One for everything:

the main haulage shaft from 1962 for all Sulzbach mines.

Construction of twelve additional buildings

As the main winding shaft, the St. Anna shaft had to be able to fulfil a wide variety of additional functions -especially as all the approximately 450 miners now had to enter and leave from here, they were then divided into the various groups underground.

The miners needed a ‘Kaue (recreation and changing room) sanitary facilities and car parks. Storage and workshops were also needed for the maintenance of machines, tools, vehicles and equipment. Material also had to be prepared for the shaft and gallery walls. The miners catered for themselves due to the long distances involved, but a canteen was needed for the staff above ground.

The construction of these buildings lasted from 1958 to 1962, and the shaft area had now reached an extension of 100 x 375 metres and an area of 37,500m².

Linking the north-western parts of the field underground

Following the development of the ‘Galgenberg’, ‘Schützenheim’ and ‘St. Georg' fields surrounding the St. Anna shaft, work began on linking the as yet undeveloped “Großenfalz” field in the north-west and “Eichelberg” field in the south-west to the St. Anna shaft.

The biggest construction task in the north-west was the driving of a 2.25 kilometre long ‘alignment section’ between the Großenfalz and Galgenberg sections of the field. All transport to and from Großenfalz was to take place along this route. In addition, the ‘Etzmannsberg’ and ‘Fromm’ sections of the field were to be connected to the Klenze shaft via a ‘cross-cut’ (a lateral branch-off route).

Work began on a 2.5-kilometre-long ‘alignment’ to the Eichelberg field section to the south-east.

Construction of the material shaft, Großenfalz.

After the start of ore extraction from the St. Anna shaft, the Größenfalz shaft was built in 1960.

As a material shaft, its sole purpose was to transport the personnel required to drive the tunnelling route in the direction of the St. Anna shaft as well as the required and accumulating material.

After completion of the alignment, the Großenfalz shaft was converted into a ‘weather shaft’ (ventilation shaft) and a second escape route.