The Johann-Baptista Mine was a bituminous coal mine in SÃ Âupiec, Nowa Ruda in Lower Silesia. It belonged to the Waldenburg South mining district.
Coal was mined at the mine at least since 1742. In 1769, there were four mines in the Duchy of Silesia and the County of Kladsko: Frischauf in Eckersdorf, Johann Baptista in Schlegel, Joseph in Neurode-Buchau, and Wenzeslaus in Hausdorf. These four mines together employed 35 people and produced about 1,400 t of coal per year.
In 1858, the mine produced over 10,000 t of coal per year.
In 1912, the mine had 6 shafts, a mining depth of 233 m, two steam engines with 70 hp, and one electric motor with 5 hp.
Coal production in 1912 was 160,135 t, with 977 employees and extraction costs of 7.27 RM per tonne. The annual net wage of a mine worker was 869 RM.
In 1929, 163,584 t of coal were mined, and there were 702 employees. In 1937, 194,880 t of coal were mined and there were 639 employees. In addition, there were 3.5 km of underground locomotive tracks.
After the Second World War, the mine continued to operate under Polish administration. In 1971, the SÃ Âupiec site was merged with the Nowa Ruda mine into the joint Nowa Ruda Coal Mine. In the post-war period, coal mining was an important branch of the economy and contributed significantly to the development of the region.
Coal extraction in SÃ Âupiec, and thus in the area of the former Johann-Baptista Mine, ended on 8 February 2000.
With the end of coal mining in SÃ Âupiec, coal mining in the region came to an end. Today, the Dawna Kopalnia mining museum in Nowa Ruda commemorates this history.
In 1878/1879, the Johann-Baptista Mine material ropeway was built. It could transport coal over a distance of almost 5 km to the railway station in Mittelsteine (à Âcinawka à Ârednia). In 1902, the Dzierà ¼oniów à ÂlàskiâÂÂRadków railway (Eulengebirgsbahn) was completed on the section from Volpersdorf (Wolibórz) to Mittelsteine (à Âcinawka à Ârednia).