ECONOMIC - URANIUM MINING, TRANSPORTATION

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• Publication Date: May 15, 1953
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The te:?m "(7b~ekt" uae~i is this report refers to an sd~inis-
trative entity, which may or may not be a p~hyeical entity. usu-
ally as "~3b~ekt" consi.9tF of a group ox insCallationx under a
single management, rut 't may also be a unit which perYora3 cer-
tain !'~etiarLs, perhaps for othtr gb3ekts; e.g., 4hlokt 12 re-
ferred to in the report as a "construction ODje!kt,~
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a. xietori~.al
At the Deginniag ~I ~7une i~`ri!{j, 3 b~s's.i'l gY'~Siari Oi $ir"vict QitaiTu~, Etag1T,F?E o,
geologists, and political afPicere arrived nt Joharu~georgertatwdt i.n the ~rz-
~iebirg~z. ^.?4ie leruiere oP this eipCrlition erere Uenera.l. Putaaatibor and the geolo-
glst 3huko~. General P~:tmarno~ e~oned the tirpor o! ~obanngeorgesnatadt and
d1,~retxi hire to gu~enit the ~irjn? tlsaa of vhe Joha~aassor~aetadt mlaea and to
prepare a list of ra.:ning engi~er? vho had he13 leading poaitiona dt~ing the
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var. 'the snayoc referred Put~~a'ar rp ~~~Q}t~,tz~cb_~.eeb~, tt~rOb~s~lesentL^~~rand
Hreitenbrunn ~tiznitbg distrlctn). ro~.~zeca.~, w~~ ~Wtl`4cularly distinguished hiffiself
78 hears old, is a famau$ mining engi.~er, who part
1n canruection ~sith the mining of the Hreitenbrunn "ChriRtophit" ~zirtc Mende),
He wa& a. vary influential en@~ineer in the forz~r SacbseL (kx'e C:orpoxat'ion and bald,
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vas ?~~uGSted" by Puta~vaov
days later, IVitzeche vas aa;~Led 'tar by automa'bile, and
himself to cond~.nct the. ~~ i,~ rat shaftgoftt4ae~~isaut oa?lac~r-z~tian, theeiaz-~r~zd~'~'~h
later, on 5 Jug 19++~i, ration and vasa
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Glaseca~" c,otsalt .shaft iza Joh?.nngeor ~risch
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convex?ted to uzanzueamore sniszir~ ,mite contact zone) ? i3n* it
5achswn t3xd> Corporation tci a dept4za?~~~~r:~~co'bal~1^lc?a~l,vere ~ine3 fn this shaft
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and in the nearby. equally large,
a by-product.
On 15 June 19~h, et a meeting of Sovie*hEngineers and security offi:.erroaect;
the "Radiumbad" rest hotel i.n (3berseeIIdffi?~e "gpGl(~oviet Corpora`ion)nWis~+t",vas
"Deutschland uas rer_cuned "Sdismut' y e General llalteev vas appointed director
dasignated as the organization in haz'8 t ireer c-as Dr Peter LD80VEV,
gen^:ral of the Wisa'at CarForatior.. ?'he Planning ~ . ,, foz reasons unknown tc
`oho vas suddenly rectoVed from his poaition one year lame-,
me. He relate~ct~jme ~neeab~ovreished b~fk?rhanzfRit~zsche.of the KisTmxt Corporation.
Supplementary
B. lt~na?ea~ent and. OrP?nizational Structure
At the head of the Wis~it ~'crgaraticr 1: the Planning Gaannission, the chair-
man of which is Geaore~l Haltsev, the diract?or general. TLe rice-chairman of the
P7xnniag Co7mnission is 3hvsov
The Idain Ad-iinistraticr. e`.' *.he Gkisnfat Corporation in S1.egmar-Schc~nau, neat
Ck1P.IDA1tZ., is divided into the fo1=owing d?partments:
1. 'Phe ldsin P,snnizs3 y+epartment, kneaded by the Planning ~ fitments: This
department is further broken dcvn into the follrning planning
a, r,~g (G) ??- Pl.arning ter capital investmentE and explrration: (:oa-.
struetion pro3ects).
b, GPtt {0) -- Dlrinnln? fc~ ore-aiaiz~; and rre-dipssl.Lg vro,yects.
2. Departaent of the ~:"PS ltechnics= orreratirg contrnla ).
q. [Sala Geo:.ogical department.
b. lain !lls~e-5a1z?ve3'inB DeP~'timsnt?
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t~ia Iiorm~ EA?part~a~t;
7. I4aia l~'is~ce Gifice,.
8. Aisin machine 4Yepart~nt.
9.. bfsin Peresoammel Dew-~tmant (131C).
10. - Ixsp?x-tsaent for ~3tsating ?~echnirlecps'.
loin 1~ire Station, p'irr, ~xtingui~hing Xlait
13. Dapartm~ent for'Technical Traiaxing:
14: Politi~ai Departsaent for decttrity .
is concerned with the necessary, dL ect prerequisites for ore mining; for ert~ple,
trench nilnlnR (Kanal-grtabbaue), or deposits xorked frum aboveground; also eel
t;ndergroznd ore-mining sections sad face .wining, snob as beck-fa:,e mL~ings etc.
The Depa.-tment of the 02K Bisects tlx~ minim, inapeation, and 3r~esaing o`
the ore. It is also in charm! of the crushers sad conducts geochemical analyses
of the ore in the laboratory. IIntil 1954, the chief of the Ci7{ vas Ruzminnyuk,
a Soviet.
Yieadin~ga , and trenches. This detiartmeut also handles all tacbaics~]. mine work
(mechanical operations), such as con7eying ~chiaery, elesatore, xsste-dumping
installations, braking iaclinca, bridge cotrnyers, pump stations, etc.
GPR han3lea all pork xhich is directly involred in mining the ors, or xhich
`Q?he folloxisag ,are notes on the nbo~e depaatments.
CI'H2 haudleb all work. which hha to do eri~h prospectiatg for ore deposits (uut
:fie I+~ain Geological Department hna tho folloxi`ng departments
The Stratigraphic Department;, which opens up er explores nav areas and
Yhich is also responsible for the revision of geological maps oa a s~rat.igrsphic
basis.
The Geophysical T~epartment, xhich condncte all radie~etrie or radio-
geophysical exgloratioas ccaceracd with opening nF Herr, ia~r:sat arena.
The T.opog-.aptsio Depar'tmeffi., rriaich aup,liea the technical surveying
data required for radiaaetric explorations and rfiich also revives thx amps
needed for ore pining (geologlaat map plotting).
Tl~e Geological Pro~cct (or Planning) DepartaGaL, This department also
has a planning commission, which approves or esasinas the mining gro'ect~ of
the individugl Ob~elrte. It is the nest inportaaxt ps~tc o2' the l4air+ C~ological
Department; the seetir~a of the head geologists of the various OZw,jekta are held
la this department.
The Geological (Gecl~aral-Petrographic) ~~stI3.ttte. Tie institute end
the main labaratarf are isa Grmana sear ~~eg'el,: z. t"he cairf tali[ of this m[it
is to sake e~aact getrographic rock aaslyses vrhich eu^e oi' nmtasu~atic Yigaific~w.^r..
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which 4s ~s~nsl'ble Yor waEe-rompestation direatiwes, shaS''t ia~atoriea, maix-
isareatoriea, earl pnxrchasins3 dep~.rt~?ntrs, a~ an l~ec~atiarg Ftiepertarent _fa~r ~t~ti-
pay of the 6os~iet soldiers who ass engaged in production rs also r,~~erar~cx uc:i~
miraimg, and all other technical operatiora, axe also eats*lishes salmries, shift
wages, aayd prog~ressi've grr~m2um;s: It .`-e di~itled ,Sato a Depart~eatnfor C~sr~ fork
.e ,_ _ _,._ _ _ _ a,., 1 mr,m
1`~a~ 3+SaLn Horias YDcp~?~ent slestermines the norms for esct~rating voxk, .ore.
pra,~ec:ts,Pthe plaxaning og Wens shaft sectio~sa.or of other ogaeraticneAin?uolved in
vision work, control tria~al.atioas !.n the individual CsbJekts, sur~yiisg of ess^eas
where new staaf'tm are located, road-constructicsn protects, smd aus-~eyia~g ~*ork Yor
The loin l~i.ne-Sus~veying Department has the follor~ing ~ubo~inate depesrt~ats:
The Topographic Departs~at, who?e functions inrolve all carto,~aphic re-
Thc_ Main lias~hauae, in Harthau near Cheaaitz, Al]. technical machinery
and equipment is transporte3 from there to the :ndividual Qb~ekte. Radiometric
apparatuses ai'e transported to the individual QbJelcts via a special department
of the Geophysical 'GTOrkshop of thm Slain (seologice.l Department, in Chemnitz..
The MaL~ Repair Shop for Motor Vehicles, located ~n the former Wanderer
Plant in Siegmss~chcenau.
ministration, employe ~O~'iCt personnel army. Mail .~,;:a -- ..mtion. A~~co~i~ to the
~alessn, thi? xo~xld be a da h Ox about estate' so that than fatal vertical
exploratory exGrs~ratio~ Shaf'ts'].~4 s$ad 322 e'ould aunt to aboa~at. ~0
a~etere. bath ~tssf'ts 3 and 322 are ixp f~ aeetion+s, `rich a cross-acc-
oi" 362 testers, avid trill hive a total of eight leweLs.
exam is shaft 31~; aceordi~ag to the plffia, it ie to iae ex?a'rated to a depth
Thm aFai~a 1951 Gre-~&t'ptst ~a1~a Ems' the eheYt 9~'ea ~-c7lfcntad to 3,~`a'~U
~Ci~ taf' ~,5-~~ ~aitchlbl~tAe ~' 913`si~l,1'~R ~.4ca. FY?61~ ~'e' to
1951, thiie p?~ w~ dlbt~t ~ 1Peree~t fnlfi.l.led.u The sLteft IIYIt~ i~ divifded
~ols>gist, Vaa ixs c'ba'cge Af the Go~stx~Gtion of the Elhaft itself.
~fi~h ha vac a 4be3?~ ara~ officer. He ie active s seale~e &RD (Rocial.iat tkaity
l~e~rty) near. Thm Ce.b asslet~aat shaft dixeetor is Reisea~sm. ~dsttil JS~s
1951, the chief geoiogiet xsa Lcrr2fu~tkamr, a So'sist. ~r motet 7~sow+e~r, a ~oariat
oww, ...... ....~-. - y_,..~_.~_._ e
$a^eiteaaba^~ ? The ~osriet chief e~iix' i1! Zakb!~;x'ov, ;d.'he irtaerpa~eter~ 4teid-
~h~ft l~tea 9~ cox~paieee ~3wnfte ~, 31.x, seed 3~? kith a labor YorGe
of 2,35b (aa of ~ 1951) the ages, ins e'he lit aft of tJb~kt $. ~+
6haft i~*ea 98 bcla;nga to shaft Cc+mbine 335- Thr, excavrstion work in
Shafts 318 and 322 is being ca-rriasd out by Ob,jekt 12, es is the vdrk on the
Hain headings (drifts without ore yield). The d_~epening of both shafts ie
scheduled for coaa4pl~tiota by 2c February 1952, Gblekt 2 had a lnbor force
of approximately bOC eraployad in these tvo shafts.
the Yollevixg is across-sectional view of Shaft Area g8, ~tal-
lurgical Combine 335 (sketch shows `test-east cut):
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a reatriutead xoae, which i.s uszXerr heavy g~sard. Ob~ekt 12 is in c Ee
cavatioxa roror&. at theses sheets, also, ~ has a labor force of ~C10 sxen in this
leilogr~ of varanite lroer tenth]. Each of these three abasfte i.e surronndad by
of ex-
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'A'ae ~vxbaa .....,.... a.w a?w-,..w~ -- -..
the uo-called "9chaeferhans" ~8he~trerd's Souse) r~ss~r ~?oehla, Shsa'ts 3~, 3'a7,
e,IId 308 aaplay a labor foa~e of ab~art ~D a~sa. Sixskisng of the shafts is at ill
uftder ~l?sy. ?S'he depths of &&hsfts a0f, 3~T, sm~4 30~ are 130r 1~v0, sad 132 maters,
2. shafts 3~ 3o"T, 3~, Frbehl.a
3 . Shaft 25"r , ~sechan, {3b~ektei 8 seed 1'e
StudeIIOV,tlaV~aviet-~nglIIaar. ~ The shaft geolagist erorrisig for the Oermaxa ad-
thi
in gal.la>riea. v ~n~b~arcPs 151., traree-?dditiora~al, shsf#;s erer-a canst~~:ted 1II t4~i~a
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s area...
ssinistrati~:n is a $uasgarl.at~ zud Stiktar Sterr.~e. Oaoologi~sally,
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of pitchblende, is Shaft 253 sic], the oxidation zoac is still being opened
up.
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area by O'DJekt 12. ~rsosax~l stwsngth ~f f~b~aHet l
00 The 3t~ ore cos*~t uota for S1~aft 25? was ahoLt 230 k.tlr~a
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4. S3ztft 206, Ritter?gruen, Ob~e'at 12
The main administration for Shaft 2Cti is ire Sreitennlatz near Ritters-
gruen. The shaft ie 180 metcre deep, but it is planned to sink it to a depth
of 350 maLer~. Ob~ekt 12 esrpioys a labor force of 5b0 in this abaft.
;~. Shaft Agra 206, Ob~ekt 8
ThiB Brea has the largest giber of galleries beiIIg opelied in the.
Poehla valley. Every 200 meters there is one gall..iry with an av~ez`age length
of 800-1,000 meters. There ar?! a nusber of conasctions to Shafts 98, 306,
an3 24$ in the 3chwarzwaaeer valley. III the vhole Poehle. valley, there are
44 galleries in operation, each with across-sectional area of 4 square meters:
l'he ors yield is good. The J?.u+e ore output quota amounted to 1,200 kilogreaa.
Ir, August 1951, the shaft d'sector ens Mirunh][i.$, a soviet.
6. Sht>`ft 235, Ub3ekte 8 and 12
Shaft 235 ie the central shaft of Shaft Castbine 2?S ? Tfx ~~ ~-
ministratien is 1II tnthonstal. The feLl.onrin~ ahn*.ts bRlooa to Sbaft Combine
235? ?35, ~, 248, 333, 2~, 33~-, 23 (Cb~ekts $ ens 12).
Stith its sadern St+edish steel coastrnetl~,n, sn installation for tvo
hngz tnrbocosipressors, sad scrods-ore seraener with a bridge conveyer, Sha!'t
235 is the 'best and cost swdern shaft is the MLmst Corporation. The shaft
has siz secti3as sad six elevators, e-~d there is a3+~o an ad?'itiom?. 1;arlage
shaft far materi~sla. ThU shaft, on the floor of tls valLsy, is also to be
ezcavated ;o the granite Sormation, vhicls is estimated to be at s depth of
460 meters. The sha;tt area's oxidation zone, rhich is rich Sa art, has si-
resdy iaeea ccapietely exrtusted.. ~p "o-..~_tir.: ^~'? is aserst wn one-coacen-
vrstlon zone vhic.s, on the aversae, ert~mds to a depth af. 60 sw.eters. The ahaSt
is desi~ated em "iteisser ~iz~sch." d~b~llFtd 8 cie6 12 tc~ethr~x~ ~sploy a labor
fc~e of akprazimately 9'00 scan is the shmtt. '!be estital iriv~estneat fa this
et,as't pares waonnts to 52.60Q.000 Ssat esatkt. 'i'Fse shaft's ore yield is e~ti-
mated, at about 700 kilograms per month.
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shaft Area 2~e, ~,~elst f4
kov. The zAina f'ara~a is (darner Boachar, the ansai.ataat to the shaft director,
Bugetl heusmann. The first tyro are $o?'irtto end the last two ~tssa.
wa,ate dtffi~ (glop-I9yra~idem~segal~ald~en). '1"ses hWge '~aatc piLaa rise from the
ezcsvnted to a deivth of 1~ ~eterea. RR~c oz~ yia:.d 3n this e:~aft is ~~ ~; !:
in J'aaly 19j1, the ors o2ttgaat plea ea~xsated to 2,15 kilogrsas of gicshblexm3e,
atld was over 1?o gaerctast f~.11`311ed. A labor fore Uf a~ao~st 1,ZAA is em1,+lo~d
in Sha!'t 2~. '1?he s~aaft arras has two 3aa~bl+t~e ?bafte, and ghaSt ~b13, which
has three sectic~, ?aa?re~a s?a tree se,in ha~sla-ge installation. Aacordi.xtg to ~ `'
geol~o~ical-strati~rag~kaic emx~y, thtsr~r mat still beS a la~?gc ore. degcsait at a
T::cae shafts do not yet have are-wtput quotas; Lhey have the task
of c~~.~3 up the nerthveat aide of the 8chvar:vassar valley. According to
the p:,;s~, they are Uoth to be excavated to a depth of 123 meters. sac direc-
tor of thest two shafts ~.e D'anya Srma~ov.
Shaft 3j2 !s located northwest of Anthaaetal, and Shaft 333 is south-
weat of Bermgruen. The two shafts are to be connected eat thz+ 60-meter level.
The cress-sectional. area of each of these shafts is 17 square aeteru, isnd they
arch heave i:~ eecti.ons and i~ro elevators. Biavator fremts o: steel consLruc-
ticn are to bo ins*allsd in both of the ahai'ta.
This shaft hre kraan closed down since 1 February 1951; the abaft su~n-
agasent Was 4hiftecY to ShaJ.t 336. :`he ore yield vas paor; fray 1947 to 1951,
rho total ore ontpat aaonated to oa1y 47@ kilograas. Thar ca~.ital i~eate6 in
Shat't ~3 aasrenteu to 4`~ pillion Baal aBSlrs. In rece7tt ~oonthe, the shaft in-
stallation has been dismantled; it is the first sbs+tt aperation which bra ioeen
closed dwn is this area.
1'he shaft direatox~ is this eras vas itleksey Step+oaenko, ~ Soviet, who
left in August 1Q51 to take leave in Arl~rasgaLY.
The ranin aachina shop of Qb,ekt 8 is still located in Chia area, at
hreitenbrunr,, St. Christoph.
iJatil February lq~j1., the Sirector of Shetit 253 vas ~' `~~;^?"og
Fel~raary to imy iy5i, 3teponanko; !rclr May to ,Ttsee 19Pj1, Dublim~r; and ai.nct
3tme 1851, Zitkize. Tye position of Chief geoloMist vas heist by Rikolay Dub..
1lehex until February 191, attar that, ny Z1tra Foroeav. (All the sea sen-
tioaed are Soviets.)
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65-percexst urania~ ore. Shaft-253 conatitutea shsi`t Casebine 338. .fie two
central a~.fts .arm 253 at~ad 2?i9, Wehich are mitnattd only lc00 met?rB apart.
They arse maxim ha'?al~e shafts, with, cross-stations]. areas of 17 aasd 20 square
a~taaa. reaaectiwe~;~. ghait 253 is im tiro sections and has three levels; it
excavated. to t3sRgrozsi,t~ forsatiam, which, aooord3.ng to reiiiable estimates, voul.d
be at a depth of 33fl ~'ters? Obj~ekt 12 is in charge of sinking the shaft..
shaft 27~, knoara as the Btal3m Shaft, i? 132 cetera deep, includisag the swlap
$o furt@~er excavation work will 'ba dome i,n t'hia shaft. Tkse directar for the
aha,fta from Gbjekt 12 ie kav. shaft 27~ bass four' ssa+ctions axsri tleu~a,tvra
e~ich asb iz?stalled oma aboae the otk-e+r. T"sz taro ahawfta ~ coanecte3 vaith
oxse another at the $lrat ].e~g'el,.
director is, therefore, $lao l.itkin~ This ahait has na orca output quota: ob-
jakt 8, e~rloya a labor fox^.e of 9C0 in Sihaft Area 253; Qt>Jekt 12 as~ploys 3~0
sa ~... tl., Im,e 4..A,'y,?nw ja.
one ore oaxt,put q*9nta amounts to 9C kilc~a~ of nrars.~,.a ~..,; ~Y ~r-,.-........,.~_
11. Shaft 336, Halbmei]e, ~3bjekt6 8 sad ]2
Shaft director~~ Yeykov; senior gtologLt i0bargeologe); ICuTminich;
chief gra~a31at (('heYgeologe)~ Yvriy tTaroaor.
shaft 336 is 92 crtera deg `es of 1 August 1951), has a cra~~-aec-
tional eu~a of 22 square meters, arx: naa two a~etiona. Accnrdi~ to plan, this
shaft is to be excavated *~ s depth of ?80 maters. A labor forct of nbaut 800
is ,employed, At present, the oxidation z~.mv5 is being opened exp. The ore yield
is very goad in this area, v*iich is loaovn within the 5iismt5t Corporation as the
"are field." 3incc thla area directly ad.jaina the Joachimatal vein region, n
very large are yield caa be eoanted on_
12. 3'aarte 337 and 33H, F(albmeile, Gbje;ct 12
Both shafts acc located. directly oa the Czeehasl.ovak border. 1'he desig-
nation "Yrojekt 33$?' has been derived from Shaft 338, which is located next, to
;ha Jaachimetnl vein region. The cross-sectional area of shaft 338 1s 2'a ~civase
maters, and its depth, as of 1 Anguat 1951, vas 67 asters, According to plan,
thin shaft ie to be excavated to a depth of 143 meters by 1 Ja~axrg 1952? Qbjekt
12 employe a labor force of about g0 men i.n this abaft.
Shaft 337 is to be a connecting and mein hauling shaft. Its r_ross-
sectional. area is 24 square asters, and it is being built with forir sections.
The shaft is about SO meters deep, a labor force of 14C sen ie eYployed~
According to plan, this shaft is to be txcavated to the granite for-
m~tios, which, arcordimg to gsoiogicml cnlc-alstian, vcixld be at a dsp''sh of abort
1+00 meters.
f3harta 337 read 338 belong to vhaft Area 336. In .hme 1951, the ore-out-
pnt quota for Chia area in June 1951 `tax 1,850 kilograms, and vea fulfilled 206
per~cda~
13. chart 126, Rabenberg nrar Johanngeorgtnatadt, fMjekt 8
The abaft has tyro sections, is 120 >rtt~ers in depth, ani has a crosa-
sectional area of 12 aquaxr. Haters; it Rer.ta tsrnx ar leas ae an exploratory
aha4t. The chief g~sologist cf thix shaft is sow the chief g+e~ic~ist of U9jekt 8.
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15. Shaft 87, J'ohanrs~3eorgena~aiit, O'b,jeht 8
ilith ~ labOP foYCe of about X50 roan, the esh~xft has are ore-o~stput quota of 230
kilograms par ~7ath, whi~:h ie alrraysx fulfilled. A~ a re?ult of the work of a
shaft director in the German ada~iaiatratiozi of Ames 25~ Shai`t 2t~'a J~.ly?
1951 oresToutput gnats dnmow~sted to 2$O kl.logra~ of 6a>-p~?c~nt pit~htl~*nda.'::
etloywd. 'i'he slap :rho conducts liai?ca for the Grrmaa ?dxinistratioa 1rs this
Brea of 12 aq`,xara m!:tera. `iRee shaft is in one section end hoe a dotlbie clt-
1~, Shaft '?0?~, Nz+banberg, Ob,jaskt 8
Shaft 87 i? ana of th? oldest s;xai'ts within Ob,~ekt 8; exid practically aa.i po-
tentiel ore areas have nowr hasp apetaescl up. The pining pra~ect. i? paw in itw,
xquare'~teres 1t 1s in two eeactia5oas. fi labor fox~u nuseisere shoo?~ 1,100 r~en:
She.ft i64 ie oar of the ]argent ahaftb 1n Ob~ekt 8, sad employs the"
lnrgaat labor force; 2,40C men (incltading fTb3ekt 12'a labor force). In July
1951, the ~shaft'a ore output plan vas 2,500 kilograms, and wsa approximately
90 percent fulfilled.
Shaft 16r+ Sa 2k0 meters deep, and there are three largo hauling shafts
in Lhe Brea. Probably all the pitahble:nde will have bean explaitad b;, A9ay 1952.
Shaft 2Y5, ir. Which produ.tion :rsa etopgxd in TAay 1'951, ifi in t:he immediate
vicinity. Shafts 87, 2b5, 20~t, and 162 are connected to one another underground
All shafts belonging to 033ekt 8 hate been en?.~merntcd above. Za ad3ltio_.
there are the: exploratory ahnfte of the field gerolagical department of Csb,jtkt (3,
wader toe mansgemen# of asniar lnagector (2iargrat;} 5ieidnucr.
16. Shaft 16~, Johanngaorgenetadt, Ub3aktE 8 and is
7I. I.,AXSON AND GOfTF&RA'TIO:I EL'!'~ilEI41f TER 1iIAlli}i' COP.P!~tdl'!'ION
I.ND TSS JOACH~TP.Y. ACigAI1~ COI~Al~Y
(GZ~^SOSLOVi1K PSCPLR-~Ji.~D g!-F~tPE2IBE 91/. JACH'f~V)
Coapex'ation With Joachimatal is absolutely eeeent.lal for the conatrsr..tion
of Pro,yekt 338, ainc:e g?ological coordination would othex'wiae be lmpoaeible.
Svoh cor,pe:ration actually does eziet, through the eeparaL?e hee~dquartera '_n
Flatten.
Than. are nn underarourd ~o:L~actioae betacen shaft areas located close to
the iseahael:,~& b:;rderv(a&itue :.u Johs;.r~~;.-gRrstadL, Hai$r5eile:, l~h'^en~2pfe1,
nor the Fichtelberg area).
In Shaft 51, Johanngeorgenttadt, tY,e prohiAitin3 border Wens +ne encoun-
tered nt the $5-aster level, Hey oraer of tine ~ecmritp ofricer, ~nB gs-i3ary pad
to be wallyd tizp with ~onarete and a bcr~ndar~r marbsz sat up, ?hi.s is in roa-
?orstity with the eziating regr~lation,o a~ lave eonceraiug pzoegsetiag rights.
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There is contact vAth F'ribr~ aia Pliatten. The Saeriet engineers r+oxk vrr~*,
clorel~ vAth the CzRCho?~lavak mining taclanicimas ~Stoces). ~ f3eol.o~ical In-
etitute in Frribram supplies expex?t ap~praieals of the ore deposit~a in Cz?cho-
a~lavakia, part2cularly in the Joaehienetal v+sia region.
WLtix respect to the above, see the descriptions of Pro~ekt 33~. "~ha ?imn-
ersl strike di-~etion of the ore-~^a~ foxm~.tioa is 33~-j3t degreeb, v~.th ~~
iaeiinat9.oa of abs~?at LO deg~e!a to thm eouthrrest,
Stalir~.Prixe vinaer, l?ediasg ea :.PCeer of t~ ~Qdb{Cea~tx~a3 G+aalo~leal t3eb~?tment}cc~
the 6Tiemut Corp, asrati~sn. In A,v~aast 195C, he .vas a~uddeay].y seat ~:k to the ti,CSR
~e ~uslly yore the uaifoa~ of the soviet gealagists dark blar,), bait errs gp~a-
rial accasians he could be seen in the mn9.f-nxtm of a lieutenant-colonel is tte
Soviet 6dir d~orce. :fie v~s~a vary civil to the' Ciermeas.
from F?rei'~aarg ~reisgaui~~ flr is verb' re+aei~sred is hfs re~lationa with the Soviet~t
fle.~ad Schenk, eap,ia~srr-geologist, tdc>rsad t?gttkaer an tine,..g~repss`ation of reports
concesrning :~x?anium-or~c deposits is the-Upper Erz~birge mtiin negias. ~~
3. Dr Peter 7vsa,ovich Loeovev, geologist, with the rank of maJor in the
Soviet Army, Stalin: Prize vinaer, director of Fro7ekt 'i38. In 1949, he van in
charge of construatica of Shafts 98 and 235, Ob,ekt 8. Loeovcv ie very latovl-
edgenble on teepnical mining operations. iihen the Siiemnt Corporation vas fir=t
eetablibhed, he lead. .lane a iaetr but vas recalled
zoan L?hei~esfter.
4. RlkaLsy~ Aikolsyovich Yotsiaikav, chiaF geologist of t7b,e , expo
on geoahemica'! analyses and on the drafting vor~ for Pro~ekt 338 G Stalin
Prize +rinaer, he exerts s great deal of influence on General ll~ltesv, the di-
rector ge al of the Wismar Cor ration. ~Gotelni~soe is vsrq popular with the
5. Ivan Fedorovich Selyttk, e~ut for the Plwaaiae Coe~i.ssioa and liaison
engineer, vha xe seats the Wis~aut Co ration at the I,sningred Geophysical
Institute.
5. Stocea, c'zechoslovAlc reseerctber ?ud geologist, lieisoa man xor Joachims~
tel. Re had the fob of prepsria8 geoia~rcal tepox>ts oa Joachimatal.. C,eolagical
Aesaarch Institute in Frioram, Gzechoslo~kia. '
7. ~a.~ya Srmn~ov, director of shafts 253, 2^9, 333, 332 32~, 31g, a35,
Ob~ekt ~ e xatnbllshMent of curt accounting in 'Pro,~-
akt ??$>
~, ;eneral. Protmanno7, ?.ea~,er of the first $rniet ~axpedition to Johaan-
g+agrgenata3ti.
General ShnLor, *ice-crsiramn of the first ifisxnt expedition.
,n r,~,.~,..-~ thi_*...r Alrwr_Cnr as~rrl of the Nitiillt Corvorwtioa; about 62
yeo-rs of a3n; bald; usually wears ciTllian cloths.
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vlix. oar 8
A. Gr~aai~.ati~m and I.eading >zersanaltties
Y. ~atnbi.;atatent
GbJekt 8 rraa orgarai~ed ii Brei.teabrnna is Dh-y 19k7, stxi itn first
ahaPc vsa the A9argarethe Shaft Shaft 23) in Breiteabrunn. Thr Qerma sine
Yorema at this shaft ras Halter Hsi rich, vho Ttad been aap3oy~ed sa a nine
fores~nn at 9t. Clsrtetagh during the itar_ He7~rich is a very fraalc person.
He knova the Qisirat Carporatina fry iosginni~ t6 amd, nad has a good g~aera3
idea of ttse technice,l miriag processes in tihe arcs. The Soviet shaft di-
troctor vas Sttrpnnealco.
The 1lss~rethe Shaft 4~e3ongs to the Bt. Christoph Breitenbrnnn vein
:..gi::^. L~*-i3 t~ _,r ~ r~.oia+ ~ ? l~iwr Z,it.wAal rKr' ,c-un_ne~~r_r1~* wM ~ine3
hare. ~7peaing ug of this shaft was oegon in said 39?w. 2~s chaSt vsc agai&
cluse3 down in sgring 3951.. The orevield wwr sbd~srate.
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~ssantiall}r, :..formation given ixx this p~egraph diaplica+,tra tbis,t
given al;ave under "3.eading pere~onalitiea~ of the Wx.r~maat Go2~poration." The
follovire~y additiorsal fete are givabno Chief Jineex l6murin xvee the tech-
nical director of ob~ekt 8; Rekra~ov eras security officer for Gb,gakt $ as
volt as far pro,yakt 33~; &avin a~ )Loteln.i,kov, the d_iractor and chief ge-
15bJeict 8 has tke follovia~ d~part~exnts" yield t5eological Depaz+.:-
manta 'fopcagraph'.e_T,}apartment; Radics~tric-tieophysical Depasrt~nt; Ceocheml-
u~gs~x as~n~, asuvec.x~epan~ uep~r'6Eaent, .!'er6Camoel Departffi6;At, Ilillat9~ Ad-,,
ssi~istrationa Sdiark-Insrpection Depertalent, I{reitenbraann Preparatory Schoal,
for I+Sining; lfain Nirm Station-Firer Bari.. Depmrnt for Deep Core-
Bor~ing (lief-Rernboh:ttng}; Conatrtiectiosa t9e~rtment-Traxaspoa?tetion De~rt-
The follozaing are notes on that above flapmrtsrasnta;
~nd-1~.Ya tmnturimsj.. In addition, this departaent doss eagloratory~dril.~-
1ng (prnspectiag), builds treaches and shafts for proxpecting, and examinee
ole =" to 'uwapn. It empiayr aowc ojv woraers. itt prasenL, ibis deBartment
is in charge of openiag up the wren around tmthonstal-Bermegnkn-Jaegerte.us.
The Topographic Depsrtmeaat detezaines the topo~traphi^_ coo.rdinate-
grid eyatrm for radiometric exolorationa
The Radios~etzic-Geophysical Department exawinaee the terrain vitF~
emanation inatrumants (atsoapheric lonizatica). THe Topographic Department
s?arke off ttn+ terrain in te.~e of coordinates; tsen, oa the basis of this
coordinate-grid system, the geophysicists conduct soil testa (radiometric)
a'l"='Y 5 ratters. Tna air i.n the so11 ie reaoved by smane of a pneumatic pevmp,
and is conducted over caleinm chloride to dry it. Oae can then read og the
eflc+ctive radiation fra? the sgale on the amaaoexcter. The radius of action
of the instru?ent is about 3 meters,. (This exaati~atioa it n:,t possible when
the graunli is wet,) The gsophysicirta then eater on a chart the unlace or-
taiaad, and the over-nil result is daterAined is the Ob3ekt Lheadquarter~
fraoa these c3aerta.
The Rrdiarstric-;~eoph;eticnl Depart sat egrylays Rbont 16o getophysicista
and a number of Soviet soldiers vho, aogather vith Chm deYLanH, petforst the
ewminationa. Rankin, a Soviet, was one oP the es~ineerx in the ~RadioeetriJ
Ceophpeicnl Ikpe.rtmeat.
=fhe l3eoclxmic i1 Sa'peri4r,~nta1 Zaborxtorj ie .lc;-steel in the Hain Ad-
ministration. Ft ecnducoa geol~+gical acid ,Seoe~"cal field e~asainations and
also hydregeolcgica; exaainatione. Onlygoviets work in this laboratory.
The Alain Aline~urveying Departsent records ar perforacs all 'cechuical
suweying pro3ects in the ant ire arcs, including ~hoee handled b~ Ob3ekt 12
Th,~ Topographic D!part~ent ie indirectly subordi.mtta to it. Ontil Angnst 1351,
t}tt chief arise s~Yrveyor, use luminarskiy; he ~t on leave that aonth.
The ~lYin t3aal:agical Department in Breitenbruea is tbMt y]asn4.ng de-
partsrnt for tie C7b,yekt and Por Stags 1 of Pra,}ekt 338, i'1-e dirneto: of the
etoloaica'1 drafting section vas a wosiau geologist, Dubliet~eva. Another ce~aa
gsoaoglat, Ias~riaareki3~a, s+ade petro~aphic eaaiaationw oY rcxtk (;,icrosccpic).
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Breite~nbnunn rr~ilxoad steatioa whic~a ie al.ao the location oY s huge potato
buJaker for .the 6~isauaet trade ~rade Ctrganizatirca~, ffiaeh shaft has its awn
aammchine shop and forge. An ?lectrical ~arhiac shag is also available at
R'h? shop is equipped rorith very good. ntaehinealr. Tine ma1Y1 wea^mhouse is at the
Maize Machine Deg~artmeat c 'Ph? main amchiaue shop is located in the
i'orimer St. Christoph-yitriolhraette mine, and employs about 70 workers,
The YAain Geological 3~.apar~tment employs 25 Soviet geologists, both
male arid female, including som+s car,/ good spa~cinlists.. $ach geologist has
one shaft area to apen up-
were erected in Rabenberg near 3ohannmge+org?nstadt, in Antdxonahoehe near?
Antho~tal, in Grsexsstaedtcl, and in 19~auoberhaus ~atcr of thc~ae cm~,pr,
~1or~ IDeparts~nt, Bookkeeept.tag Aepa.rt~nt, Per?onnml ^ueparteeant,
i$illcting aRd~iniatratios:~ Llrtil .dune 1,51, the norms ?aagyiz~c?r was Ar9c-;
haugelaksya, a Soviet ~rosaaat. FazticuL.~*ly 3arge ca~prt Por ~aina xoskers
The 4dcrk Insp~ctian L~e~parteaent ha.s Germ e~playees Fritzmcae~,
the. xork iz,tpectar. , ?in in e:iarp;e, sad krii~er, the Ota?ekt fvr~'ffian, ii; also
e:ffiglogeri by 4h2~' ~epar~ent ~ 1`12 main tae~c of thus de~.r,.mest t~ to ixe-
spect the shaft sees for the pLrpose of preventing accidents.
The directcr o4 the Breitenbrunn Preparatory School for Planing !a
Haas Biala. The school traint+ machi.nistP, ele?rator mechanics, hewers, and
.,,t~ie~. ~inS-n9o a$ !~lnl is t.a, TY~ rdditian, the 1'rP are trained acre, and mining
inspectors, etc,, are gt.ven advanee3 trainirg. x^lte Breitenbrann Preparatory
Schoo3 for Mining ie conncctc3 xith the Freiberg Mining Academy.
I~in Fire Station-Free brigade. The firs-brigade detach~men:. Se
stationed in 5t, Chriatoph, Breite~brunu, and cu~alatE of about 170 men
The crew iR v+:ry xe11 trainee.. Sn addition, ~Db~e1: 8 has its own police.
unit; which belongs to the Fcoplc's Fo11ce. A State Security Service unit
and a Criminal Police unit s:e also located in Breitenbrunn.
Department for Deep Care-Bcrir~ '?'he dcpa.-tmeat for vertical and
horizontal core-~criag actually constitutes a -is.1a Depari:mtnt of tha l~hin
Geological Drprrtmeat of t'rrx ?'isa~ut Cerpcratian's Main Administratioa. How-
ever, Ob~ekt 8 has a permanent drilling department sad also condacts the
corn-drilling explorations in the Yield. Selteted core samples e:re sent to
the Geological ilstitute in Grueaa near Cheanitx. Ecpncially difficult nsal-
yaes are conducted by the Freiberg Geological-Mineralogical Inrtltute
Construction Dept~x t~xat..Trsnspcrtatiun De.srtnent ~ ALc?it 5:0
workers ~ot clear whether this refers to both departments together or only
to the Construction Departa~en]. The Construction Departmect builds smakl
buildings Por shaft operations and digs d3bches, cable trenches, etc.
The TranaportaL?ion Depai?tmant has the fob of delivering all nazeriai
regaized fcT aboveground and underground =onstruciion. The motrar pool, which
is located iu AnthcnBtal, belongs to this deperttient, and hss approzineatei.y
120 trucks and 130 passenger cars,
The main admi.nisti~tive buildings of Cb~elst ~ arc the buildings ~rhich
fors~srly ba].ongad to the ffiiethaa~srschen Villa in Breitenhof. Tbs ore crusher
eras forwer:lp n wood- p fsatory, and the prison vas i Yax?shaoRe. A fairly
lard 8ori.et eclony about 23G haemses), in which Sovi+st eaai~ers sad cff:cera
sad their families live, extends along the left ant right slopes of the Srei-
tenho! va,~ley~
-t. _ ~~ k -~.:. t .. ~ ~~#/T~y"Kli't93 -~+~S~r' ~~ .. ~Ylz9~IT.L+d~~" Y'~'. C+c~L~r,,. ?FaC..'S')'k" -
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~. 1Draaai,m~o% Branius Qre at tk-e Gre Gr>~aher is ~reitenbi?uain.
control numberi+ oi' aoth these men; ($j tyypa of ore (I, II, or FIII aigataturr
of iz.?peetor; and (7) aigbgateare (vase ammd control extazr~+sr) of thm maponeible :: ',
ifie~d on the tag: (1) dates; (2) number of shaft and 4J~d,jektr (~) esxact doeig-
nation of thr~ Rseadiasg; (~S) nab of the ore ise~oer sad hie apprentice herRer9 (5)
F
carding to tbes reading, on the aadcz?oc~tater: The folloviaeg information ie apec-
zaeana of E?R-S or F iretrunernta ~2~igar caue~tera~. ~ radiaa~triat records t~
an~bar of the o~ tyke I ZT, or TII, an the ag attached to each crate, ac-.
mtraart~ring 1.0 x 0.$ x 0,$ asters seed fitted xith 1oGk axed key, to the Rrei-
tenbrunxa are cx?c+.sher: The pitchblende or toriLarnite ie transaported in this foimm
of r7n+ ore, i.e,, is the fcr~ in ~h,ieh it ie sin?d, asiac~d with bars^en rock. ~t
the Breiteaebrunn ore crusher, tt'.a crates are axaatixsad try $ov~iet radiosetriata
to datermix~+ the mlat ivg parca~nta;~a of aa+e coAtent . T`he eu9.airAg is done by '
Z'itchblanda or torberxeite front the shafts of Ob 4akt $,, aa~7,, in some cease,
also from these of (iYs~ekt 3?, arcs tre~naportsd by tx~eck in ahAeet-aortal cratase,
tir 1`~,OC~O h+aat ms.rlce have beran pai3 to Soviet ~Y.eft dirssetore for ox~ monthgP
outpat.
abta.iread, the bon~ueea far the esvrkera, the p~arcesatage fulfillsaxit at the pare
goats by the ahsft coescerned, and the spacial bo>ee for th:a 3owiat abaft.:::..:
clirectoru artd geologists attic coaaputed: Zt has accurx-ad that are prasatiuaa up
After baiag exami.e:ed, the raw ore ie taken to the first aquarc~~,esh
acreea. The screen consists of roe~i iron bare, each 3 centimeters 1n diam-
eter. The opeainga between these bare are 25 centimeters square. Zf lerge
pieces a* rock .arc included in the raw oro, several workers break them up on
this roaree-mesh acreea until they core psis through :'.t.
The rey ore then 3rapa info s collecting shaft. From here it is co^-
veye3 to the ,jaw crusher by means of s pusher device which d.iatributes it
evznly. Jaw cr?aehera from the forzt?r Kropp-Orison firm in Magdeburg are
used for coarse :rushing. Recently there have been two Soiiet rock cruRherG
from Kharkor? ir. Ereitea`,,rtLn, but T_ have no information on trelr method of
operation>
The ,jaw crusher reduces the raw ore to 40-50 millimeters in size The
cruahrd ore is row trs,nsported on a ~_onlreyer belt through a cecond 4aw crusher
and into two crushin5 mike, where ii is reduced to a gr~ai.a sixe of about $-10
millimeters.
The capacity of the ,iae arushar is about 6 ton:; per hoar. The recu ore
goes from the crashing nilla to a dnnn mi11, wheree it ie pulverized to a dust,
0.2 sillimeter 1n grain aizs. If it goes to the emll ore pulverizer, it is
~:'iv;:r_zed to DI2q (German L.dustrial Standard) 40-grain size. (Ec detaiia are
knc ;. on the constraction of the drum mills.) After the rev are has been
ground to dust, it ie carried by an elevator over an installation far ~lr,{ing
eoncentratee and through an air sifter. These air sifters are delivereo by
a SI,G in Desacu>
The concentrate, which ie freed. 1u this Bray of all barren rock (r_ountry
rock), is loaded rota cylindrical sheet-e~eta3 d-e~e, eeeh $0 een*,irctere high
and 5U eentiteetera in dieeemter, ea.d is ta~aneported to the large cre-dressing
plant iu Ar,c. ucic At is gy"3iaa a'. vin':5u~.^ at@a~, `v; 5 j+ a+~:coo ~ii~a`sri-nr`u tJ ice. i-tiE
is the collactis~; point fo-t tLe first [,jriaary!/ ore concentrate far ail Ob-
;,eki.s in the ifpper Erzgebirge. ;'a ~ knavledge, after it is treated in Aue,
it ie not further Mme=tad in the GBR, best 1a tranaporte3 to tM UffiR.
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ante at a eon,stant teratrup (1C5 de~reea centiga?ade), and treated. vitka
nitric ar=id to fors ursnyl nitrate < iihen the uranyl rait.rate is heated, urA-
niYns "~rioteide ~.s forceesd; this fa rsrduced by Yteating ~s1.tYe row ~arbo~7 in the
electric ftu~x:ace 4Jithin broad limtits, secondary alaffiertc ~oz~tainrd in the .''
kilogram sample is o~atained. '.Clete test material. is d31ed in the electric fur- .
superficial, geocheaaical-analytical exmml.nation is made of these sat~,les in
the fiaid. The test material is pan^`ed out into this faz?m Caf ~ disk, 9ahich is
then divided ixtto nisxa vaal~e-~l~,ped seetione; division continues until a one-
pitdhblende a.:e removed. by ne~ans of 'the' Pylsat reaction ~TuepfeL^eetkt ton) '1'hP; ,
s?esulte of these aaealy$es arra recorded in special anal~'aii.e3 boar, vhic4 c~r~e ;
-'sent tc Aue glorg uritk!, the coneerntraate, In addition, a thoroa~h penm:
H1f0~ haul been added, and the saivt_~n is evaporated to dryness on a 4sr:i bath-
It ..s again treated with HCI, and again evaporated; then another 20 cubic cen-
timeters of Hrl (1 ~? 1) are added, together wi?ch RBr and hydrazine hydro-
chlorl8?, and the a;xture is ogee store evaporated to dryness. In this way, any
arsenic contalneL ir. the concentrate is dissolved. The dry residue is treated
xith j c+abic c::ntimetere of H^1, of specific v+sighL 1.19; and 5 cubic centi-
meters of TipO, an3 is ha..ated several minutes oa a voter bath under constant
agitation. Then the solution is diluted with ~5 rnbl~ centtvetnre of distilled
HzG and f2lterEd into a beaker, the residue is thoravghly washed. T'ae residue
is dried in ? platlnum c',ieh, treated vlth HF, evaporated to dryness, treated
with HCI, azd again evaporated to is?yaEes. The ~:oncentrate is then again dis-
nclved :n '_ Y 1 HG1 ari thr~ solution diluted with $ 0 and filtered, vhereupen the
filtrate ?a sdded to the Yirat filltrnte.. 11av H23 i~ bubbled through the fil-
trate.. Ai'ter heating, ail ,ulfides can bn filtered vuti. The sulfides are 31s-
ealved :n br.ominated flCl,. The process of salxtian is such t'.tat the suL?ides
ffirtet be Filtered off 'by meant" of a special g1Aa~ ..?iltration. cr?u:.ibl,~ (li;rl}. A
small ,etantity of bramtiae is poured over the aulfldes, and then coticestratrd
~1 is added, The mixture is shaken briefly sad the solution drawn ofP. The
ahekin3 ;nist 'he done very carefully because of danger of explosion.
Tb.ic procQSS 1e? r~peate3 several times. The broiaine can be driven out
of the s3olution by boiling. Ther- the solntian is again treated v!.th ~ and
filtered and *?he Yiltrate a~.ded to t!~ first filtrate, which ie then evaporated
uii~ru to iw cuuii: GentimEtBT6 tv ~'i-t'iY8 off the $~. RQSi the filtrate 1.^. .,51-
dized with 3?per~ent 0? and neYrtrallzeiA with ~oncentrsted soda solvtioa, and
nn excess of 3 ~~ of s~ i8 added? The solu+lon is than toiled until the
yellau px?ecipitate is again 3issalved. R'hf.
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k. thin Finance office
1. Billeting Fidniaistration
?hie departeaent ie raeponaible for bovsias the e-iaa wo*?Yers.
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m. !fining Teschtuslo~ School
i'echnical am8. politiosl cos~em 'for goviet engineers ese given
isa thin school. 'ihe ~&t9viet engineers nuppc~sedly inetracted 'in partlcu-
]atrly difficult prob].+msr dealing xith geology eRnd s~i~ in the Erzgebirge.
B. 76xtrrctian of ~
'YRpe mining ~thads are .the saes as those previously described,
ore cv~hcr. In~e:ddition, tiro $orriet ore-dressing ~schi~a ~dr~ m~i3ls~ six~+e
available. Ob~~aZrt 1 alto her a $eochtirmical laborat?ry, in xh4ch the ;rer= '
A~ditioxaal Comaoa~ts
macs larger Opemiz~g up of tbse 0Lerr~soh3-3ehneel~erg a k~ almort been
aowplete4. d Large part of Ob~akt ~ has already baa~tt trans?erred to other
cesxtage o~ ana.lyses are carrLed out.
Frisch lilueck, 9ehaar, ileieee 'raube, and the Jt:gel ore deposit.
Ob,ekts 10 and 1 xerk is close con,uartion, mainly because moat of the
shafts in Johanngeorgenstadt have undergroun3 cannectiozs xith ono another
horizontally.
R. Organization and ?aad:ng Persona7,ities
Lh5211 the beginnissg OP 1951, the !fain AdminiAtsation of Ob;ekt 12 xae lII
Johnt-~georgenstadt. It ie now located in the finer 1Sreug '-7or~a- in Sehvarzen-
berg.
333, 332, 3~, and 31$ is 3rar-kov.
Ob~ekt lc fe a constractirni Obaekt, sad thus .ta not enaagad in wining c--e.
It perforsa the azcavati~og operstiona, saoh u siahiodc the shafts, excavating
the sMtin gallrries, et:~.
O'b~ekt 12 has neither a geologleai nor ss raAiza9etric dsnartae~ . 1`he eheQts
hnovn to rrs have aL:rordy been listed wader prosekt 338.
One of Cbe larpst vehicle parb of the Tiissnt Ca'zpox?stior_ ie li,cated 1n
~rla near &ehrarseaber. Obsekt 12 aan~Bee this vehicle park, rhich vas cor-
p:~ted in ~~ut 1951 apd has about 30p tracb and bastes.
In addlt:an, tAare is a large ~tsla?e, vi~kh about 46 drat't horrea crA 15
race or riddle 'Horses, i : 3rir., on tb forsar eeLate of the BroitYeld firm.
.9 lame sutortobile r+~'air sb~ writh w vshicla park, owned by the Tiissat
Oarporatita sad else voder CLe of zinLtratias of Cb~e![t 1F, is l.aeate3 ~.: thr.
vicinity of the ~'atio MCS~. '!'hs trans pcrb is also the rite of for siaim ve~re-
honr~e of Ob~ekt 12.
A leT{Re portion of 9~~exEL i2 in tH! cT03a~r0r~eNfLellt LT'ea tar Cl/rR?17ed
at the begi~loQ of 1951 and vas tabn ~T by Q~,fe3[t ?, far eaois~le, Sha."'t 204
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The !lain rsamffi~s+g u~+~a~??~? ,?~ n- __._,..-_ - O~atatandiug spccinlist?
eo-called ?iis7Qat Trarisportatiarz~ Project (~1-bra-~"ro .
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vorliag on this yaao3esct ICusBnal4rAv, n aowiet c9elikin i.s
not conrar,ccte6l Stith
2ovict officer artd emglne~x in t3sa 8ovi?t A~r,Y.
the 5iiseraxt Corporetiosr.
the ~nin planning officc i? is Chs~sitz, ~ another isperrtaat cemta??1
~i3,ffiYlrlirg office for thAs g,ro9?ct i.m iXi .~~.
. Ttris project provides for t41a construction of double-track railroad a~t-
t area (grsbirge) and i~ Ctechael.orakla. It also
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vorl~s ixE the sa
providc? for tarn construction of ]arg!e, wain traffic artsrina, se a connection:
via the ~rzgebir$e, betveeen the Ho]*+eaiam basin in CsRechoelovw~cin ate. gacffseca,
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the 47i-4?ra-Pro begaas. According to they plaa~ fox? ~T~he fi.x^st part of t~ pro;,ec`.,
and the Johe~sa~e?rg~
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the Aue-J~ohanngeorge~nstndt rail line, 3
etadt-!Carlsbad (Karlovy'Vnry) rail line in Czcahoelovakin, 35 kiloreters long,
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were to be converted from B vets schedul ~ to be conastructtd perallcl to these
dition, large main highxnys
rail lines.
this section of the upper $rz~ebirge a2cee-
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lut, ,uric: rs~; :stain valleys
sitnted the ceaetYnction of tva large tunnels near Schvarzenberg and Aue, bridges
far a wide approach rand, and several large railroad bridged.
During the k*inter of 1949 - 190, nl'1 statecoastruction mre~ngaged tithe
GDR specializing in underground cad abovegrcnmd pithin
means of a Collective contract, to pcrfor>s the rn~xk is the Srzgebxrge.
3 months, !.area barrarka Catepa had been ereCtbd for thoavaade of road ,and rail-
betvoen Aue
road coxutructian vorkere. Mork oa the tall lines and tae highr~Y
and Jarsnngeargeaetadt (phases A and C of the project; see sketohes I and IZ}
ttaa cosipleted by Augtset 1951. Beery 10 kilo~eters, large load,iag and tran~sship-
ping points ~latforass? were coaetructad for ore :.~-ading. ;,.oading p:Ln*,forae 3
or 4 klloereters long, ',rich constitute a d~ixect aa'nnectYan betuasvn the wide
approsAh road cad raib line. extend ?lon~ the eatire~valley= TbA eroecution of
this prosect was excluxively under the aetti4y~n*, of Ba-riet engineers saQ1 Boviet
armp officers.
The lain rnils?oad station !n Bchwarseabprg ~eee sluetch X. ), ~_ch origi-
nally hsd fot~^ loading t:-aclce, het4 bsea calargetd by the cor-strnetion of six
800-eater loadings tracks, a>rd thins is now a't~n-track station. The lnrgeRt
MqD casera~e is tho ErzgebL~a (da:aan side) is l9cated in .the Sswiate vi-
ciniY.y of this gain railroad station.
fro large raiL~?oad bridges (230 asters long) wre nscassory ~ Schwarten--
berg alone. A tat~ael 230 meters ~ had to be drirea tYrou~ tln~r Ottsastsin
sroaatain. Tro large- railroad bridges (].oadiflg briAges ~i~ of ce~acrete een-
straation) were 'built in the a>~sa bstreen Se~atassberg a~3 3rlx. Y'he foreasr
Seanar~eao~+res Qay station was aofnd abort 1:000 a~ad a ides far the vidxoaP-
t~.-iee itR original sise. A ~s+r railroad bridge _
orosrh toed also bed to t+e aonstr~etad it. the BrL-~ Ayrthomstaltstiailfoad
thoaatal-Anthonshoehe, ? nay arinrs.vorkars' city).
afatlcm vas also enlarged to titles it? originaY alae>
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are-loadiaeg station of the Breiten'bruan ore cr~her.
ThP ~rlei railroad station has axao been eal.arged to twine its fortaer size
Direetly ad,goining this station is the ~7iamixt Corporation's largest vehicle
parr, ar"clich alas have a ].verge ta-ateahippit,~ area. The bes.iidit~a cotntain more .'.
than 6?ao truek;.e . ?t'tle vehicle park is at pxeaent mana?~ed by ~,}ekt L2.
A loading and trs~ahippittp~ it~tellatiota 6 gilometeeen bang, the largesx
in the iii-?t'ra-4Tro, extends froth Breitenbruaan to ~r1a'bz~anat, occea~ireg the en-
aire Erl.abrur~ valley, vteich t+aa anlarg'=d at*,his point by many ~etcrs . l~ugc>
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xaLks were: bxolY:em xp and reraowed izr. a chart period of tip
A gaviet antiairoraft battery i~a pertstatly atatia~d irx Steinh~idr:l,'.
village situated at tkse top of the valley ridge aurt?oundixrg IIrlsbrixnx~. l ~-
lieve that this battex?y' has tkte fob of rdis~ the Eslabrta9in traneshipgalrp,
point with its 1$ lomdin.3 plaetforms, Tt, is the t~tnly antiaircraft becttmr?~ iri
this saes, and has abcnat 1$ of medi?~ caliberR A tnabile ax`ti1Le--~ battery
oral t>ansferrei! to iCaerlabad its 6~y 13516 Thia battery ha.3 about 32 artllleT~r
no special loadinac poste between L~riabrunn and Johannaeor?er~tadt. Ad,tolning
the railroad reLwark in Johanngeorgenatadt i9 a special ore-loading area.
Leading off from this, a separate traneshlpping point has taen built.
peint 1r. Erei*_enb^~ is net constrn^ted for use as an ore-loading point. It
has none of the technical mining features which would be necessary for the
loading of uranium ors: onto railroad cars. This is also true of the loading
points near tauter, Erle, and Anthonatal. On the whole, the iii-Tra-Pro lould
have to be rega.~?ded as a separate project, with, at most, indireci connections
wits thF actuni uranium mining operations is the Erzgebirge.
The s'bowe-described project canet.itutes pY',s.9e A of the iii mm-Fro t:seE
sketches I and II)
Phase B of the project grow idea far converting the Johanngeorgenste.dt-
Sarlabad and the Kmrl9vad-Joachimatal rail lines in Czecl+.oalovskie, from
single to double track. The Czeehcslovak 3overtt~nt is in charge of carrying
out this project.
?hsae C of the nio,~ect involaee the enlargement and construction o? rai?.-
road and :aiuhws,y faciiit.lea for the Aue-3chvarzenberg line. This phase was
schedseled _?or comp?*_tiaa in December 1351, and it ie very probable that it hss
beet` coazpleted. At I.auter., a reiLoad station between 3cL-x~arzcaberg and Aue,
two large la,.yding points pare been conatructeQ, one of ethi^.h b:+ used to lord
ore from C'b~ekt 30, Lnuter. 1~'he Aue railroad station eras eniar~sd to be the
central station of the iiismut f`?orporstion and of the Wi-Tra-Pro. It nw has a
separate irelEht station nth 11v Aos;ding ramps, sad a ~ac:senger atatio+e with
four L~rg~e platf~>rme. Ir md,ditioa, there is another ore-laadievs ataticu, with
two large i4ad!.ng `ramps, erhich also '-x2osgs co ttr~e .iwc rai'~.road station. This
station has been b~.tilt in a.ecordance with modern technical lining nethc+da e~-
pecially far the loading of araniu3 ore (sae sketch II, phaaa C).
Phase U it,~olsee reconatrnetirg tha Ane-[,er.',clreta rail line to tloubie tract.
The second track. of this line hes been diafruetlad by the Swieta in 1~, 'but
is ncv basing `r'aid. The ~,vli kttcarn Yiuius `scions oS R~diarbad-~bsrsohlears
and Schteeeberg are in tie araa, bat that' }iota no co~ectloa rich t5eae eon-
rrtruction operntiotfs: The entixe ?ength M the pro3est bet~nsen ~vickau an3
~strla;aed (a~ia kne, $chxaraenberg, Johanu~aorgen3tadt) is about 95 kiiom+stere.
The laugh of the section iron hrickrn to Johannseargenstendt is about 60 kilo-
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