Einsprüche gegen dasselbe vorzubringen haben, dieses innerhalb der Verkündigungsfrist bei uns anzumelden.

        Saarbrücken, den 9. Februar 1855
        Königl. Preuß. Bergamt.
        Quelle: Text Infotafel

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