URANIUM MINING IN THE JACHYMOV, TRUTNOV AND VYSOKE TATRY AREAS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80S01540R000600030004-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 31, 2012
• Sequence Number: 4
• Publication Date: March 23, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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7. The Jan pit is located near Vejprty. Because of the very low output of
ore, work was stopped there at the beginning of September 1952. This
mine is close to the East German border.
8. The Klement pit is about 1 km, from the Bratrstvi pit. It, too, was
closed, in February 1952, because of its very small output of are.
9. Melting furnaces for uranium ore are being built in the town of Nejdek
(N51/K 50) on the premises of a former brick kiln which used to be the
largest one in the area. This installation is guarded by militia and
SNB men.
10. There is about 30% of radioactive material in the iron ore found in
the former iron mine at Trutnov.
Vysoke Tatry Area
I1. Test drillings are being carried out near the vollage of Stola
(Q 50/U 59) in the Vysoke Tatry mountains in Slovakia. The fact
that civilian drivers are being recruited for work there seems to
indicate that results are satisfactory. Recruitment is on a volunteer
basis; the first drivers arrived at Stola in May 1952.
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Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/08/31 : CIA-RDP80S01540R000600030004-4