VOROSHILOVGRADUGOL AND DONBASUGOL-COAL COMBINES

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• Publication Date: June 11, 1954
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2. The Donbasugol Combine controlled the trusts of Artettnugol, located in
Gorlovka; Kalininugol, located in Kalinovo; Sovetsbugol, located near the
station of Khanzhenkovo; Chistyakovugol, located in Chistyakova;
Snezhnyanantratsit, located the station of Sofino-Brodskaya;
Stalinugol; Makeyevugol; Budenovugol; Rutchenkovugol; Krasnoar-Meyskugol
and Dzerzhinskugol.
3. The Voroshilovgradugol Combine controlled the trusts of Ordzhonikidzeugol,
located in Verovka; Lisichanskugol, located in Lisichansk; Kaganovichugol;
Kadiyevugol, located in Kodiyevka (Sergo); Voroshilovskugol, located..
between the station of Kipuchaya and the town of Alchevsk (Voroshilovsk);
Voroshilovgradugol, located in Lugansk; Krasnodonugol or Sorokinugol,
located in Krasnodon; Donbasantratsit, located on the edge of Krasnyy-Luch;
Bokovo-Antratsit, located near the station of Zheleznaya; and Sverdlovugol,
located in Sverdlovsk.
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-. The Rostovugol Combine was located to the extreme east. It was comprised
of the trusts of Shakhtantratsit, Bogurasugol, and the mines of the new
rayon of Donbas.
5. Under the Soviet regime the mines were referred to by numbers, especially
in Gorlovka where the mines imeni Lenin were called Mine #5 and mine #6.
Coal mines were called according to the purpose they served i.e. the mines
through which coal was hoisted were called hoisting mines, and the ones
through which the polluted air was pumped out were called ventilation mines.
In earlier days (1933-38) the ventilation mines used to be 75 meters
shallower than normal, and later (19+0-43) they were 100 meters shallower.
fA-vailable from t be CIA Map Library ?.c a map on Voroshilovgrad M-37-11
AMS Series N-501 scale 1-250,000 which has been marked to show the locations
of the trusts and coal m?.res under the control of the Voroshilovgradugol and
Donbasu,gol Coal Combine-:
6. The mines controlled by each trust were as follows- (the number preceding
the mine indicates its location on the annotated map).
A. Donbasugol Combine
I. Artemagol (Artem Coal Trust)
1. Gorlovka. #1
2. Gorlovka #5 (Imeni Lenin)
3. Novogorlovka #8
4+. Novogorlovka #9
5. Kondrat"yevka
6. Aleksandra Zapad
7, & 8. Small unnamed mines
9. Podzemgaz
II. Kalininugol (Kalinin Coal Trust)
30. Bayrakskiy (Kalinovo)
31. Novo-Kondrat?yevka
32. Rumyantsevo
33. Gigant
31, 35, & 36. Small unnamed mines
III. Sovetsku.gol (Sovetsk Coal Trust)
77, 13-bis
78. Buros (Kirovo)
79. Mine #8 near the station of Nizhnyaya Krynka.
80. Nizhnyaya Krynka
81. Unnamed mine 22 kilometers from the station of Khanzhenkovo
82 & 83. Unnamed mines near Makeyevka
81+. 3-bis
IV. Chistyakovugol (Chistyakova Coal Trust)
85. Mine #4
86. Krasnaya Zvezda
87& 88. Two small unnamed mines
89. Kislovka
90, 91, & 92. Small unnamed mines
93. Katik
9. Zuyevka
95. 41?Khovchik
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V. Snezhx anantratsit Trust
96. Amerikanka
97, 98, & 99. Nosy Donbas Group
100. Small unnamed mine
B. Voroshilovgradugol Combine
I. Ordzhonikidzeugol (Ordzhonikidze Coal Trust)
10, Sofiyevka ("Karl Marx")
11. Verovka (Krasnyy Profintern)
12. Bunge (Yunyy Kommunar)
13. Gidroshakhta
14, Krasnyy Oktyabr
15. Narnevka
16, 17, 18 & 19. Small unnamed mines
11. Lisichanskugol (Lisichansk Coal Trust)
20. Rukhimovich
21. Mei'nikovo
22. Titovka
23. Tomashevka
24. Chernomorka
25. Yevgen'yevka
26. Voykovo
27 & 28. Small unnamed mines
29. Podzemga,z
III. Kaganovichugol (KE_ganovich Coal Trust)
37. Gorsko-Ivanovskiy
38. Zolotoye
39. Karbonit
40. Toshkovka
41. Pervomaysk (Mariya)
42. Golubovka
43, 44, & )45. Small wxnnamed mines
IV. Kadiyevugol (Ifad5,yev Coal Trust)
46. Kadiyevka (Sergo)
47. Bryansk
48. Krivorozh'ye
49.. ir-ino
50 & 51. Small unnamed mines
V. Voroshilovskugol (Voroshilovsk Coal Trust)
52, 53, 54, & 55. Parizhskaya Kommuna (Seleznskaya group)
56. Artem #10
57. Delta
58. Lotikovo
59 & 60? Small unnamed mines
VI. Voroshilovgradugol * (Voroshilovgrad Coal Trust)
61. Uspenskaya #70
62. Voroshilovka
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63. Zapadiy
6'4, 65, & 66. The Uspenskaya group
67 & 68. Small unnamed mines
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* There were also a group of mines called "Prinudshakhta"
located between Rozalinovka and Znamenka. These were
manned entirely by convicts.
VII. Krasnodonuxgol or Sorokinugol (Krasnodon Coal Trust)
69. Sorokino
70, Uralo'kavkaz
71. Izvarino
72. Mine #12 (west of the trust)
73. Krasnodon
74, 75, & 76. Small unnamed mines
101. Khrus tal' naya
102. Karl
193. Krasnyy Luch
104. Bokovo
105, 106, 107, & 108. Small unnamed mines
109. Bokovskiy
110-118. Small mines in the neighborhood of the station of
Shchetova (both east and west).
X. Sverdlovagol Trust
119. Dzerzhinka
120. Volodarka
121. Voykovo
122. Mines #14 & #17.
123. Shvartsevka
124. Mine #5 (Tsentrosoyuz)
7. The depth of shafts in the mines differed. When the top layer of a deposit
was exhausted (usually in about 5 to 7 years) work was then begun on seams
lying deeper. The average depth was ~4bout 330 meters. The deepest mine,
Smolyanka of the Stalinugol Trust was 1,000 meters deep. Gorlovak #1 (1) was
approximately 640 meters deep. Shcherbinovka of the Dzerzhinskugol Trust
was 575 meters. Novo-Kondrattyevka (31) was 225 meters deep, and a newer
shaft of the Novo-Kondrat'yevka was 345 meters. Chernomorka (24) was 145
meters while Rukhimovich (20) was 195 meters. The latter two had in addition
inclined passages that contained eight passages each. (Seam #7 of the
Rukhimovich is an example). Chernomorka had a central inclined passage from
which a fifth face was being mined.
8. The Donbas had 200 layers of which only 40 were suitable for development.
They were 0.5 to 2.20 meters in thickness. The Shchetova mine had seams
3 meters 'thick but this was only a temporary phenomenon (swollen). Workable
mines for the most part contained coal seams of 0.75 to 1.10 meters in
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9. As a rule mining was done by the pillar and stall method.. Where the
dip of the seam-was more than 450, the seam was extracted by means of
roof caving. Where the dip was less than 450, the seam was removed with
complete or partial back'illing. The material for backfilling was taken
mostly from the floor and not from the ceiling (roof).
10. Inclined passages were used on seams of gentle slope (up to 450), and in
exceptional cases greater than 450. in the eastern section of the
Iukhimovich mine an Seas #7 there was an inclined passage that dipped
up to 580. Chutes were used on steep slope seams (over 450). On. seams
of gentle slope, propping of faces was done with wooden frames and also
at the edge (top or bottom) it if was necessary. On steep slope seams
an additional organpipe supporting (chocks"` ges) structure of two or
three rows was employed. Pine and sometimes oak was used. However, ';safety
regulations" strictly prohibited the use of oak on faces. There were also
various new supports of concrete and metal, but these were only in the
stage of improvement. Underneath ventilation passages and above the
hauling or loading passage, pillars were left in the shape of rectangles
(4 x 6 meters).
11. Cutting machines were used on seams up to 150 and coal was transported
to the passages by conveyors or scrapers. The use of pneumatic drills,
however, was more comrmon. Here, coal was piled up under the influence of
its own weight and guided in the right direction by wooden chutes.
12. The difficulties encountered in the process of mining a useful deposit
were both geological and technical. The geological difficulties were:
(a) a change in the thickness of a seam.,; (b) fau-.ts , dislocation of a seam
along the normal; (c) flexures, a turn of the seam without tearing (a rare
phenomena); and (d) a continuous moisture in the form of rain (drip)
coming down from the ceiling in some seams. Among the technical difficulties
there were: (a) maintenance of the ceiling; (b) temperature; (c) gases;
(d) limitations of the rolling stock (especially if the underground. track
was too long); (e) small range capacity of the mine car; (f) limited number
of reserved faces; (g) slow progress of preparatory work; (h) shortage and
unsuitable measurements of wood for propping cleared area; and (i) continua-
tion of work without interruption, leaving no time to make repairs on the
track. Examples of mines with too long trackage were Smn7.yanka and Vetka
of the Stalinugol Trust; Buros and Sofiya of the Makeyevugoi Trust;
Gorlovka (1), Shcherbinovka, Sofiyevka (10), and Verovka (11).
13. The Donbas Combine
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production was 235,000 tons. Often only 150,000 to 170,000 tons were
produced. KondratQyevka (5) produced 1800 tons per day, Gorlovka #1 (1)
3400 to 3800 tons per day, Sofiyevka (10) 3200 tons, and Smolyanka, 800 tons.
Occasionally Smol~yanka production would not exceed 250 tons.
11+. Production figures of coal were complied on the basis of the amounts hauled
to the surface. The total for the mines was corrected on a basis of the
number of railroad cars loaded. The railway authorities received payment
for the service of clearing cars. Failures to meet production quotas were
sometimes concealed, especially when railroad cars were not available on time.
The coal was then dumped into piles. The amount in the piles was often
overestimated to hide production quota failures. When the coal ignited by
spontaneous combustion, the amount burned could be written off. When it
was necessary to make a report on coal production with a view to propaganda, both
r'? domestic and foreign purposes, then usually the figures were juggled by
dishonest auditors. Another reason why production quotas were not net was,
after a mine was worked for a certain period, the upper layers of coal would
begin to press heavily on the mined area up to the face itself. As a result
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an avalanche would occur. In order to avoid such an avalanche, large
seams of coal often had to be abandoned. In 1.937 at the Kondrat'yevka
Mine (5), Mazur seam No. 9 (mined by machinery) a layer of coal 150 meters
in length, 110 centimeters thick with 60 centimeters of pyrite on top was
abandoned. Every month 1,000 to 1,500 tons of good coal from this mine
alone was thus relegated. The same happened at Mine No. 10, on seam
#5,
where a layer of coal 57 centimeters thick was abandoned.
15. The role of the engineer was the same as that of a common workman. He
was not given sufficient time to think out his technical. problems. He
was compelled to do what the Party d11.ctated even though it was contrary
to his experience. and education. Most of the engineers did not favor the
adopted but carried on their work in a well thought out and consistent
manner, according to e'a;blished procedures.
16. Each level of the mine area was exhausted in five to seven years. Provisions
had to be made in advance for the preparation of new faces and new levels.
This resulted in a, decrease in the pYoduction of coal and caused open
friction between the Party group and the technical personnel (to the demands
to produce the necessary quotas). The engineer's answers were that they had
carried out preparations for work but had not been given the necessary work-
men, time and funds (1938). The opening of new levels required a long period
of time. The Party 7.:iq*ue could not wait and always demand more and more
coal. Consequently, during the years 1935 to 1938 the most learned engineers
who honestly defended their technical. opinions were arrested. They were
punished more severely than a workman for a similar crime. The engineers
fled wherever they could and many could be found at stud farms, fruit
canning plants, etc. Only those remained who knew how to conceal their
technical opinions, or were members of the Party, The party clique relied
more and more on young engineers.
17. Pressure was increased on the engineers when the roof of a mine had
deteriorated. The ornery passages were not strong enough to withstand
pressure, because the workmen 'had. hurried and did not build them well.
The partial caving of roofs in such circumstances had not yet (19+0) become
a general practice although some of the engineers had orn.? knowledge of
this system.
18. The Budenovugol Trust, which was managed by a Party engineer who was interested
only in getting out more coal, overlooked repairs to excavations and made
no expenditures to improve the situation. Late ,the engineers of the
Budenovugol Trust began to use the English system of timbering.
1.9. In slightly dipping deposits, layers were subdivided by sloping passages
and not by shafts, the construction of which required a long time because
of the necessary expansion of the underground track. A complete run by the
underground trolley at the "Buros" mines required a full hour. Inadequate
supervision of underground tracks caused damages both to electric engines
and to the cables. Preliminary works (drifts) lagged behind the clearing
process (faces) which made it possible to prepare only one trolley and only,
one trolley run or to lay the empty trolley to oneside, which was also a
slow operation. In 1941., a mad campaign of arrests of workers (former Kulaks)
occurred at the mines. Production dropped from. 1800 to 1200 tons per day
at the Kondrat'yevka, Mine (5). On the basis of average production of three
tons per workman per day, the arrest of a hundred workmen amounted to a loss
of 300 tons per day. In Mine No. 8 (79) of the Sovetakugol Trust more than
70 men were arrested resulting in, the loss of 210 tons.
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The Donbas coal was earmarked. for heavy industry, (machine building.,
electrical, metallurgical, chemical, textile, etc.), water and railroad
transport, fuel for the cities, and was also the principal fuel for the
electric power stations. Better qualities of coal, both bituminous and
anthracite, were exported to Italy and other countries.
21.
The Donbas Basin coal was classified as: lean, long flame, gas, coking,
steam caking, and coal. for maritime purposes. Coal for maritime purposes
was characterized by its high heat producing capacity. It ignited. readily,
gave off very little smoke,, and its carbon content ira,s 93 to 95%. Deposits
were at Bokovo-Antratsit terminating at Shakhtinskiy rayon. Steam caking
coal while aflame, was very good for heating water. It was primarily used
by locomotives. The deposits were in the northern walls of the anticline
Kondrat'yevka (5), Aleksandra'Zapad (6), and other mines. Long-flame
6oa1 was used in furnaces with large combustion space. Its carbon content
was 89-91%. Deposits were located in the Lisichanskiy rayon. Gas coal,
which produced a high percentage of gases, was used to supply power for
factories. The Smolyanka mine partially supplied the Stalin Metallurgical
Plant with gas coal. Lean coal, whose heat quality was not too high, was
found in many places in the Donbas, particularly in the Sovetskugol rayon.
Coking coal deposits were found in Voroshilovskugol and Kadiyevrugol Trusts
and also in the so-called Tsentral'nyy (central) rayon. Principle
consumers of the coking coal in the Ordzhonikidze Trust was the Ordzhonikidze
Yenakiyevo Metallurgical Plant and the Ordzhonikidze coke and chemical
factory.
22. Carbon dioxide, hydrogen sulfide, sulfur dioxide, and methane were
encountered in Donets Basin coal mines. All of the mines were divided
into four categories depending upon methane concentration. The first
category consisted of mines which had less than 0.5% of CH4 in. the mine
air or 3 cubic meters liberated per ton of extracted coal.; the second
category those which had from. 3 to 9 cubic meters liberated per ton of coal.;
the third category those which had from.9 to 18 cubic meters of CH4 per ton;
and the fdn'th, more than 18 cubic meters per ton. Aleksandra'Zapad (6),
belonged to category -f1, Rukhimovich (20) and Katik (93) to category #2,
Sofiyevka (10), Verovka (11), Bayrakskiy (30), and Budenovugol to category
3, and Gorlovka #1 (1) to category
23. Technical measures and diligent supervision to control gases in the mines
depended on the type of management. One measure was to make certain that
the air had no less than 19% oxygen. This was one of the best ways to
combat gas where methane continued to be formed. It was found necessary to
keep the air in subsidiary faces in normal condition even when there were no
miners present.
24. Not all the mines could be kept at this level. Sometimes analysis indicated
a methane content of 17 or even 18.3% as in Novcgorlovka #8 (3) where a
sample was taken rear the ventilation drift. In this case the coal was very
hard and the miners made loading platforms with a charging hole in order to
fulfill their quotas. The increased gas pressure would blow out large
quantities of coal thus assisting the miners with their production. This,
of course, was done in secrecy as it was extremely dangerous.
25. Gas was discharged normally, through a gas feeder, and/or in sudden ejections.
The gas feeder discharge was most dangerous because it was unforeseen. It
was very strong but steady. When gas had concentrated in pockets under great
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At the Verovka mine (11) at layer 4 (Severnyy) within the period of one hour
there were two ejections of coal. The first was 600 tons at the head of
the drift near the stove and the second 800 tons at about the middle of the
bench.
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26. Oxamaethane (NH, CO CO C H ) was also present in certain mines and was
very dangerous " ecause it e;ploded like methane. However, there weren't
very many explosions from this cause. During the period 1933-1943 there
were only six. Prior to 1930 there was an explosion at Shcheglovka Mine
of the Makeyevugol Trust. One Sunday at the Shcheglovka Mine (at that
time Sunday was not a work day) a careless watchman lit a cigarette near
the shaft where the Oxamaetha.no had acct_mr.ulated, which resulted in an
explosion. Later, the rules for safety forbade the lighting of fire at a
distance of 50 meters from a shaft.
27. The Sofievka (10) and Verovka (11) mines had several explosions within
the period of one month which resulted in heavy ca,a hies . There were also
several lesser explosions, with few casualties. At Nokro-Krinka there was an
explosion in 1940 with small losses.
28. The explosions attained maximum force when the methane Content was between.
5.5'and 9.5 percent. it would not explode if the content was lower. However,
it was difficult to establish exact limits, and it could also burn without
exploding. The explosions could all be traced to defective screens on
safety lamps, sparks caused by poor insulation of a locomotive body, or
sparks from, the controller of a cutting machine. In order to prevent future
explosions, many repairs were made on the ventilating machinery. Also, in
accordance with the instructions of the rules for safety, more air per ton
of coal extracted was provided for ventilation after bla>tings. The air was
calculated per man, and if there were horses, per horse. Each ventilating
system, serving an entire mine, had to consist of two independent ventilators
and motors. At some mines, which had not been modernized and removed. from
category 1, the ventilating equipment consisted of one ventilator and two
motors, one of which was a standby.
29 When the methane, content reached. 2%, miners were immediately, removed from
the mines. If any work was to be done in such mines at a.future date, gas
-meters had to be installed.
30. Old style ventilator, were replaced by more modern type that had a larger
diameter causing stronger currents of air and greatly increasing the air
pressure. Reconditioning of ventilatory took place in all mines in categories
#3 and #4.
31. Large amounts of water were always present-after the snow melted in the spring.
This condition was foreseen. Mines were equipped with three pumps, each
capable of pumping out the surplus water within 20 hours. Two of the pumps,
if worked simultaneously, could successfully handle the maximum extra flow.
Normal procedure was to alternate the operation of two pumps while the third
was held in reserve.
32. Water did not do much damage, although trouble occurred in some of the mines.
A serious problem for the mine management staff was the control of the water
level formed by water tight rocks, (the so-called phreatic horizon) from w14rh
the water flowed under the pressure of its own gravity and in great quantities.
These underground springs would sometimes interrupt work completely. The
Iosifoviskiy seam of the Aleksandra-Zapad Mine (6) and the Verovka mine (11)
were two of the mines where mining operations were di: 1 ated.
33. A great deal of trouble was encountered in the exploitation of Mine #12 (72)
of the Sorokanugol Trust, Kisi].evka and the New Passage (Novo Prokhodka) in the
Voroshilovskugol Trust. Sometimes the water came out on the lower side of a
layer, e.g. when it met a weak shale, and forced its way through to form a sticky
dirty mass. Where there was a clay shale ("lupak") interspersed with thin
layers of other rocks, there "swelling" occurred, which often damaged the mine
props as well as the tracks.
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34. All of the coal transported out of the Donets Basin went through concentrating
and enriching plants before shipment. Mines 1I & 17 (122) produced coal to
size, since they had a crusher and a sifter. When the coal was used by
local industrial plants, they conditioned their'own. Each local enterprise
had its on tabling (stoly) and concentrating equipment. Many plants obtained
a'large percentage of ash and their complaints were answered with the statement,
we are stile. developing techniques". Quite a furor arose over ash content.
Mines were ordered not to transport large quantities of worthless matter
with the coal. Despite some remedies undertaken, there were frequent instances
when the ash content reached 27 to 31 percent.
35. Coal allocations to mine employees depended on the season and according to
the norm. they had produced. During the summer each miner was allocated
20 to 30 puds (800 to 1200 pounds). In the spring and in the fall this
was increased to 50 puds (1600 to 1800 pounds). The coal allocations were
considered adequate from 1930 on because at that time firewood was also
available and the 30 pods given each miner in the summer could be saved for
winter use. After 191 miners were given only 15,, 20, or 25 puds during the
summ.r and coal of a very low quality. Many trainers then resorted to picking
from the mine dumps.
Prices in 1937 were generally stable, from 30 to 45 rubles per ton. From
1937 to 191, without any reason, some of the mines raised 'their prices to
150 rubles per ton. The carting of coal (30 pads) for a distance of 1.5
kilometers from Sofievka to Verovka, L0 rubles in 1937, 15 rubles in
1938, and 25 rubles in 1941. However, these prices applied only to workers
living outside of the mining settlement.
37. Coal produced in the Donets Basin, which was not under the All-Union Ministry
of Coal, amomnted to about two or three per cent of the total. Technical
control of non-Ministry mines was independent. The Ukrainian Ministry of
Coal owned the Donugol Trust which managed all the mines of the Donbas. There
were, however, many mines which Ukrainian towns had opened at their own expense.
They profitted from technical advice from neighboring mines, or, if they had
more funds, they engaged their own technical manager in which case there was
also economic supervision. Such mines were located alb over the Donbas but
only in those places and seams were the Ministry of Heavy Industry was not
interested in mining coal.. An exception was made for the mines around the
station Kuteynikovo. These mines were managed by the trusts of the heavy
industries who wanted those mines completely exploited for their own benefits
(production records).
38. All lifting equipment was raised by cables. It was raised by a lift with
a bucket, a dump-car, a. cage, skipcars, or a combination of cage and skipcar
(when working on one shaft).
39. Most of the mines shipped coal without picking out waste rocks. Some of the
bunkers (Kondrat'yevka (5), Rukhimovich (20), Alekeandra-Zapad (6) mines, and
others) had crushers, which picked out stones; or the consumer himself cleaned
the coal. \'erovka (11) and Sofiyevka, (10) had small link conveyors at the
bunkers, which performed the cleaning. Marking was done to a certain extent
where the breaking up was done, since it was impossible to do it when very dirty
coal was raised. There was no washing of coal. Verovka and Sofiyevka had
excellent washers that stood idle because of pccor management. It also had a
14 to 17 ton movable screen and link and belt conveyors. Loading was done with
the aid of dumpers, transporters, and in the case when coal piled up under a
trestle, hand-barrows were used because there were not enough transporters.
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t+Q. Further processing consisted of briquettes, produced whenever necessary.
The mines "Gunge" and "Bryansk" were two such producers. When it was
necessary to pulverize coal for furnaces with spray burners (such as at
'Don Soda') the plants would do the pulverizing using 'their own equipment.
41, The Gorlo,rka #1 mine (1) had its own equipment for producing benzol located
near the mine yards.
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735.1
219N
735.1
524N
735.1
61 N
74o.o9i
524N
1-12/735.1
524N
2-12/735.1
524N
4-5/735.1
524N
2-5/735.1
524N
9/735.
1
524N
1-6/735
524N
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