Former hard coal colliery shaft at Marl-Hüls, the second of the two founding shafts of the Zeche Auguste Victoria sunk from 1900 and in operation 1906–1966, located immediately adjacent to Schacht 1 on the Victoriastraße, with the headframe surviving.
Schacht 2 of the Zeche Auguste Victoria stands immediately beside Schacht 1 on the Victoriastraße in Marl-Hüls, the two together forming the original Doppelschachtanlage AV 1/2 that opened the field from 1905 to 1906. The founding history, operating chronology, ownership, wartime damage, closure in 1966, and backfilling in 2007 apply equally to both shafts, as they formed a single combined installation throughout their operational life. Schacht AV 2 was in fact the first shaft at this location to be sunk from 1900 — its designation as 'Schacht 2' reflects the exchange of shaft numbers that occurred due to technical difficulties, with the Gefrierverfahren required to complete it.
It joined hoisting operations in 1906, one year after Schacht 1. The two headframes over the 1/2 installation survived the operational period and remain on the site, alongside the former Ausbildungszentrum and workshop buildings.
Schacht AV 2 at the Victoriastraße was the first shaft sunk at the Hüls location in 1900, but because of severe difficulties — hard marl and strong water inflows at 40 metres caused a halt in 1901 — the Gefrierverfahren was applied in 1902, and during this period the shaft numbering of the two installations was exchanged. The shaft that became Schacht 2 had thus the longer sinking history of the pair. When it joined production in 1906, a year after Schacht 1, the two together raised 46,772 tonnes of coal with 900 workers. Output reached 155,730 tonnes by 1907.
The two shafts functioned as a single Doppelschachtanlage throughout their working life, sharing the Kokerei, the processing buildings, and the mine's administrative and welfare infrastructure at the Victoriastraße compound. Schacht 2 served as ventilation and personnel-access support to Schacht 1's primary hoisting function. Both shafts sustained bomb damage during the Second World War, causing the operation temporarily to rely on Schacht 3 as the main production point. The compound also included the Erzschacht 4/5 where a lead-zinc ore body was worked from 1938 to 1962.
The installation was closed in 1966 when the new Schacht 3/7 took over all production, and the Kokerei was simultaneously shut down. Schacht 5 was backfilled in 1968 with its headframe demolished. Both AV 1 and AV 2 shafts remained open until 2007, when they were backfilled and the hoisting ropes removed. The two headframes stand intact at the Victoriastraße site. The surrounding workshop and administrative buildings continued in use as the Ausbildungszentrum for the Zeche Auguste Victoria until the final closure of that mine on 18 December 2015.