ard . ▁ ▁At ▁first ▁the ▁Dutch ▁government ▁was ▁ske pt ical ▁about ▁building ▁a ▁rail road ▁in ▁that ▁far ▁corner ▁of ▁the ▁country , ▁but ▁Henri ▁per se ver ed ▁and ▁on ▁ 1 ▁January ▁ 1 8 9 6 ▁the ▁rail road ▁was ▁opened . ▁ ▁A ▁few ▁years ▁earlier ▁an ▁industrial ▁and ▁min ing ▁family ▁from ▁A achen , ▁the ▁Hon ing mann ▁family ▁ ▁bought ▁a ▁con cess ion ▁to ▁mine ▁for ▁coal ▁around ▁He er len , ▁but ▁it ▁proved ▁to ▁be ▁impossible ▁to ▁ship ▁the ▁coal ▁over ▁the ▁small ▁roads ▁around ▁He er len . ▁ ▁When ▁they ▁found ▁out ▁that ▁Henri ▁Sar ole a ▁was ▁planning ▁to ▁build ▁a ▁rail road ▁the ▁brothers ▁Friedrich ▁( 1 8 4 1 - 1 9 1 3 ) ▁and ▁Carl ▁Hon ing mann ▁( 1 8 4 2 - 1 9 0 3 ) ▁real ised ▁that ▁it ▁was ▁time ▁explo it ▁the ▁rich ▁coal ▁ve ins ▁of ▁He er len . ▁ ▁The ▁first ▁mine ▁was ▁d ug ▁right ▁next ▁to ▁the ▁railway . ▁ ▁Henri , ▁convinced ▁that ▁the ▁mines ▁would ▁change ▁He er len ▁for ▁good , ▁even ▁became ▁a ▁member ▁of ▁the ▁board ▁of ▁direct ors ▁of ▁the ▁O ran je ▁N ass au ▁M ijn en , ▁the ▁public ▁name ▁of ▁the ▁company . ▁ ▁Unfortunately ▁he ▁did ▁not ▁see ▁how ▁his ▁rail road ▁changed ▁He er len , ▁he ▁died ▁of ▁a ▁heart ▁attack ▁in ▁ 1 9 0 0 ▁at ▁the ▁age