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- 1836 - 1975 (Creation)
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70,3 m
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Before being transferred to Vereinigte Stahlwerke AG (VSt) in 1926, the Rheinelbe-Alma, Pluto and Bonifacius mines were part of the old Gelsenkirchener Bergwerks-AG (GBAG) in Gelsenkirchen. GBAG was founded when the Rheinelbe and Alma 3 collieries were acquired on 3 January 1873. The oldest acquisition of the Rheinelbe colliery dates back to 23 March 1848, when the two collieries Rheinelbe and Alma, which originally consisted of eight individual fields, were gradually united and, due to investment difficulties and political turmoil, finally sold by the owners to the French entrepreneur Louis Henry Obert and the Englishman John Brown, who in turn sold their shares to the French company Société des mines et fonderies du Rhin Détillieux et. Cie. sold. This company, together with Alma's individual assumptions, which later formed the Alma mine field, had to sell the combined Rheinelbe fields to Phoenix AG für Bergbau und Hüttenbetrieb due to financial difficulties, but even the latter was unable to operate the Rheinelbe colliery due to a lack of capital and heavy water intakes in shaft 1, which had begun in 1855. In 1856 the rights were transferred to the Gelsenkirchener Kohlengrubengesellschaft, which transferred them to the aforementioned Charles Détillieux in 1857. It was not until 1860 that production could begin at Rheinelbe 1 shaft, and on 27 January 1870 Alma 1 shaft was finally sunk, which began production in 1872. In 1873, Friedrich Grillo planned to buy up all the mines in the then Gelsenkirchener Mulde called Essener Mulde, which were working with foreign capital, and to combine them into a single German mining company. For GBAG in Gelsenkirchen, which was founded for this purpose, the Rheinelbe and Alma collieries formed the basis for the development of what would later become the continent's largest mining company. In 1877 the two pit fields were renamed Ver. Rheinelbe.
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Content:Phoenix AG for Mining and Metallurgical Operations:Acquired Companies / Mining:Ver. Hörder Kohlenwerk 1853-1925 (8)Helene and Nightingale 1888-1922 (4)Westende 1906-1920 (7)Steinkohlenbergwerk Nordstern AG / Mergers 1859-1923 (13)Gewerkschaft Graf Moltke 1882-1898 (2)Holland Bergbau-AG 1855-1908 (21)Gewerkschaft Zollverein 1882-1949 (25)Allgemeines Verwaltung / Organisation 1877-1929 (122)Field ownership / shareholdings 1879-1959 (10)Mining authority 1870-1926 (23)Mine access railways 1886-1930 (8)Personnel and social services 1897-1926 (38)Mining worker apartments 1872-1926 (26)Administration of the Rheinelbe mines by the Gelsenkirchener Bergwerks-AG (1873 to 1926):Acquired companies / Mines:Ver. Bonifacius AG 1872-1916 (14)Pluto Bergbau-AG 1856-1899 (6)Elsässische Bergwerke GmbH 1899-1905 (15)General Administration 1862-1926 (24)Bergbehörde 1873-1926 (12)Grubenanschlusssbahnen / Kanäle 1866-1927 (19)Ziegeleien 1888-1926 (5)Kokereien 1876-1925 (10)Personal- and Social Services 1869-1930 (48)Miners' housing 1855-1926 (68)Freight and transport issues / Export 1868-1920 (22)Processes 1869-1922 (21)Mining damage 1898-1925 (4)Administration of the mines by the Gelsenkirchen Group of the Mining Department of Vereinigte Stahlwerke AG or der Gelsenkirchener Bergwerks-AG (1926 to 1966):Allgemeine Verwaltung 1923-1959 (25)Statistik 1917-1966 (20)Grubenbetrieb 1933-1963 (2)Bergschäden 1928-1932, 1939 (2)Personalwesen 1905-1960 (9)Werksfürsorge / Werkszeitschrift 1915-1950 (25)Administration of the mines by Rheinelbe Bergbau AG until the transfer to Ruhrkohle AG (1946 to 1969):Graf Moltke Bergbau AG 1952-1955 (15)Carolinenglück / Graf Moltke Bergbau AG 1953-1975 (21)Management and administration by Rheinelbe Bergbau AG 1945-1970 (61)Personnel and social affairs 1922-1972 (33)Special correspondence on labour and social law with the following topics:Abkehr / piecework / employee / investment / wage / unemployment benefit / work regulations / labour law / incapacity for work / working time / vocational training / miner's bonus / miner's supply certificate / Works Constitution Act / double pay clause / travel allowance / Celebration shifts / Things / House work day / House fire / Annual remuneration / Protection of young people at work / Child benefit / Sickness benefit / Termination of employment / Apprentices / Overtime / Maternity protection law / Severely disabled / Social benefits / Collective agreements / Accident prevention / Vacation / Advertising / Housing allowance 1931-1972 (93)Operation monitoring / statistics 1926-1967 (30)Mine operation 1934-1970 (12)Coking plant 1947, 1964-1969 (3)Factory magazine 1952-1959, 1969 (13)Travelogues 1937, 1955-1966 (14)Formation of Ruhrkohle AG:Uniform design of employee support 1951-1972 (32)Executive Board Office for Legal Affairs and Real Estate 1969-1972 (16)Operating records of the mines, cross-company: Nordstern 1/2 colliery / Nordstern 3/4 colliery 1886-1967 (31)Graf Moltke colliery 1867-1965 (11)Holland colliery:Authorized mine survey 1854-1926 (9)Mining operation 1858-1961 (16)Shaft extraction 1855-1926, 1959 (17)Energy systems 1872-1929 (34)Day systems 1890-1926, 1960 (17)Coking plant 1896-1925 (17)Mine connection 1866-1889, 1903-1923 (3)Accidents 1910-1925, 1937-1968 (5)Chemical plants Holland 1897-1916, 1950-1971 (8)Zeche Zollverein:Authorized 1840-1900 (6)Mining 1884-1968 (21)Coking plant 1904-1967 (8)Connecting railway 1891-1927 (4)Bonifacius colliery:Authorized mine survey 1840-1926 (8)Mine operation 1891-1963 (50)Energy systems 1877-1925 (23)Day systems 1900-1927, 1947-1965 (39)Coking plant / by-product extraction 1901-1925 (36)Connecting railway to mine 1892-1928 (18)Pluto mine 1862-1967 (29)Rheinelbe mine:Authorized 1854-1897 (3)Mine operation 1869-1926, 1955-1962 (67)Day operation 1874-1927 (30)Day facilities 1872-1926 (56)Energy industry 1878-1926 (48)Coking plant / by-product extraction 1879-1927 (43)Connecting railway 1877-1925 (14)Mine fire brigade 1877-1965 (119)Alma colliery:Mines 1869-1926 (33)Energy 1862-1925 (16)Day facilities 1869-1926 (34)Coking plant 1893-1965 (22)Connecting railway 1871-1920 (8)Chemical works / Coking plant Carolinenglück 1933-1969 (9)Land:Properties of GBAG 1872-1930, 1963-1969 (72)Properties of Phoenix AG 1899-1928 (22)Properties of Zollverein 1836-1934 (62)Properties of Nordstern 1895-1926 (17)Properties of Holland 1855-1926 (42)Properties of Graf Moltke 1887-1929 (17)Properties of Bonifacius 1870-1931 (9)Properties in the area of Pluto-Thies 1883-1931 (13)Properties in the area of Rheinelbe-Alma 1851-1927 (95)Properties in the area of railways and ports 1867-1931 (28)Property sales 1882-1929 (18)Company history / descriptions:Thematically comprehensive 1875-1969 (10)Pits, alphabetical 1855-1967 (15)Photo collection: UndergroundOvergroundCoke plantsChemical plantsTechnical auxiliariesPits and minesWeirsWorks railwaysTraining above and below groundJubilee celebrationsSocial facilities / health careHousing construction:Mountain Apprentice HomesMiner's HomesCampsPestalozzidörferSettlements / Apartments / FarmsteadsCasinosPeopleGuestsMaps / Plans / Cracks:Bonifacius collieryCarolinenglück collieryCount Moltke collieryHolland collieryNordstern collieryPluto-Wilhelm collieryRheinelbe collieryCustoms Union collieryVertical colliery Hörder Coal WorksCoal Mine LucasVerweis-BBA:Karl Oberste-Brink, Essen - Professor Dr. phil.., Mine director (fonds 36)Bochumer Bergbau AG, Bochum (fonds 40)Dortmunder Bergbau AG, Dortmund (fonds 47)Gelsenkirchener Bergwerks-AG, Essen (fonds 55)Schachtanlage Zollverein, Essen-Katernberg (fonds 115)References to literature:Gelsenkirchener Bergwerks-Aktiengesellschaft und die Betriebsverhältnisse der Rheinelbe-Schächten bei Gelsenkirchen, o. O. o. J. Ludwig Achepohl: The Lower Rhine-Westphalian Mine Industrial Area, Berlin 1894.Gelsenkirchener Bergwerks-Aktiengesellschaft 1873-1898, o. O. Historical development and current status of Phoenix Aktiengesellschaft für Bergbau und Hüttenbetrieb in Hoerde. Memorandum on the 60th anniversary of the company in 1912, Dortmund 1912.F. A. Freundt: Capital and labour. Gelsenkirchener Bergwerks-Aktiengesellschaft 1873-1927, no. O. [1927].GBAG. 10 years of Stahlwerke AG 1926-1936, no. O. 1936].25 years Vereinigte Stahlwerke AG or Gelsenkirchener Bergwerks-Aktiengesellschaft 1926-1951, no. O. [1951].Gerhard Gebhardt: Ruhr mining. History, structure and interdependence of its societies and organisations, Essen 1957, p. 194-199, p. 278 f.Cäcilie Schmitz: Bergbau und Verstädterung im Ruhrgebiet. The role of the mining companies in industrialisation, using the example of Gelsenkirchen, Bochum 1987 (= Der Anschnitt. Supplement 5). References:Supplementary information in the Mannesmann Archive, Mülheim:Phoenix AG für Bergbau und Hüttenbetrieb (Bestand P)
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