LOCATION HERMSDORF

LOCATIONGEOLOGYMININGPROCESSINGCHRONICLE

1540 First marble mining
1647 Construction of the first official lime kiln
1809 Marble mining in the Fiscal Quarry, Blue Quarry and Walther Quarry
1827 Construction of the shaft kiln
1839 Drainage gallery to the Fiscal Quarry and Walther Quarry
1842 Construction of kiln 1
1856 Construction of kiln 2
1870 Reconstruction of the shaft kiln to a "Ruedersdorf kiln"

Marble kilns at the Fiscal Quarry

Marble kilns at the Fiscal Quarry

1880 Beginning of underground mining in the Fiscal Quarry
1890 Sinking of the first shaft in the Fiscal Quarry
1891 Shut-down of the Walther Quarry
1923 Reconstruction of 3 marble kilns. Construction of an additional ring kiln

Marble mining with the help of simplest tools

Marble mining with the help of simplest tools

1925 Beginning of the underground mining underneath the Walther Quarry
1926 Driving of a haulage tunnel
1927 Construction of a terrazzo plant
1934 Construction of a cement mill
1952 Development of the 2nd and 4th level connected by blind shafts

Underground miner drills a hole for blasting the marblee

Underground miner drills a hole for blasting the marble

1965 Shut-down of the ring kiln
1986 Shut-down of the last kiln
1990 Affiliation to Erzgebirgische Kalkwerke GmbH with the main department in Oberscheibe under administration of the National Privatization Agency in Berlin
1992 Affiliation to GEOMIN - Erzgebirgische Kalkwerke GmbH with its main department in Lengefeld
1992 Set up of new production facility for fillers with the world wide most modern and advanced optical classification device
1994 Market launch of the new filler product range called "Saxolith®"
1996 Completion of the new decline serving as main mine entrance
2000 Development and installation of a production facility for gravels offered as "Saxorund"
2002 Demolition of old facilities. Redevelopment of the area
2004 Upgrade of the magnetic separators and roller mill
2005 Development of unexplored parts of the deposit outside the central mining area