PROMOTING MINE MECHANIZATION IN POLAND

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• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00809A000600350768-1
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• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 23, 2011
• Sequence Number: 768
• Publication Date: November 6, 1950
• Content Type: REPORT

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CLASSIFICATION CONFIDENTIAL Q~~ ~ NTIA~
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY REPORT
INFORMATION FROM
FOREIGN DOCUMENTS OR RADIO BROADCASTS CD NO.
COUNTRY
SUBJECT Economic - Mining Equipment
HOW
PUBLISHED Irregular, daily newspapers
WHERE
PUBLISHED Poland
DATE
PUBLISHED 4 - 9 Jun 1950
LANGUAGE Polish
THIS DOCUMENT CONTAINS INFORMATION AFFECTING THE NATIONAL DEFENSE
OF THE UNITED STATES WITHIN THE MEANING OF ESPIONAGE ACT IO
U. S. C..03 I 'A"111. AS AMENDED. ITS TRANSMISSION ON THE RISELATION
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UNITED RT LAW. REPRODUCTION Of THIS FORM IS PROHIBITED.
DATE OF
INFORMATION 1950
DATE DIST. 6P Nov 1950
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SUPPLEMENT TO
REPORT NO.
PROMOTING MINE MECHANIZATION IN POLAND.:
SET UP BUREAU TO DESIGN MINING EQUIPMENT -- Warsaw Monitor Polski, 6 Jun 50
Based on Article I of the decree of 3 Januar4947 on the formation of
state enterprises, the Minister of Mining -- in agreement with the chairmeln
of the State Economic Planning Commission and the Minister of Finance --
hereby orders the formation of a state corporation known 'as the "Central Min-
ing Machine Building Bureau," as of 1 January 1950.
The enterprise is to be located in Gliwice. Its purpose will be to de-
sign machinery an4 equipment needed by the mining industry, with particular `?'
emphasis on mining mac fines, loaders, underground transportation, extracting
quipment, ventilating equipment, water-pumping equipment, and mechanization
?+?;of coal processing. The enterprise will also conduct research, test new min-
ing wfiCl"ii nd COCyC r.. ?t..^:. 'th mines in the introduction of new machinery.
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It will supply factories which manufacture machinery for the coal industry
with technical literature as required.
State authority over the enterprise will be vested in the Minister of
Mining.
The enterprise ill have a Council for $ublic Supervision whose sphere
I of activity,. method of appointing and recalling members, organization, and
procedures will be defined by the Council of Ministers.
The administrative organ of the enterprise will be the Board of Direc-
tors, members of which will be appointed and recalled by the Minister of
Mining. The Board of Directors will be composed of one director represent-
ing the management, and one assistant director subordinate to the director.
Obligations of the enterprise must be countersigned by: (a) two mem-
bers of the Board of Directors jointly; (b) one member of the Board of Dir-
ectors and an authorized commercial agent; or (c) two authorized commercial
agents jointly. m
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MECHANIZE SIEMIANOWICE COAL MINE -- Katowice Dziennik Zachodni, 4 Jun 50
Although the Siemianowice Mine started to mechanize in the fall of 1949,
satisfactory results were not achieved until March 1950. Machines had been
delivered before that time but there was a shortage of operators and experts
to organize the work. These problems have now bees worked out and production
is improving. While in January 1950, mechanical loaders handled only 1,845
tons of coal, in April the figure reached 4,240 tons. In January, one mechan-
ical loader handled 24 tons of coal and in April, 49 tons. With six cuttings
the Joy loader ought to load 120 tons of coal.
With mechanization, output in the galleries increased from 4.4 tons in
January to 7.4 tons in April, and at the prop wall it increased from 8.8 tons
to 10.7 tons. The extension of galleries increased from 2 meters per shift in
January to 6 meters in April. In January, the machines were operated only on
one shift while at present they operate on 2.06 shifts.
The Siemianowice Mine has one of the first universal cutters in Poland
and a scraper-type conveyor of Polish construction. The cutter, operated by
a three-man crew and an instructor, is movable and can be operated from any
position--- vertical, horizontal, or inclined. It can work 2 meters of a
high gallery in one shift, yielding 40 tons, while it takes two shifts to
work one meter by hand.
Engr Jerzy Kasparek suggested using the cutter also as a loader. After
the coal has been cut and blasted, the blades are replaced with a bucket loader
of domestic construction which moves the coal to the scraper conveyor. Experi-
ments have proved quite' satisfactory.
FACTORIES PLEDGE STEPPED-UP OUTPUT -- Warsaw Rzeczpospolita, 9 Jun 50
The Piotrowice Mining Machine Factory will repair by 22 Ju-W 1950 eight
additional Hopkins-type coal cutters to enable the Ludwik coal mine to mechan-
ize additional coal faces, and to supply Dubiensko and Knurow coal mines with
50 helical gears for drives.
Pledges made by the Rybnik Mining Machine Factory will accelerate mechani-
zation of extraction work in mines.
The Miners' Lamp Factory in Katowice pledged fulfillment of the 1950 plan
for the production of carbide lamps 3 months before the scheduled dale.
The repair shop of the Zabrze Mining Machine Factory pledged completion
of 50 tons of first-aid apparatus above plan by the end of 1950.
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