BROWN COAL DEPOSITS IN THE ZHOLKVA-RAVA RUSKA AREA OF THE UKRAINE

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• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 14, 2002
• Sequence Number: 8
• Publication Date: April 20, 1954
• Content Type: REPORT

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DATE DISTR. Apr 1954
SUBJECT Brown Coal Deposits in the Zholkva-Rava
Ruska Area of the Ukraine
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1. Brown coal deposits in the region o~' Lvov LLember of the Ukraine are not
plentiful et all. As I have previously pointed out brown coal 25X1X
is principally mined ixi the Rostotchia hills to the northwest of.Lvov.
Using the following sketch I can better describe the area.
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2. The last glacier during the glacial age deposited tremendous amounts of
rubble along the terminal moraine extending from the northeast of.Lvov
to the southwest. These glacial deposits coupled with the abundant
water.make mining operations, south of the terminal moraine, impractical
and uneconomical. TTntil 1914!. no traces of brown coal had been discover-
ed to the south of LVDV. Test drillings made in 1940 in the area to the
northeast of Lvov to a depth of 200 to 220 meters, turned up some brown
coal deposits. Again water seepage plus the poor quality of brown coal
(heavily mixed with clay) made mining uneconomical. These same test
drillings turned up carbon traces to the northeast,
Traces of other types of coal than brown coal have been discovered in
the,LVov region but they were very, very small. Since 1944 the Soviets
may have started mining operations for not only brown coal but to mine
the very small amounts of other types also. Their economy and huge man-
power reserves are such that they would pay little attention to the cost.
Rather, they would be seeking to reJieve the fuel shortage that exists in
the area _,xcept for a poor grade of peat, brown coal is the only other
fuel to be found. The area was long ago denuded of its forests.
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