MINING CONDITION IN THE DONBASS

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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 23, 2011
• Sequence Number: 44
• Publication Date: August 21, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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CLASSIFICATION, CONFIDENTIAL
CENTRAL IINNTEELLLIGENCE A ENCY
REPORT
INFORMATION FROM
FOREIGN DOCUMENTS OR RADIO BROADCASTS CD NO,
DATE OF
INFORMATION 1953
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Jan - 24 Mar 1953
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1QNING CONDITIONS IN THE DONBASS
EJECTIONS 0? COAL Am GAS IN DONPASS MIlES -- Ugol', No 4, 1953
From 1946 through 20 July 1952, 259 cases of ejections of coal and gas
were observed in Donbass minus. Of these, 105, or 40 percent, took place
after coal-extraction' operations had been discontinued -- for example, during
the repair and development work. In 33 percent of the retarded cases, the de-
lay amounted to only a few minutes, but in 4 percent of the cases, the phenome-
non was delayed 30 minutes to 3 hours.
A number of cases where the delay was one to 3 hours are cited in tabular
form below. In almost all these cases, propping of the working front was
either inadequate or entirely a'?dent. The phenomenon occurred in wany different
types of mine worrings.
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Case and
Pate ?
No.1
20 Nov 49
No 2.
24 Jun-50
No 3
6 Nov 50
No 4
20 Mar, 51
No 5
19 Apr 51
No 6 .
21 Jul 51
No 7
10 Jul 51
Location
Seam
Eastern face
III Kamenskiy
No 10 imeni Artem
(K5)
Western passage
Izvestnyachka
Imeni Kalinin
(520 m. level)
South crosscut
Devyatka
Kochegarka Mine No 1-3
(750 m level)
Passage
Dvoynoy
Mine imeni Karl arks (east
Ting) (500 m level)
Trust Amount E
Voroshilovugol' 17 tons'. coal,
838
Kalininugol' 37-tons coal
850 tons coal,
94 tons rock,
gas
35 tons 'coal,
small amount
rock
Mine imeni Karl Marks Ordzhonikidzeugol'. 40-tons coal,
gas
Krasnyy Oktyabr' Mine No 1-2 Crdzhonikid_ ugol' 258 tons coal
No 8 Crosscut
26.Apr 52 -
No 9 Eastern haulage
20 Jun 52 passage
Tolstyy Kochegarka Mine No 1-3
II Kamenskiy Mine imeni Artem
(K6)-
400 tons coal,
much small rock
Voroshilovugol' 5 tons coal
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,In case No 3, a test of the air in the haulage passage of the Kirpichevka
seam, 40 meters distant from thy; south crosscut, made one hour and 15 minutes
after the ejection revealed a 40.6-percent concentration of methane.
Incase No 4, there was a 24-percent concentration of methane an hour after
the ejection in the passage where the'ejection had taken place and a 5-percent
concentration in the ai', current emanating from the section.
In case. No 8, a test of air collected 45 meters from the face an hour after
the ejection showed a methane content of 56 percent.
ARTfl U30L' COMBINE MINE USES WASTE ROCK FOR BACKFILLING -- Y,ecow, Trud, 24 Apr 53
Mine No 19-20 of the Gorlovskugol' Trust of the Artemugol' Combine has
solved the problem of rock cut during development work. Transporting this rock
underground to the shaft, hoisting it to the surface, and conveying it to dump
heaps involved huge ynproductive expenditures. According to a far-from-
complete estimate; this mine had, during its.existence, transported more than
7 million tons of rock to the surface, and this t.ansport had cost 5 million
rubles.
Now, a considerable part of the rock is left in the mine. Rock formerly
transported to the surface is at present used to backfill worked-out areas.
Small pneumatic winches net up in the passages move mine cars filled with rock
to an unloading point where they are mechanically dumped. The new method crates
:onditions for normal roof control. Nov, more than half the waste rock remains
in the mine.
Many mines in the central Donbass have similar working conditions, among
them Nikitovka Mine No 4-5, the Mine imeni Rumyantsev, the Mine imeni Kalinin,
Kochegerka, and Mine No 5 imeni Lenin. These mines could also use their waste
rock for backfilling.
GORNTJX COMBINE USED ?11 DONBASS MINES -- Moscow, Master Uglya, No 1, 53
Among the up-to-date machinery being supplied to the USSR coal industry
is.the.Gornyak combine; designed to mechanize the cutting, breaking up, and
loading of coal at thin, slightly dipping seams.
In the second half of 1952, the Gornyak combine was lowered to the 100-
meter fact of Mine No 2-bis of the Voroshilovgradugol' Combine, where the
thickness of the seam did not exceed 0.65 meter.
The miners have mastered the operation of the machine, and, starting in
October, they organized their work on a schedule to complete one cycle?a day
with a two-shift extractiion system. In October, they mined 3,800 tons of coal;
in November, 4,200; and in December, 5,300. The average daily output at the
face has risen to 177 tons, as against'a plan of 123 tons. In 1953, the
miners have set themselves the tack of raising the monthly productivity to
7,000 tons.
The Gornyak combine is being successfully utilized in other Donbass mines
also.
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coaplotedthe 1953 first-quarter plan on 15 March and was he first mine in the
oblast to achieve this performance.
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Mies No 26=44 of the Bokovoantrateit Trust in Voroshil
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u V--ev shipped eight trainloads
of, coal in addition,to their quota. They have determined to deliver four more
>13M BKIPB ABOVE-QWTA COAL -- Kishinev, Bovetekaya Moldaviya, 24 Mar 53
On 24 ]Larch',: miners of the mine imeni R
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