Bottrop, Prosper-Haniel, and coal – for more than 50 years together among these three terms. As of today, layer in the pit. And not only for the miners, an Era ends.
The pressure on the ears with every Meter of fierce. With twelve meters per second, the basket whizzes in the tray 10 down into the depths. His goal: to Sole 7 of the coal mine Prosper-Haniel in Bottrop on 1229 meters below the earth’s surface. Here is a different world.
Until the late summer, the buddy have down here coal is removed, with massive gouging deep into the Rock dug, with state of the art mining technology and decades of experience. Then was achieved to the Year, the last gram of “gold Mine” from a German coal mine promoted. The Demolition began.
by late summer, the dude in the coal mine Prosper-Haniel have removed in Bottrop, coal.
The end of coal mining in the Ruhr area, in Germany, came as a surprise over night. You can prepare for this Moment. But now that he is there, there is a growing melancholy, even in the case of Steiger Andreas Schreiter: “my heart is bleeding. I’m here in the mine is large, and the very difficult. Very difficult.”
Oil and coal from abroad
the decline of The coal began in the late 1950s. The Oil and especially the cheaper coal from abroad, leaving a mine after the other closed. The miners fought for their jobs, to subsidies, to the preservation of their traditions. However, the colliery was not to stop die. In 2007, policy and economy decided the end – but at least a socially acceptable. No miner should drop to a “mountain-free”.
