Zeche Prosper II, Bottrop

"De meer dan 30 meter hoge Malakow-toren van de voormalige Prosper II-schacht, schacht 2, is een van de weinige overgebleven gemetselde kronkelende torens in het Ruhrgebied. Het imposante bouwwerk met zijn rijk gestructureerde architectuur is gebouwd in de stijl van het historisme.

De Historische Vereniging Bottrop e.V. heeft samen met de Stichting tot Behoud van Industriële Monumenten en Historische Cultuur de reparatie en wederopbouw van de Malakow-toren tot haar taak gemaakt. Intussen heeft het monument zich gevestigd als plaats van mijnbouw- en migratiegeschiedenis, als culturele evenementenlocatie en als sportfaciliteit voor klimmen. "Bron: industriedenkmal-stiftung.de/docs/068456691728_de. php

"Duke Prosper Ludwig von Arenberg - that was the name of the landlord in Vest Recklinghausen after the end of the Kurkölnischen rule from 1803. The new ruler was also expressly transferred to the mountain racks in the Vest, the right to Grubenfelder to give and win one tenth mineral wealth Bergregal retained the Duke also, after his sovereignty had fallen in 1815 to Prussia.After him appointed representatives of well-known entrepreneurial families of the Ruhr district their 1856 founded union Arenberg'sche Actiengesellschaft for mining and metallurgical plant. With their fortune and prosperity, their first name was baptized in 1856: Prosper I (from Latin happy, blessed). In 1875, a second shaft went into operation, Prosper II, to which 1903 a coking plant and in the course of time joined other shafts. From the founding years comes one of the most interesting mining relics of the district: a lavishly designed Malakow tower with polygonal corner towers and a final crenellated wreath.In contrast to his "brothers" who lost their function with the technical advancement, the Prosper tower remained in operation. He received around 1900 a retracted conveyor framework, which was later replaced by a Koepe struts scaffolding. And so the tower is still the only example of this kind in the Ruhr area today and refers to the development stages of mining technology, but also on the mine. For after 1982, almost all old equipment was demolished and Prosper II got contemporary new buildings. This was necessary because the coal mined in the North Fields comes to light here - but not with the help of a scaffold, but via a "Förderberg", which went into operation in 1986. The raw coal passes through a sloping tunnel of 3,653 m in length from a depth of 779 m and with a gradient of 21% to the surface on a conveyor belt. Unique in the Ruhr area! On the lower belt, after the laundry, the tailings go underground again to be lifted on the Franz Haniel mine and transported to the neighboring heap. "Source: route-industriekultur.ruhr/themenrouten/16-westfaelische- mining route / zeche-prosper-ii.html

Oude kolenmijn Prosper Haniel