LOCATION HAMMERUNTERWIESENTHAL

LOCATIONGEOLOGYMININGCHRONICLE

1741 First documentary proof of a kiln in Hammerunterwiesenthal
1869 Construction of the 170 m long "Tiefer Stolln" ("Deep Gallery") at the "Fiskalischer Bruch" ("Fiscal Quarry"; quarry I)
1874 Marble haulage by a single-track train
1881 Attainment of the 2nd level as deepest point of the "Schmutzler Quarry"
1887 Construction of a kiln for the "Schmutzler Quarry"
1890 Sale of the marble mine "Schmutzler" to Eduard Böhme. Construction of a second kiln
1892 Construction of a drainage gallery
1900 Marble mining in a quarry and transport via the Deep Gallery. 6 kilns are in production

Marble mining in a quarry with the help of simplest tools

Marble mining in a quarry with the help of simplest tools

1903 Death of Eduard Böhme. Acquisition of the company by his wife
1906 Replacement of the horse capstan by an electrically powered haulage machine in Böhme's Quarry
1920 Purchase of Böhme's mine by the landowner Hermann Böhme
1923 Haulage by engine in the Fiscal Quarry
1927 Stipulation about the construction of a 10 m wide safety pillar towards the street to Neudorf
1930 Cessation of mining in quarry I. Marble is mined exclusively underground.
1938 Acquisition of the mine by the government and connection to the Fiscal Quarry
1940 Completion of a gallery between quarry I and Böhme's Quarry

Arbeiter des Kalkwerks Hammerunterwiesenthal

Miners and kiln workers of Hammerunterwiesenthal

1941 New mine engine
1943 Exploitation of quarry III from quarry II via the "Deep Gallery". Connection of Schreiter's Block with quarry I by a haulage gallery. Beginning of mining in Schreiter's Block to the north of the haulage gallery
1948 Installation of quarry III
1952 Beginning of underground mining in Böhme's quarry. Beginning of mining in Schreiter's Block to the south of the haulage gallery

Old mine area with marble kilns and dumps

Old mine area with marble kilns and dumps

1954 Shut-down of mining in the north of Schreiter's Block
1957 Shut-down of quarry mining in Böhme's Quarry
1961 Shut-down of mining in the south of Schreiter's Block
1964 Shut-down of mining at 2nd level
1972 Shut-down of mining at 3rd level
1984 Collapse between 2nd and 3rd level
1986 Collapse of the SW-slope of Böhme's Quarry
1991 Last attempt of mining Schreiter's Block to the south of the haulage gallery. Cessation of works because of insufficient marble quality
1993 Shut-down of decline driving and of the drive to the Schlösselweg Block. Cessation of mining at the 5th level.
1998 Collapse between 3rd and 4th level
2000 Surface collapse at the SW-slope of Böhme's Quarry
2005 Beginning of safe-keeping works in Böhme's Block
2008 Relocation of State Road 266 near quarry I. Rebuilding and restoration of the former marble work I
2009 The decline reaches level 5. Construction of the refilling facility