URANIUM MINING IN THE TANNENBERGSTHAL-GOTTESBERG AREA

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R003300610006-9
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• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 7, 2007
• Sequence Number: 6
• Publication Date: September 27, 1949
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY 'REPORT
INFORMATION REPORT
COUNTRY Germany (Russian Zone).
SUBJECT Uranium wining in the
PLACE
ACQUIRED
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DATE DISTR. 27 September 49
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3)0 men in the dres-
c. Mine "o. 3 thru 5: About 250 men each, some employed
in he construe on work,
3. Labor Force
a > Mine Lo. 1; 300 men in the mine,
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b. Mine No. 2: 150 men
3.3ine No, 3 "Hi.amelfahrt" Mine, immediately southwest of
"line No. 1
Mine No? 4 "Drei Brueder" Mine, immediately southwest of
Mine No. 1
Mine No. 5 "Friedrich-August" Mine southwest of mine No.
* Lxcept as noted
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U,'anium Lining in TANNENBERGSTHAL-GOTTESBERG Area
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1. The unaniun mining in the TANNENBERGSTHAL- COTTESBER G
(N 51/K 31) area was subordinated to the WTSMUTH
Corporation and was designated "Object No. 32".
2. The object 32 cozprised the following five mines:
Mine No. 1 "Tannenberg" Mine, approximately two miles
south of TANNENBEROSTfjAL
Wine No. 2 "Gottesberg" Mine, immediately south of
t.iOTTESBEI G
4. Out:
In the mine No. 2 the daily output was 1J ton of ores
containing much tungsten and tin.
5.. iressin~ Plant at Mine No. 1
a. In addition to the output of the ~;BER 'STEAL area
the output of the OBERSCHLE.A and AUE area was also
dressed in the dressing., plant of mine No. 1
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b. The follow:in.%- dressincr procedure was alle~??edily observed:
(1) Only nitchbisnde_contair.;lnr gneiss-prilimry rock mvus
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(2) Uraniw.ti -1i:2e rand. uran.lum-mica rock compounds were
shipped to Ll 'L1L (PI 5lfi,
o~-) "..hen the LL F :L creasing, plant was overatoc'zed
the ::.ateriai t'as shipp T 1 to 0f3 :1 SCllJ..E .
(4) All concentrates produced in Tilt I..",I,;Yi Eh G;`~'I,lxl., were
shipped to OB11_SC: LE,,A for further proccssina> rrom there
they were shipped to the Su.
6. easurin', 'Pests
The ores produced in the :.lines of tb7 object Not. 32 indi-
cated contact 20 to 25 on the _ieasurin?, inatrumont 2.
the ores were aai^ to contain an aver-a'
..c of 0.7 pox-cent
pitchblende,
7. Ship~:teni;a
rC::b the :L; i or at t?he -L-11BI:.f 3S OIIAL Ii R s tat 1,
an about
70.E tons of undressed ores vcere shipped dailyr to the
dr e~- sin:pln~nt0 Th,. ores from the 0I3EILSCHLE:2% area and
from rain.`, Iyo. 2 near were stored in the bunker.
The indicated 700 tons were said to be the svers,:-c fig-ure
for ove:tbcr I C-46.
it is an interesti.n~ 'a. ia,, a ou ,SO ;1c27 could be
enlisted for the wllt13S
l'Hfil, ".line fre:.2. this district
w th1 the last th.,,. weeks without Navin,'. receiver; a
single co:lplalnt fro-.-n mine :;.ena. ers on absentceis;2 of
vio,- Icnon...... The Tannenbcrrsthal Object No. 32 requested
an additional labor force of 100 sk1lec and auxiliary
wor m',en for a newly opened mine shaft in the 1,LJ:N .'1EPaiIAL
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