MANCHURIAN COAL RESOURCES AND PRODUCTION

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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 1, 2011
• Sequence Number: 157
• Publication Date: July 13, 1954
• Content Type: REPORT

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Manchurian Coal Resources and Prouuction
THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION
ir. Enclosure-A Manchurian coal resources and production as of
2. There is little machinery used in the deep mines. Picks end s3hovels constitutti
practically the only digging equipment. Motors on the surface power the cables
which motivate the sub-surface carte. The open mines End strip mines have
steam shovels and cratsea. Rt Fushun, there were about ~0 steaa shovels and
10 cranes.
.four quelit;.et; mud coal, powder coal -~. ~ -~` -"` `~~' j~ uiviaea 1Cfi0
smaller pieces, and larger pieces. Beltpconveyoralwereeusadhto moveeth~ prodtut
from the clraning plants to storage ar-:~ns. At Fwhun, it was considered some-
thing of a probles to dispose of the 900 tons per day of mud coal. It hsd a heat
value of k500 kiloc~slories per kilogram. A mixture of 40;s; bud coal end 6096 good
coal was used for ateas porter plant operation.
li. The center of the Fushun mine was approxiaately six k31o0aters Beat-south-east
of the Fushun rnilraad station. Rise nine extended a~out i5 kilossaetera frog
northeast to southwest and about five.kilometeae Errs northwest to southeast.
5? The Fou-Hain (A) missaextended frc~ the t~aiiroad line south for wbout 10 kilo-
aetera and about 2C kiloaxters asst and 20 kilosaeters west of taus railroad station.
(. The Fou-Hain (S) mine wag about 70 kilosseters asst of Fusin. R~eat borings w^re
mane he?,^e 3n 19l:5.
Z? Zile Pei Fens mine et...*?~ five viloseter~ southeast of the Pei Feng rail-
rnwd afati nn ~~ _ ._
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nine wsa north of tL'a railroad station.
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10. The Mu Long mine started shout 0.5 kila~atera north of the railroad station.
11. The seven coal mines liate3 were tau only important producers in Manchuria. All
other coal mines together produced.-less than one thousand toga per dey affi had
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Reserve Tonafda- F-~portione Peraanent b
Zbns-1 5 1 5 Started `fined (1945)
City: Ff15Ht1N (41?52'2t-123?53 ~$)
Company: Manchuria Railroad Co.
800,000,000 30,000 1910 Strip- 1
Deep - 1
Qpsn - 2
Phosphomna - 0
Heat 'Value- 7000 K. cal/lcS
city: Fov-aslx (A) (42?06'21-121o42's)
Company: Manchuria Coal Mina Co.
4,000,000,000 15,000 1935
Str1p- 2
Deep - 1
Opsn - 1
~raY
~.n31y~i~ (~pDTOY.
10,000
C. 48~
20,000
volatile -
35~
A~ -
9f
lfoisture -
8~
Sulphur -
0.2'~
?,~ C. ~
15,000 Aah file - 155
i;;,lature - 10~
Sulphur - 0.~ to 1
Phoaphoroua 0
Hest Value- 6000 1C.oa1/l~g
City: FOU-HSIN (B)
4,000,000,000 Test dr111s only - -
City :PIS FElll(} (42?55'1(-125?09'8)
Coapany: Kanchuria Coal (fine Co.
- -
Saax p ton-Hain (A)
1,~,~,~ 3,~ 1536 ~ - 1
2,000
C. ~
Strip- 2
5,000
Volstila - 3+6~
Aah - 10~
Moiatuse - ?0~
City: LUIWf (Approx. 47011 - ?28oB)
8ulphv~s' - 0.5~?
Seat vaiwr- 6500 S.eal/!cS
Coaipa~gy: Manchuria Coal Mine Co.
4,~,~,~ 5,000 1937 Open - 1
5,~
Strip- 2
., Deep - 1
. ~~:~.
10,000
ta^R ae ton Hain (A)
City: PSI.-CR'2 (Approx 41?30'21-123oL?O's)
Oo~any: renehilm Steel Mill Co.
500,000.000 2,500 1837
Open - 1
1,500
7000 >C.ea1/hg aawloelesa
stripe 1
3,ooQ
City: MQ L21ZTC (44?32'H-130?l4'R)
Conq~any: Manchuria Coal Mine Co.
1,000,000,000 1,000 193$
Strip
800
1, 5~
Lila ]?ri tam.
co2~Tr~w
I~CI,p612R8 A
Drily Prod. Types da 27oployeae -
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