Arthur de Buyer Coal Mine

Coal mine Arthur de Buyer
Location
The coal mine Arthur de Buyer in activity
Location	Magny-Danigon
History
Opened	1900
Closed	1954
Owner
Company	Ronchamp coal mines

The Arthur de Buyer Coal Mine or coal mine #11 was one of the major Ronchamp coal mines, which is in the area of the city Magny-Danigon in the French region of Franche-Comté. Dingging start in 1894 to ensure the future of the company (in a difficult position at this time). The project is directed by Leon Poussigue, director of the company since 1891. He is responsible to organize the excavation, design buildings and install each machine. The seat is named to tribute of Arthur de Buyer (the same family of the De Buyer owner), the president since 1876. He retired during the commissioning activity of the mine.

Active from 1900 to the early 1950s, was its depth 1010 meters, making it the deepest mine in France in the early 20th Century and the first to pass the symbolic depth of 1,000 meters.

After it had brought coal for almost half a century, there were up to the 21st Century several conversion attempts. Today only ruins remain. A project to install a solar photovoltaic power plant in the municipality is under study since June 2012.

Pictures

The ruins.
The chimney.
The locker room.
Indication of Pit A.
Indication of Pit B.

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Puits Arthur-de-Buyer.

(French) Les amis du musée de la mine.
(French) Cartes postales anciennes du Arthur-de-Buyer, Ronchamp au siècle dernier
(French) Fiche du puits Arthur-de-Buyer van BRGM
(French) Puits Arthur-de-Buyer, base Mérimée, ministère français de la Culture

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