Huth Pit
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| Location | |
|---|---|
| County/State | Altenkirchen, Rhineland-Palatinate |
| Country | Germany |
| Coordinates | 50°45′52.6″N 7°41′10.1″E / 50.764611°N 7.686139°E |
| Production | |
| Products | iron ore |
| Greatest depth | 465 m |
| History | |
| Opened | 1560 |
| Closed | September 1944 |
| Owner | |
| Company | Bergrevier Hamm an der Sieg |
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.
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.