The Emperor William Shaft ( or Schacht Kaiser Wilhelm II.) was the central hoisting and man-riding shaft of the lead and zinc mine in Clausthal-Zellerfeld in the Upper Harz in central Germany.
It was sited on the Burgstatt Lode (Burgstätter Gangzug). The surface installations were located in the borough of Clausthal on No. 24 Erzstraße, near the present-day mining institute of the University of Technology.
See also
Mining in the Upper Harz
Literature – VI. Allgemeiner Deutscher Bergmannstag zu Hannover
– Schriftenreihe des Oberharzer Geschichts- und Museumsvereins e. V. Clausthal-Zellerfeld
References
External links Recollections of the Emperor William Shaft - in conversation with Upper Harz miners (film by Stefan Zimmer)