HARD COAL AND URANIUM MINES IN THE TRUTNOV AREA

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• Collection: General CIA Records
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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 16, 2010
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: January 4, 1957
• Content Type: REPORT

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being done in three shifi;e and about 3100 m n were assigned to each shift.
The ivy Dul.bt,d the Id,ti Mine were in i;t rconnected by a gallery 4 or 5 km
:Drug. All the ore and haarl cal mined was hauled to the surface through
80 years. Ura:ii= ore mining actit;itic.t were s art*d after VW XI. Work was
2. ,;he h z'cs .:cal mine of Tivivy Dul (Dr's Pit) 'h n3 bo%xi 1 cporation for about
,%e "Vychodocesko axeruuhelno Doly" (E .st Bohemian Hard Coal Mines) at
Trautenau (Tautn3v).
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1. Onl ; the i'aIavy Fro em ad Ida Mines wnro c ~~. ,gay cat 8t..'h adoaits (Svatonovice)
Theso nsic,ae and the mine at $iolw ware controlled by the Directorate of
t;hie gallery. The shaft ct? the Tmavy Dul mine ` was exclusively used for the
hauling of personne;b. Tho n-irao was abo:st 400 m d Apo Fr,n the lowest 'level.
of the mine, a level gal:+, sry 6 or 8 Lm long had boon built. Crosscuts 100
to 150 m apart extended v"a both sides of this rein gallery.
3. The uranium ore mir od we.i of + brownish color? The uranium cgntent of, the
ore was tested by teams of bvo. men who were equipped with a measuring seta
4. The uraniu i ore was loafed on mine oars and hauled to the Ida Mine from
where it uao taken to -l,he. surface.
5.. eFrio ` to Liu- I.l _'.9j4F c,bct. t? 30 car toads of ur niul! ors? Li id 900 to A-non
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