| Location: |
Rescheid near Hellenthal.
A1 exit Blankenheim, B51 to Dahlem, turn right to Rescheid.
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| Open: |
All year daily 11, 14, 15:30.
First Thu in month 19.
[2006]
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| Fee: |
Adults EUR 5, Children (5-18) EUR 2.50, Children (0-4) free, Family EUR 12.
[2006]
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| Classification: |
 Lead Mine
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| Light: |
electric
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| Dimension: |
T=8°C.
Tiefer Stollen: L=2.450m.
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| Guided tours: |
D=90min.
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| Bibliography: |
Norbert Knauf, Karl Reger ():
Dem Eifeler Blei auf der Spur,
Heimatverein Rescheid, € 2,95.
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| Address: |
Heimatverein Rescheid e.V., Giescheid 36, D-53940 Hellenthal, Tel: +49-2448-911140, Fax: +49-2448-637.
E-mail: 
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| Last update: | $Date: 2007/08/09 07:52:21 $ |
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| 1543 | first written mention. |
| 1690 | mines closed. |
| 1790 | reopened. |
| 1839 | concession by the industrial pioneer John Cockerill. |
| 1847 | concession by the honorary citizen of Aachen and foundr of the museum Barthold Suermondt. |
| 1849 | Suermondt founds the Commandit-Aktien-Gesellschaft von „Wohlfahrt und Glücksanfang". |
| 1861 | brewery owner and pensioner Bernhard August Wirtz buy the concession. |
| 1877 | leased to the english Continental Diamond Rock Boring Company Limited. |
| 1885 | mine Wohlfahrt empty and closed. |
| 1893 | mine Wohlfahrt and Schwalenbach connected, ore processing plant at Wohlfahrt reactivated. |
| 1907 | electricity. |
| 1922 | mine closed. |
| 1936 | reopened by Felten & Guillaume Carlswerk AG. |
| 1941 | finally closed. |
| 03-OCT-1993 | show mine opened. |
| OCT-1999 | museum in the Grubenhaus inaugurated. |
The lead mine near Rescheid has a 2,000 years old history.
The local lead ore is very rich and so it was very early possible to process it.
The ore is located in clefts, deposited by hydro-thermal convections.
The most common minerals are galena and marcasite.
The surrounding rocks are Devonian slates, which contain fossils.
A small side tunne is about 50cm wide and 90cm high.
This is a historic tunnel from the 16th century.
At this time such crawl tunnel were common, as they needed much less work.
