The Johann-Baptista Mine material ropeway was a material ropeway for transporting bituminous coal from the Johann-Baptista Mine in Lower Silesia from Schlegel (SÃ Âupiec, Nowa Ruda) to the railway station at Mittelsteine. The installation no longer exists.
Initial plans for the construction of a material ropeway from the Johann-Baptista Mine to Mittelsteine station already existed in 1878.
The material ropeway was in operation by 1883 at the latest.
The ropeway was built by Adolf Bleichert & Co. of Leipzig.
In 1902, the Owl Mountains Railway (Eulengebirgsbahn) was completed on the section from Volpersdorf to Mittelsteine. The Johann-Baptista Mine received its own railway siding. In 1904, the ropeway was taken out of service.
On the 1913 Messtischblatt 5465 sheet, the ropeway is no longer shown.
The ropeway ran from the Johann-Baptista Mine () about 2,463 m in a south-westerly direction. In the valley between Wolfskuppe and Hermannsberg, the ropeway changed direction at the deflection point () and then ran a further approximately 2,083 m to the west. It ended directly at Mittelsteine station next to the railway tracks (). The total length was therefore about 4,546 m.
The route of the ropeway line is shown on the 1883 Messtischblatt TK25 5465 sheet. On the 1913 Messtischblatt sheet, by contrast, the ropeway is no longer recorded.