ECONOMIC -- COAL

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00809A000600210324-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: R
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 24, 2011
• Sequence Number: 324
• Publication Date: March 9, 1949
• Content Type: REPORT

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China
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Daily newspaper
Shang-hai
20 December 1948
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THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION
SOURCE !hen Sao, No 25448, 1948. (Information requested.)
The Ping- uiang, An-yuan and Sao kieng coal fields, under the direction
of the West kfiengsi Coal Mine Bureau, are under pressure to increase production
to meet the4Qmande of railroads, factories, power plants, and the people of
8hftg-hai and Dan-ohing. The'railroads include the 'Chekiang--Sianget, the
r ru, OTi -rh~ee- L?iernel Conapa r..
Since 26 Bovamber 1948 a 1,000-kilowatt generator installed in the Ch'uan
watts is being transported from Shang-ISai.. When all th++ genfra:vrs are in ope-
Mining Bureau has therefore decided to construct an overhese cableway from W#4-
chia-ynan to Pti-ai-oh'ao. 2nbles, luabcr and iron frames are being prepared.
It has also been deviled to ?nvild a light railroad between Ping-hsieng and
to the Psi-101-oh'so depot, wuera it is leaded tvd iispatohed. Coal from shafts
No 4 and No 5 at Wang-ohia-ynan aid ail shafts at An-yuan, however, sus. be
carried to the depot by hand, which results in a waste of time and coney. The
provides convenient transportation cf coal from Eau-k'eng siuafts, No I. and No 3,
IJniang tiangtte mivar).
AS a corollary to increased production, transportation tsoilitiea are
aljo to be Xtended. A branch line?has been bonbtruoted ira3 &d--k'eog to
Ch'uanadhiang+yen, to connect with the Chekiang--Niangdi Da1lroed. The line
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