CHERNO MORE COAL MINE

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R008100850008-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 1, 2000
• Sequence Number: 8
• Publication Date: August 30, 1951
• Content Type: REPORT

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REPORT NO.
The Cherno core coal mine is located to kilometern south of the villa _ve of
dnih, ne Burfasu The r_ .e has two 4ts: one a4,-. 130 mots: -s mider, romd.,
called 9th September, and another. 4t r.;etters away and 98 neter underground,
called Dim itu`^ Dlaggoe '
2.. The coal taken fro;` these sha 'ts is hromn in color and is !"' 'a clr l Y used Irl,
the electric power plant located about 500 meters we;rt of the sha-l""S" Any
surplus coal ,i sent to Burgas.
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Duri.rzg_ the period between :' ay 1.949 mnd :Yovembe;~ l.9' 9 the D ?.s f W.
shaft vas shut down and a complete renovation effected,
The isine, enploys about 00 men for both shaftsn '1T ,,e 9th of k"ptenber weft
4. 00 0"t
corks on three -Lifts, eJpioyflig 110 men on the first r3.'1,6 men the,
second shift and 100 men on the third ,,hi.: t. The bal_r :?c ; of, -'u he men q tr
divided -Into G>re shifts in the D1nitur 31al oev sLaf't
The coal is hrought out of the mine by elev! tors carrying tall` ml'_ coal ,,rf
and transported outside by a iniatura `train. The mine has ::'_,s own separator
for cleaning the coal.
7, The general condii,i:cra of that wo "'per.; is poor, In the co.lr tna._s. dining roen
food is scarce end of poor cfrrxtl ity; very often the Second shift would find
no food at all,
6. The daily wages of ,or# a;. rs in the nine are 560 ieu a for a e> * t.th er
lev for a ri.llerh Irolpe , and 320 lesra for ordinary labof: ;rs,.
a. Director of the z line and the electric power plant -- '-ngi eee ? -tefsnov
bu Toch jca1 `irector of the nine r_rtirseer Fancy,
c, Chief Suponintendant of the rdne Pet=.::?r sardr nov,
d.> Deputy Superintendent and ,Shift Foxes- r- Piotcm l3x?aA~ .tn l:i ,
o Doputj? Superin e .h iii mL'C 771li-1- -ti. ``ooren n Sttofan IL-istov,
f:. Deputy Su perinten.dant and Shift F' men -- Simeon A ngeiiw
Soe of the important nersonalities in the mane are r''.,tA n-..i_ 1l s,
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