Introduction 7 // The geology of the coalfield 9 // Mining companies 11 // The Imperial and Royal mining and drilling commission - Austrian State involvement 11 // The exclusively privileged company of the Northern Ferdinand Railway / the Imperial and Royal Northern Railway of the Emperor Ferdinand / The Northern Ferdinand Railway 12 // The foundation of the mine and its early development 14 // The construction of the mine railway and the first reconstruction of the mine 18 // The collapse of the mineshaft and surface reconstruction 20 // The transfer of mining from the Ferdinand Mine 21 // Centralization of mining and reconstruction in 1912-1915 23 // The transfer of mining from the Peter and Paul Mine and the Joseph And John Mines 29 // Partial reconstruction, winding down of production, closure 32 // Plans for a supermine 33 // The nationalization of the mines 35 // Winding down and closure 37 // Extraction methods and production levels 38 // Production levels 39