Former hard coal auxiliary shaft in Heusweiler-Holz, sunk 1912 as a Westfeld Seilfahrtsschacht for Grube Göttelborn, deepened three times to 594 metres and last active 1994, with the 1937 Fachwerk headframe and Fördermaschinenhaus surviving as listed monu
The Schachtanlage Holz in the Ortsteil Holz of Heusweiler was sunk from 1912 as an outer access and ventilation shaft for the Westfeld of the Grube Göttelborn. In 1906 miners had to travel to the main Göttelborn complex and then walk underground to reach the Westfeld; the Prussian Bergverwaltung resolved the problem in 1912 by sinking the new Schacht Holz. The shaft was completed in 1915 at a depth of 143 metres and equipped with a headframe.
The underground advance of the Westfeld working faces required three successive deepenings: to 443 metres in 1937, when the surviving headframe was erected; to 594 metres in 1962, when a larger winding machine was installed; and with the installation of ventilators at some point in the 1940s–60s period. Personenfahrt was discontinued in 1967; the ventilators and their machine house were demolished in 1991. The shaft was filled in 1994 following the closure of the Schacht Holz site by the Saarbergwerke AG.
In 1997 a private entrepreneur acquired the headframe and Fördermaschinenhaus; the latter was converted into a two-storey office building. The headframe serves as a mobile phone transmitter mast. The Schachtanlage Holz is a listed ensemble described by the Landesdenkmalamt as 'kleine Tagesanlage von hoher architektonischer Bedeutung'.
In 1906 the Ausgang of the Tagesstrecke in the Flöz Eilerts lay east of the later Schacht Holz at Göttelborn. Miners were required to travel to the main Göttelborn complex and then traverse the underground Westfeld Strecke on foot, reducing the time available for coal extraction. To address this, in 1912 the Prussian Bergverwaltung resolved to sink a new outer shaft in the Westfeld, located at the present-day Gewerbegebiet Am Wasserturm in Holz.
Teufarbeiten began in 1912. The shaft was completed in 1915 at a depth of 143 metres, equipping it with a headframe. In 1937 the further advance of the Westfeld made it necessary to deepen Schacht Holz to the 3. Sohle at 443 metres depth. This deepening required a new headframe, which was duly mounted; the headframe standing today at the Schachtanlage Holz dates from this 1937 deepening. Ventilators were also installed at this time. In 1962 the shaft was deepened a final time, reaching 594 metres, and a larger Fördermaschine was installed to handle the greater depth. Personenfahrt (Seilfahrt for miners) was completely discontinued in 1967. In 1991 the Ventilatoren and the associated Maschinenhaus were demolished. In 1994 the Saarbergwerke AG placed the Schachtanlage Holz in Stilllegung; in the same year the shaft was verfüllt.
In 1997 a private entrepreneur purchased part of the Gewerbegebiet site, including the Förderturm and the Fördermaschinenhaus. The Fördermaschinenhaus was then saniert and converted into a two-storey office building. The Förderturm (headframe) is used by various mobile phone operators as a Sendeanlage. The denkmalgeschützte Ensemble 'Schachtanlage Holz' is described by the Saarland Landesdenkmalamt as a kleine Tagesanlage von hoher architektonischer Bedeutung; it comprises the Zechenhaus, the Fördermaschinenhaus, and the Fördergestell (headframe) as Einzeldenkmäler.
