Huth Pit

The Huth Pit (German: Grube Huth) was a mine on the territory of Hamm (Sieg) in the county of Altenkirchen in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate.

Huth

Location
County/State	Altenkirchen, Rhineland-Palatinate
Country	Germany
Coordinates	50°45′52.6″N 7°41′10.1″E
Production
Products	iron ore
Greatest depth	465 m
History
Opened	1560
Closed	September 1944
Owner
Company	Bergrevier Hamm an der Sieg

It is first recorded in 1560. In 1763 a consolidation took place. In 1867 underground mining was begun. The Old Shaft (Alte Schacht) of the pit had a depth of 270 metres.

Spathic (carbonate) iron ores containing rhodochrosite^[1] were used around 1870s to produce spiegeleisen,^[2] 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