LAZO CASSITERITE MINE

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A006100200001-4
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• Original Classification: C
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• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 7, 2008
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: March 15, 1955
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
This Document contains information affecting the Na-
tional Defense of the United States, within the mean-
ing of Title 18, Sections 793 and 794, of the U.S. Code, as
amended. Its transmission or revelation of Its contents
to or receipt by an unauthorized person is prohibited
by law. The reproduction of this form is prohibited.
USSR (Magadan Oblast)
Laze Cassiterite Mine
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1. The Laze.Cassiterite Mine.(rudnik imeni Lazo) was located at Lazo (N 63-13,
E 152?10),1 There were seven or eight sections.(ucbastok) of the mime on one
side of Lazo.Camp. Section.No..6 was on the. other side. This section was 25X1
closed in 19538 because the ore was very poor and the miners had to work in
water up to their knees, in both winter and eammmer.
2. The operation of the mine was very similar to the operation of .the Kanon Cobalt
Mine. The mine bad corridors with chutes; ha re weighing 30 kg and drills
weighing 50 kg were.used.
3. Mine section No. 6 was 400 m deep and had corridors which were 50 to 60 in long.
The ore was loaded in mine oars. of 500-kg capacity and pushed by band to the
skip.(lebedka). The buckets of. the skip bald 500 kg, and the skip was operated
by electric power.
4. The norm for loading cars was only ten to 12 cars .per, man per 12-hour shift.
The low norm was a result of the difficulties encountered in this mine. The
chief difficulty was the .:presence of water in the mine; the water, however,
never froze.
The ore was moved by truck to Lazo Cassi:terite'Concentration Factory. No. 3.3
6. The cassiterite was a very strong metal which did not melt easily.. It resisted
heat over 1,,5 00 degrees centigrade.
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7. There were prospec ing teams for aria-ter ,te is Lazo,
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