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Zollverein Coal Mine

Zollverein Coal Mine, Germany. Heritage site, underground, mining coal.

Why Zollverein Coal Mine is famous

Coal mining began in 1851. Shaft XII was built 1928 to 1932, and the last shift was on 23 December 1986.1,2,3

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Zollverein Coal Mine today

Mining in Germany

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Located inZollverein, EssenZollverein Coal Mine sits at Zollverein, Essen.1

Sources

  1. Zollverein history PACT Zollverein
  2. Wikidata entity Q122026
  3. Wikidata item Q122026 (Zollverein) Wikidata (CC0)

From the Prospector Trails mining history dataset: each fact links to the source it was checked against. Figures are as the source gives them, in the money of their day. Not investment advice.

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Cover photos from Wikimedia Commons: Bucket wheel excavators by bluecloud9, CC BY-SA 2.0; Longwall mining by Bochum1805, Flickr, CC BY-SA 2.0. Pictures: Potosi, Bolivia, NASA/METI/AIST/Japan Space Systems, and U.S./Japan ASTER Science Team (Public domain (NASA media, no copyright)).