Huth Pit
The Huth Pit (german: Grube Huth) was a mine on the territory of Hamm (Sieg) in the county of Landkreis Altenkirchen, Altenkirchen in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate. It is first recorded in 1560. In 1763 a consolidation took place. In 1867 underground mining was begun. The shaft (mining), Old Shaft (''Alte Schacht'') of the pit had a depth (mining), depth of 270 metres. Siderite, Spathic (carbonate) iron ores containing rhodochrosite were used around 1870s to produce spiegeleisen, a historically important ferromanganese alloy used in steelmaking. Between 1890 and 1937 the mine was closed; it was then re-opened. That year a new shaft was driven, which had a diameter of 3.9 metres and reached a depth of 410 metres. The total depth (''Gesamtteufe'') of the pit was 465 metres. It had 70 employees and was close in September 1944. See also * Mining in the Siegerland References External links TK25 Sheet 5212 Wissen (1899)
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