Emperor William Shaft
The Emperor William Shaft (German: Kaiser-Wilhelm-Schacht or Schacht Kaiser Wilhelm II.) was the central hoisting and man-riding shaft of the lead and zinc mine in Clausthal-Zellerfeld in the Upper Harz in central Germany.
 Shaft house and head frame | |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Location | Clausthal-Zellerfeld |
| History | |
| Opened | 1 April 1880 |
| Closed | 31 March 1980 |
It was sited on the Burgstatt Lode (Burgstätter Gangzug). The surface installations were located in the borough of Clausthal on No. 24 Erzstraße, near the present-day mining institute of the University of Technology.
See also
Literature
- Hermann Banniza (1895), Das Berg- und Hüttenwesen des Oberharzes (in German), Stuttgart: Enke – VI. Allgemeiner Deutscher Bergmannstag zu Hannover
- Lutz Markworth (2002), Verschlossen und verriegelt: Bergbaurelikte der Königlich-Preußischen Berginspektion Clausthal (in German), Clausthal-Zellerfeld: Oberharzer Geschichts- und Museumsverein, ISBN 3-9806619-6-2
- Torsten Schröpfer (2000), Fundgrube: Wissenswertes über den Westharzer Bergbau und das Hüttenwesen (in German) (1. ed.), Clausthal-Zellerfeld: Pieper, ISBN 3-923605-08-0 – Schriftenreihe des Oberharzer Geschichts- und Museumsvereins e. V. Clausthal-Zellerfeld
- Axel Funke (1984), Fördergerüste des Oberharzes: die Gerüste am Ottiliae- und Kaiser-Wilhelm-Schacht in Clausthal-Zellerfeld (in German), Clausthal-Zellerfeld: Oberharzer Geschichts- und Museumsverein
References
External links
- Recollections of the Emperor William Shaft - in conversation with Upper Harz miners (film by Stefan Zimmer)
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