Sainte-Barbe Coal Mine
The Sainte-Barbe Coal Mine is a former shaft of the Ronchamp coal mines located near the Champagney, Haute-Saône, Champagney Ballast, ballast pits (Haute-Saône department), in eastern France. The shaft was excavated in 1854, and mined for coal from 1860 to 1872. It was used to Underground mine ventilation, ventilate the Sainte-Pauline, Sainte-Pauline shaft from 1869 to 1884, before being backfilled. Its longevity and productivity were less than those of the company's main extraction shafts. In the second half of the 20th century, the site was used as a Sand mining, sand pit. A short-lived Equestrian facility, equestrian center existed at the beginning of the 21st century. An explanatory panel installed in 2017 tells the story of the Sainte-Pauline and Sainte-Barbe shafts. Excavation Digging of the shaft began on June 1, 1854, 835 metres from the Saint-Charles shaft, with a section measuring 5.1 metres by 2.5 metres.François Mathet, ''Mémoire sur les mines de Ronchamp''. p. 5 ...
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Champagney, Haute-Saône
Champagney () is a commune in the Haute-Saône department in the region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in eastern France. Population See also *Communes of the Haute-Saône department *Ronchamp coal mines The Ronchamp Coal Mines were an area of coal mines located in the Vosges and Jura coal mining basins, in eastern France. They covered three municipalities; Ronchamp, Champagney and Magny-Danigon. Operated for more than two centuries, from the ... * Hamlet of La Houillère References Communes of Haute-Saône {{HauteSaône-geo-stub ...
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