WISMUT A.G.: OBJECT 96 ORGANIZATION; MINING IN PIT 269, 196, AND 209; RUSSIAN PERSONALITIES

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• Document Creation Date: December 27, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 5, 2013
• Sequence Number: 24
• Publication Date: March 31, 1954
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
This Document contains information affecting the Na-
tional Defense of the United States, within the mean-
ing of Title 18, Sections 793 and 794, of the U.S. Code, as
amended. Its transmission or revelation of its content.'
to or receipt by an unauthorized person is prohibited
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COUNTRY East Germany
SUBJECT
DATE OF INFO.
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Wismut A.G. Object 96 Organization;
Mining in Pit 269, 196, and 209;
Russian Personalities
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THE SOURCE EVALUATIONS IN THIS REPORT ARE DEFINITIVE.
THE APPRAISAL OF CONTENT IS TENTATIVE.
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Orzanization.
1.
Object 96 in December 1953 administered the following installations:
a. Pit 269 (Schacht)9 mining radioactive coal
b. Pit 2090 mining uranium ore
c. Pit 1969 mining uranium ore
d. The ore concentration plant at Freital? known generally to
Wismut employees as "the old factory".
e. The ore concentration plant at Gittersee? known generally to
to Wismut employees as "the new factory".
2. As of 1 January 1954, Object 96 will likewise assume
new pits, which are now scheduled for exploitation:
a.
b.
c.
d.
Pit 3
Pit 4
FGittersee Schacht"
"Burg 3 Schacht"
control of the following
The new pits are situated in the vicinity of Freital, but in a different
valley from Pit 269.
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3, Pit 269, situated in Freital, employed in December 1953 approximately
1,760 Germans.
4. Coal mined from Pit 269 is burned for a period of about 12-18 months.
The ashes are then sorted. The higher grade of ash is sent direct to
the ore concentration plant at Gittersee for processing; the lower
grade goes first to the old factory" at Freital for preliminary
processing and from there to the new factory" at Gittersee for final
treatment.
5. The target for December.1.953 for Fit 269 Is as follaweg
a. Coal Production
Section (Reviee) I 2,460 cu, in.
11 3,160 (.111.
III 1,380 cu. in.
Sections IVEcl/ (together) 2,000 cu. m.
Total e.1292-uT.Ee
b. Extension
During December, the underground galleries, ar' t be,.. extended a total
of 800 in,
6. The guard duties at Pit 269 are performed. by German3.
Pit 196 and PitQ.
7. Both these pits are in the Erzgebirge, and both have been continuously and
very profitable exploited since the early days of Wismut. Supplies of ore
are new rapidly approaching the point of exhauetien, however, and both pits
have now been placed under the control of one Schaehtleiter.
8, Pit 196 is situated at Niederpebel near Schmiedeberg in the Erzgebirge, and
at present is employing 200 Germans,
9. Pit 209 is situated at Baerenhecke, also in the Erzgebirge, and at present
has a staff of about 220 Germans. At its peak, before 1950, this pit was
believed to be producing as much as 60 pit ears (capacity 0.6 tons) of
Grade I and Grade II ore per shift; three shifts per day were worked. In
1952,however,it is reported that the is.,ok.xl target (which was usually
exceeded) was as low asg
Grade I
Grade II
Grade III
350 containers (Kisten)
450 containers
500-600 containers
19. Law-grade ore from both pits is taken to one of the two concentration plants
at Freital and Gittersee for processing.
U. Both Pit 196 and Pit 209 are still guarded by Russian soldiers.
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Russian Personalities.
I. a. Object 960 Headquarters:
(1) Objektleiter:
(2) Senior Engineer:
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(3) Technical Safety Officer: Alekseye
b. Pit 269:
(1) Schachtleiter:
Konstantin Nikolayevich Nermanishvi
(2) Senior Engineer: Evgeni Kuzmich Kuznetsov.
(3) Geologist:
(4) Geophysicist:
Shilgin;
Z akh aro
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(5) Surveyor: Sbcheglakov;
(6) In charge of shot-firing: Kvinitadze;
c. Pit 196 and Pit 209.
(1) Schachtleiter (for both): Nikolay Kharin;
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(2) Engineer: Borisov;
d. From Wismut Headquarters, Karl-Marx-Stadt.
Mitin; visits pits in connection with safety regulations
and to investigate accidents;
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