List of mines in the Harz

This list contains an overview of the mines in the Harz Mountains of central Germany, formerly one of the most productive mining regions in the world.

Bad Grund
  • Grund Ore Mine

Bad Harzburg
  • Hansa Iron Ore Mine Pit, Göttingerode
  • Friederike Iron Ore Mine Pit

Bad Lauterberg
  • Wolkenhügel Pit, Bad Lauterberg (closed 2007)

Hahnenklee

Hahnenklee Field
  • August Gallery
  • Aufcontainingtigkeit Pit, 1741 - 1761, 42 m depth, probably silver ore
  • Pit Beständigkeit Pit, 1739 - 1816 (1828), 90 m depth, silver-containing galena
  • Herzogin Philipina Charlotte Pit, 1745 - 1802, probably silver-containing galena
  • Johann Georg Pit, 1748 - 1754, probably silver-containing galena
  • Morgenröte Pit, 1679 - 1684, probably silver ore
  • St. Edmund Pit (upper and lower), 1620 - 1739 (1828), 70 m depth, probably silver ore
  • Pit Theodora, ab 1816 Theodora and Beständigkeit, 1741 - 1828, 90 m depth, silver-containing galena
  • Lautenthaler Hoffnungsstollen, built 1745 - 1799, length 4 km, 158 m deep in the Theodora Shaft, today a drinking water reservoir

Bockswiese Field
  • Alter Gesellschafter Shaft
  • Alter Treibschacht
  • Christiane Sophie, a pinge
  • Erbtiefster Shaft
  • Brauner Hirsch Pit , 1690 - 1755, 70 m depth, silver and copper ores
  • Grüne Linde Pit , 1693 - 1724, probably silver ore
  • Grüne Tanne and Kahlebergsglück Pit
  • Elisabeth Julians Pit
  • Haus Hannover Pit , 1718 - 1721, probably silver ore
  • Haus Wolfenbüttel Pit , 1718 - 1760, 60 m depth, probably silver ore
  • Hermann Pit , 1681 - 1696, probably silver ore
  • Herzog Anton Ulcontaining Pit , 1673 - 1807, 210 m depth, silver-containing galena
  • Herzog August Wilhelm Pit , 1672 - 1738, probably silver ore
  • Herzog August Pit, 1663 - 1681 (1931), 75 m depth, silver-containing galena
  • Herzog August and Johann Friedcontaining Pit, 1681 - 1931, 430 m depth, silver-containing galena
  • Johann Friedcontaining Pit, 1670 - 1681 (1931), 40 m depth, silver-containing galena
  • Herzog Georg Wilhelm Pit , 1664 - 1718, probably silver ore
  • Landes Herrn Pit
  • Neue Gesellschaft Pit , 1670 - 1745, 135 m depth, probably silver ore
  • Neuer Edmund Pit , 1718 - 1755, kein Erzfund
  • Neues Zellerfeld Pit , 1703 - 1745, 110 m depth, probably silver-containing galena
  • Prinzen Pit , 1691 - 1705, 40 m depth, probably silver ore
  • Silberner Bock Pit
  • Silberner Georg Pit , 1692 - 1696, probably silver ore
  • Stadt Braunschweig Pit , 1673 - 1686, probably silver ore
  • Zellerfelder Hoffnung Pit, 1716 - 1866, 40 m depth, probably silver-containing galena
  • Grumbacher Gallery, built 1719 - 1730, length 1.8 km
  • Kahlenberg Shaft, 1922 - 1929, prospecting shaft
  • 1st Lichtloch Shaft
  • 3rd Lichtloch Shaft
  • Drei Bäre Shaft'
  • Haus Braunschweig Shaft
  • Kahlenbergsglück Shaft
  • Neues Lichtloch Shaft

Clausthal-Zellerfeld

Burgstätte Field
  • Caroline Pit
  • Dorothea Pit
  • Englische Treue Pit
  • Kaiser Wilhelm Shaft
  • Königin Marien Shaft

Zellerfeld Field
  • Ring and Silberschnur Pit
  • Silberne Schreibfeder Pit
  • Neuer Johanneser Shaft

Rosenhof Field
  • Rosenhof Pit
  • Turmhof Pit
  • Ottiliae Shaft
  • Silbersegener Shaft

Haus Herzberg Field
  • New Hausherzberg Shaft


Goslar

Lautenthal
  • Lautenthalsglück Pit

Sankt Andreasberg

Schulenberg im Harz (Upper and Middle Schulenberg)

including Festenburg im Harz

Bockswiese Field (eastern section), formerly Bockswiese-Schulenberg-Festenburg Field
  • Altenauer Hoffnung Gallery
  • Festenburg Gallery, mentioned in 1720
  • Gelbe Lilie Pit / Neue Gelbe Lilie Pit , 1669 - 1817, 250 m depth, silver ore, chalcopyrite
  • Glücksrad Pit, 1666 - 1824, 250 m depth, silver ore, chalcopyrite
  • Gnade Gottes Pit , 1673 - 1769, 270 m depth, probably silver ore, chalcopyrite
  • Haus Kronenburg Pit, 1691 - 1705 (1795), 145 m depth, probably silver ore
  • Herzog August Wilhelm Pit, 1703 - 1754, 125 m depth, probably silver-containing galena
  • Juliane Sophia Pit, 1776 - 1904, 400 m depth, silver-containing galena
  • König Karl Pit, 1711 -1716, probably silver-containing galena
  • Kronenburgs Glück Pit, 1705 - 1795, 292 m depth, silver-containing galena
  • Kron Festenburg Pit
  • Königin Elisabeth Pit, 1713 - 1803, probably silver-containing galena
  • Neue Gelbe Lilie Pit , siehe Gelbe Lilie
  • Neuer Engel Pit , 1710 - 1736, probably silver-containing galena
  • Neues Schulenbergs Glück Pit , see St. Martins Mine
  • Prinzen Pit , 1705 - 1737, 190 m depth, probably silver-containing galena
  • Schulenbergs Glück Pit , 1690 - 1705 (1795), silver-containing galena
  • St. Anna am Schulenberge Pit
  • St. Urban Pit , 1692 - 1814, 253 m depth, silver-containing galena, chalcopyrite
  • Unvergängliche Gabe and Reiche Gesellschaft am Schulenberge Pit
  • Weißer Schwan Pit, 1691 - 1799, 290 m depth, probably silver-containing galena
  • Kleine Mertens Zeche, 1691 - 1738 (1803), probably silver ore
  • Caroline Shaft
  • Grüne Tanne Shaft
  • Schulenberger Gallery
  • St. Martins Mine (Mertens Mine), 1697 -1791, probably silver-containing galena
  • Tiefer Schulenberger Gallery, built vor 1600 - 1745, length 2,9 km
  • Kaiser Heinreich Mine
  • St. Johannes über Kaiser Heincontaining am Schulenberge Mine

Sieber Valley
  • Aurora Pit in the Sieber valley (1900–1922; baryte) [1]

Wildemann
  • Ernst August Pit
  • 19 Lachter Gallery and 13 Lachter Gallery

Elbingerode

Straßberg

Straßberg-Neudorfer Field
  • Glasebach Pit
  • Glücksstern
  • Frohe Zukunft
  • Getreuer Bergmann (1712-1733)
  • Tiefer- or Hütten Gallery
  • Richt Shaft
  • Glückauf Pit (1712-1744)
  • Kreuz Pit (1747-1758)
  • Maria Anna Pit
  • Teufels Pit

Wettelrode

Ilfeld
  • Rabenstein Gallery


See also

References
  1. Harz Pits: The Aurora Pit
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