Centre historique minier, Lewarde

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The Delloye pit or Joseph Delloye of the Compagnie des mines d'Aniche is a former coal mine in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais mining basin, located in Lewarde. After fourteen years of closure, the site became the Lewarde Mining Historical Centre. The pit began in 1911, at the same time as the Bernard, Lemay and Bonnel pits.

The drilling of the Delloye well was interrupted by World War I. Work resumed only in 1921, and the well was commissioned in 1927, when it reached the 360-metre depth. On that date, the Delloye No.

2 well began a few decameters north, and began to mine in 1932, a year after the Barrois pit, the last of Aniche's mines, was put into service. The wells provide ventilation, service, and extraction. The Compagnie des mines d'Aniche was nationalized in 1946 and joined the Douai Group.

Towns of relatively small size are then built, the Compagnie d'Aniche having not built them. The Vuillemin pit was concentrated on the Delloye pit in 1955, as well as Sevastopol, its ventilation well. Studies are carried out on the deposit, but it turns out that it is no longer profitable to exploit, the...