LOCATION LENGEFELD

LOCATIONGEOLOGYMININGPROCESSINGCHRONICLE

1529 First mention of mining the deposit Lengefeld on a feoff letter. Mining on the basis of lease contracts or as fiscal plant under supervision of the Royal Saxonian Forest Departments
1567 Existence of 1 quarry and 2 kilns founded on documents
1585 Mining concession to the Italian sculptor and architect Nossini by the Elector of Saxony
1827 First map of the marble quarry Lengefeld by mine surveyor Steeger
1863 Sinking of the first shaft
1899 Beginning of sinking shaft 2, completion 1904, start-up 1909
1914 Shut-down of shaft 1
1919 Assigning of the mine to the Treasury of Saxony, which established a "Department of National Lime Works" in 1920
1925 Beginning of underground mining
1927 Assigning of the mine under the "Department of National Lime and Stone Works" in Dresden
1945 Storage of a part of the inventory of the Painting Gallery of Dresden in the mine chambers of the 2nd level
1968 Beginning of the development of the New Block
1972 Beginning of sinking shaft 3 in the "New Block" as ventilation shaft
1975 Stop of the burnt lime production

Left: Marble quarry of the Old Block. Marble kilns in the background. Top right: The Fiscal Marble Works of Lengefeld. Bottom right: Construction of shaft 3 next to the administration building.

Left: Marble quarry of the Old Block. Marble kilns in the background. Top right: The Fiscal Marble Works of Lengefeld. Bottom right: Construction of shaft 3 next to the administration building.

1990 Affiliation to Erzgebirgische Kalkwerke GmbH with the main department in Oberscheibe under administration of the National Privatization Agency in Berlin
1990 Decommissioning of shaft 2, start-up of shaft 3
1992 Affiliation to GEOMIN - Erzgebirgische Kalkwerke GmbH with its main department in Lengefeld
1993 Refitting the equipment of the mine to LHD technology
1994 Start-up of the new production plant for fine sand with "Saxocarb" and "Saxogran"
1997 Upgrading of fine sand production. Sinking of a new ventilation shaft
1998 Begin of mining in the Deep Block
1999 Start-up of a new mixing plant
2000 Start-up of underground-pre-sieving at the 6th level
2001 Automation of the shaft hoisting equipment
2004 Refitting of the processing plant with roller mills
2007 Mining development reaches the Lößnitz Block
2009 Start-up of a new extender plant by GEOMIN Industriemineralien GmbH & Co. KG