TITANOGORAL ORE WASHING PLANT

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• Document Creation Date: December 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 10, 2003
• Sequence Number: 12
• Publication Date: March 11, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

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a. The ore washinL; nlant in Titanorsk (9?!2/5?20 N) Ohelyabinsk Oblast,
is southeast of the railroad s'tation, just north of a railroad line leading
from the Ay railroad station to the northeast. In IW the name of the town
as changod from-1:agnitIca to Titarorsko
many craters had formed in the
region of Titanorsk before 1900 when the goverrornt blocked this area and
started to mine gold, platinum, and other special ores o Exiles who were
settled there to work in the mines formed the bulk of the population of
"tIgnitka The population had increased to 7,000 by 1945 and was doubled
again by early 1949 because 3oviet soldiers ca7rge here after being released
from German war captivity and i'?ussian nationals, who had worked in aormany
during the war,werc settled 'Jere with their families? lormn P.J architects
and engineers, including construction engineer Lieutenant Nold (fnu) and
architect 3ieLlfried. Einhaus, supervised the expansion of the town and the con-
struction of the ore washing plant end of a road" At the time work was boom
on connecting the Kassa River with a lake which was to be (lauded ao as a
reservoir 6
co The Titaxi9;orsk ore washing plant originally consisted of one old building,
but this 'building was dismantled and replaced by three new structures, The
plant resumed full operation in early 1949. Excavations for the construction
of other buildins were made in !Torch 1949. It was said that th-, ore would
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be further processed here, but no smelting plant was under con-
struction nor was any machinery ooserved indica-tin: such processes
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:lie plant area was not fenced in, and no plate with a factory designa-
tion oas seen, The -,outh inc, the Central :line aid the Eorth dine
were east and northeast of the ore washing plant,. (1)
dL Three different kinds of ore were produced, medium-sized )icces,
pieces the size of a nut and fine ;round ore resemblin:s pepper. The
chief engineer said that Moscow scheduled a daily output of ore to
fill 25 railroad cars, each loaded with 60 tons of are. such a train
loft the town every morning about 7 a.m and returned in the evening?
Som times loaded with coal, otc. The ore was shipoed in special
sealed cars. :Jou times the ore in a car took up no 'N.)re space than
half a ton coal. the ore contained 77
percent pure iron and that it was designated Tltaruum lo:f specialists,
Joviets tore observed li:htinj their cl:arettos with a piece of ore
whpn connected to an electric wire, trAmeaately ecame red hot.
mile the
heaviest forging harimor could not crust._ tno air-couieu ore, water-
cooled ore broke at once under the hammer.
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no information on the number of Soviet workers employed
ant, Two hundred and seventy Fab worked as bricklayers,.
2. a, The name of the town as to be 'changed from l!agnitka to Tit ;omk,
The ore mines here have existed since 1932 or 1934, but the only
installation in the ore washing nlant dating back to prewar tines
is an old crushing installation which is no longer in operation,
Except for some war-time structures, all new installations were con-
structed by Pis after the uar. Excavations for new Iluildinzs had
started.
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b, Only ore with more than 30 percent iron content was selected by
magnetos to be processed. The average daily output was about two
trainloads of ore totaling about 1,200 tons, High quality ore was
separated and specially procc.osed, pulverized and designated titanium
for shipping.
The ore, which was mined in throe underground ? interconnected pits, con-
tained from 75. to 80 percent iron and also some titanium
:atnetos sorted the. ore in the bunkers, .iome ore
WAS shipped awayiand some was dressed in the plalt.- Twenty-four 60-ton
railroad cars were loaded with ore each day. -loundations in the northern
plant area indicated that the plant vas to be enlarged to twice its .
original size. TIN: same extensions were planned in the south but no
preparations for the constructions were observed, The town of Tarnitka
was to be renamed Titan%rsk,
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a. The ore mines date back to pre-war tines. !!1.cploitation of the nines
had been carried out at uigh tempo since /945. A new pit oast of tho
central mine had been excavated since 1947 and had reached a depth
of 50 meters by July 1949, At that time the brick lining of the shaft
and the elevator tower were completed, and only i;he.machine shop was
still undor.construction. The ore washing, plant had only the middle
section of the ilLain building and a boiler and machine house on the
other side of the railroad line prior to 1946. At that time annexes
were constructed on either side of the main building, and the con-
struction of a smelting plant was bolgun
it was planned to have the ore processed hero. (2) .111 buildings
res! piastred brlc r_Armures, constructten'of an lindrj,:rund
canal to .a reeervoir in tte southest started in 1949. The purpose
of thif: project was not ('?ctendincd, (3)
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Lbout 1C0 laborers wor:ed in three shift.: in the north mine,
about 360 laborers wored in the central Inlines, and 2C0 .0s were
employed on the construction of the ore rastinL: p1ant In addi-
tion nearly the entire population of the town worked in the
mines or in the vashin_1' plant in some capacity?
bments,
(1) Vor location of the Titarlers ore?washin? plant see sketch
in Annex 1
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lay'eut see Aknnex c A sketch
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plant
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