GENERAL INFORMATION ON THE JACHYMOV MINES

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• Document Creation Date: November 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 10, 1998
• Sequence Number: 7
• Publication Date: September 1, 1948
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL flITELL?GENCE AGENCY REPORT NO.I
MFORMATION REPORT Chi NO.
COUNTRY Czecho.:lkia
SUBJECT General Information on
the Jachynov tines
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'L.. This nine is located approximately 1 Tcn north of the building of
the Jachyriov 'lines Directorate. Irnm,. Uinke1hofer is the head of
the mine; his deputy is P rochazka, an ardent Con nut7ist (also chair-
im.n of the ROH, Revolutionary Trade Uniou Ilovenent, and chairman of
the KOH,, Regional Comr:ittee of the Revolutionary Trade Union I1ovemenj.
20 The nine extends over an area l an long and 250 to 300 re wide; it is
750 m deep and has 10 1e rela. Above the pit there are two processing,
rooms (one o:!d and one new), rachinery for loadin ; the ore of poor
quality into wagons, and machinery for attinn the ore of good quality
into boxes. One wagon coriprises about 600 kg; of ore, l box about 30 kra,
3. Dratrstvi is the central ore depot for a:'_3 the nines in the 3acl Iev
area. The labor force comprises about 200 Czech and Slovak miners and
about 800 Grermn prisoners of war uho lire in the '!-J camp located 2 ith-
in the area of the mine. The entire area of the rime is fenced off with
barbed wire and rded by armed r enbors of the 1.1orkers& (Factory) Piiii,--
tia or SUB from four guard-tovers (placed in each corner of the fence)?
The Factory Militia and the 30B have separate guard rooms. During the
ni ght, the whole area is illuminated.
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The Rovnost Mine is located approximately 5 Ira vest of Jachymova; Ing.
Ste s1cl, now dismissed, tuna fomerly the mine manager. The nine suupor-
visor". V Hruby, former deruty to Stalskal, holds the post of manager at
present. Tiruby Is an ardent Coi iunist. The nine is about 720 m deep and
has 7 levy lsa One of the most Important ore -reins is the Ber/;kutteri the
names of the other veins are: Svycar, Jerony?:i, Red Vein (Corvena Zila),,
resistor, and Fludr0 The labor force consists of about 300 Czech and Sic-
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vak miners and about 500 Gex-n :n prisoners of ,iar stationed in the PW
avrp located within the area of the nine. The area 1^ guarded by
members exclusively and is illuminated during the night.
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l.. This mine is located about 7 km north of Jach 'ov (beyond Bratratvi)
-ing. Pibyr has recentlky been appointed manager of the nina; he is 28
years old, an ardent Cor w fat, lives in 'otucky (I.3reitenhach), and
comes to mine regularly by car. His deputy, Fr. Weidi, mine sit
rvisor, is ndi; a Coy-;monist, (Within the area of the Elias Mine there
is another mine called Ji ?ina cv'hich is about 80 r deep. j
2,r The Elias Mine is 160 m deep and has t* xa lovels. The first level,,
:::allod Slik' a, is at a de?th of 40 m and the second, called Barbara,
4,1t a de.rt'h of 160 m. At the depth of the lower level, there are the
flarbora and Fludr veins extending here from the Rovnost Mine
3s There are two preliminary processing rooms here, and a new processing
building is now being built. 7. hen the new process'ng building is
finished, Ellac will be the largest (most productive) establishment
within the J cb ov area. The nine employs 200 Czechs, 60 German
civilians, and about 600 German Ifs. The area of the mine is iflumi-
nated at nig,ht.
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The Svbrnost Mine is located on the outskirts of the town close to the
road leading to T3ozi Dar. Ing. alab, 45, a Corr-unist, is the m ne aa-
ger. His deputy is Proks, -nine supervisor (previously a National Soci-
alist, now a Coma anat. t) . The pit is 850 m deep; above it a new mining
tower is being built. The labor force cor:9prises 150 Czechs and SlovaTcs,
50 Germ n civilians, and about 200 German PWe living in a camp on the
Promises.
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This mine consists of one pit and one index ~c7ent drift. The mine is
located on the way from Elias to ?Mariasorg 0. atek, mine supervisor,
bolds the Deist of manager there- a former member of the Czech National
oe)cialist Party, he is now a member of the Communist Party. Only Ger-
man prisoners of war under the nunervision of 3 Czechs are corking in
the mine. The Zalesi If ne contains the best quality ore within the en-
tire Jack miov area. Occasional deposits contain from 4.5 to 60 percent
of radium ore.
This. Is 60 m weep and comprises 8 drifts; work is going on in al.I of the
drifts. Aolek, mine supervisor, who came from Ostrava, is the mine mana-
ger. The ore rained here is of good c: lity but the output of the mine is
low.
This wine is located vex close to the town of 3'ach rnov. The nine con
lists of 18 dri t4-ts with ninin ? going on in all of them. A new drift.,, '
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named Leopold, has been opened recently; the ore found in the new drift
is of a very high cq.uality. Pavias, minx ' sutervisor, is the mine manager.,,
few compressors and drilling machines have recently been delivered to the
a~pold drift, as well as to others.
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Xn the acl ov area there are about 200 planes-in VAilch exper.'.ienta1
digs; g is done. The search for uranium ore deposits is conduced
mostly in abandoned coal drifts (although several new drifts have been
out). When the eerimrental digging shows good results a new mine 3s
opened; if the results are raor, the dri:`t is abandoned, Aboutt o to
four man are working in each of the experimental drifts, New drifts
have been cut in the folloauring~ localities: Dvrnberg, Potucky (Breite
I ch) $ Ve jprty, Boni. D?ar, Pr ebuz, Bolzbachs Se jf (Seifen) ? Ilorni Zdar,
Iiorni S:l, avkov, Plarianske Lazne (Marienbad), 'ribnam, ar . Oravska Iiat;u.: a
(in Slovakia).
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A spacial Russian expedition is searching for uranium ore deposits within
the. konose (Riesengebirge) area. Souxce heard that a uranium ()re deposit
was fond at Jelenia Cora (Hirschberg) on the Polish side of the Krkonose,
.e S rity,. ?c Laurie Q?ri to jkcla PZR~ep
Staff Captain Kocian is Security officer for the er,tire j?achymov araa.
Captain Morozov (Russian) is Con andsxtt of Chmrds for all uranium ore
hies.
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Lieutenant Krim (Russian) is Commandant of the r ands in Jacl
ov.
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Captain Ku voeno (Russian) is Commandant of the, guards in P
(Frahbuss) G
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Lieutenant Ku'aancik (Slovak) is Deputy Commandant of the guards in Prebz
(FrWhbuss) o
All TrUrel"Ises for the Jachymov Mines must be paid for in American dollars even
in cases when the items purchased could easily be obtained on the Czech r. ,rket.
A a pro oil, the following bills are quoted. by source:
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