The mining industry in the city of Hamm (Germany) !

The hard coal mining industry in the city of Hamm (Germany) !

On these pages there are several impressions of the hard coal mining industry in the city of Hamm in Germany. At first you can find different photos of Ost colliery, taken from the colliery's Kissinger Hoehe slagheap. The following pictures show different mining related machines that have been placed by employees of Ost colliery along a footpath on that slagheap. At the end of this gallery there are some photos of Lerche and Sandbochum shaft and of the Bergkamen power plant.

Thank you very much for the photos to Christian Haker, an apprentice of Ost colliery.

Please click on the photos' small versions in order to enlarge them and to get the corresponding background information. ATTENTION: The pictures' explanations can now be found UNDER the large versions.


Ost colliery in the city of Hamm.	An interesting and true sentence.	Now I enlarged the sentence a bit for you.	Ost colliery in beautiful surroundings.


Lerche shaft of Ost colliery from far away.	Now Lerche shaft is a bit closer.	Another slagheap of Ost colliery.	Metal safety pillars just like underground.


This is how the roadways look like.	These metal parts are also called Thyssen profiles.	This machine is used for sinking shafts.	A tub, also used for sinking shafts.


The tub from much closer.	It is a shame - spray artists have been at work here.	This machine is used for building roadways.	The machine from another point of view.


The operator's place of the machine.	A detailed photo of the operator's place.	Lerche shaft from far away.	Lerche shaft - also called "golf club".


The ventilation shaft Sandbochum.	Here is still a panel of the RAG.	Donar colliery - the future of the mining industry ?	Hard coal can be delivered here.


Two ships can be unloaded at the same time.	The Bergkamen power plant at the canal.	The entire power plant.	The power plant's cooling tower...


...and its smoke stack.	A part of the Bergkamen power plant.	The power plant is situated very close to the canal.	This is where the power plant's ash is loaded.

The conveyor to the Monopol colliery.