The Staatsmijn Emma was a Dutch

Netherlands

The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...

 coal mine located in Treebeek (now part of Brunssum

Brunssum

Brunssum is a municipality and a town in the province of Limburg, the Netherlands. Brunssum was formerly a center of coal mining in the Netherlands and there are a few active mines remaining in the area...

) and Hoensbroek

Hoensbroek

Hoensbroek is a Dutch town in the municipality of Heerlen. It is situated in the southeast of Limburg, a province in the southeast of the Netherlands. Until 1982, Hoensbroek was a separate municipality....

 (now part of Heerlen

Heerlen

Heerlen is a city and a municipality in the southeastern Netherlands. The municipality is the second largest in the province of Limburg. It forms part of Parkstad Limburg, , an agglomeration of about 220,000 inhabitants.After its early Roman beginnings and a rather modest medieval period, Heerlen...

). The mine was in operation from 1911 till 1973.

The second largest mine in the Netherlands it had the highest production of all Dutch mines at 109 tonnes (120.2 ST).

The deepest shaft was 980 metres (3,215.2 ft) deep, although after integration with Staatsmijn Hendrik

Staatsmijn Hendrik

The Staatsmijn Hendrik was a Dutch coal mine located in Brunssum. The mine was in operation from 1915 until 1963 when it was integrated with the Staatsmijn Emma.-External links:...

 the deepest shaft was 1058 metres (3,471.1 ft) deep.

External links

• http://citg.tudelft.nl/?id=18387 Coal Mining in the Netherlands (Delft University of Technology
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  Delft University of Technology , also known as TU Delft, is the largest and oldest Dutch public technical university, located in Delft, Netherlands...
  
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