WISMUT A.G.: ORE GRADING AT OBJEKT 9

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• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80S01540R007300090002-6
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• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 9
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 7, 2007
• Sequence Number: 2
• Content Type: REPORT

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A. 'Appendices
(a) At Appendix "A"
- A diagrammatic plan and legend of Schacht 66,
OBERS CHLE,,.'1A.
A ground sketch and legend of the transporta-
tion bridge of Schacht 66.
(c) At Appendix "C" - A ground sketch of the German test point of
Schacht 66.
(b) At Appendix "B"
B. Routing of Kistenerz at 0bjekt 9 Schacht 66
2. The sketch at Appendix "B" shows hown e cars are routed past two
geiger check points on the transportation bridge of Schacht 66, one staffed b,-,-
Russian and the other by German personnel. The following notes are in
elucidations-
(a) High grade Kistenerz _ Russian test point
(i) Relatively high grade ore, known at Schacht 66 as "Taloner_Y',
is packed into ztsc: boxes measuring approximately 60 cm x
30 cm, reigning, ;Then full, about ~5(?v^,kg. The boxes are
loaded onto mine cars which are labelled with a Hauerschei:
and escorted by a member of the Hauer brigade to the
transportation bridge where (Appendix "B", 3) they are t:-ke:
over by a German pithead team (Ht.ngekomrnando).
(ii) The pit-head team push the mine cars to a hoist (Appendix "Dy
1) .,Thichlowers them from the bridge to rails leading to the
Russian test point (Appendix "A", 7). A Russian officer
here removes the Hauerschein and Russian soldiers push the:
mine cars to their test point, and thence to a loading bay
which adjoins it.
(iii) At the Russian loading bay a grab lifts the boxes from the
mine cars and drops them onto a moving belt -,!hich carries
them to a Russian truck and guard.
(iv) The trucks leave the Schacht at point 15 at Appendix "A",
bound for DBESD ?.
(v) A bonus of between 80 and 120 DM(E) is paid for each box of
the type of ore described above, and two representative day
/shifts are....
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shifts are capable of producing between them approximately
400 boxes.
(b) Lower quality Kistenerz - German Test Point
(i) Lower grade ore is also packed into boxes at Schacht 66
and loaded into mine cars, each of which carries a
"Hauerscheir." label.
(ii) The mine cars travel, without escort, to a pit head team
(Appendix "B", 3) which forwards them to the Gorman test point.
A braking device (Appendix "C") automatically halts the cars
which are tested and then passed down one of three tracks
according to their values:-
Scale reading Track
Disposal
Under 20 track 1 To dead ore bunker
(Appendix "B", 10)
20/50 track 2 To ore bunkers reserved
for these values
(Appendix "B", 8 and 9)
150/200 track 3 To ore bunkers reserved
for these values.
(Appendix "B", 8 and 9)
(iii) The German counter is incapable of giving scale readings over
the order of 200 and mine cars which show a value at the top
limit of the counter's range are rerouted to the Russian
check point (via the hoist shown at Appendix "B",l). The
German operators are under orders to report cases of this kind
to the Schacht administration so that the underground radio--
metri.st who made the mistake can be taken to task. Since they
took over their test point on 26th June, 1956 from Russian
operators the Germans at Schacht 66 have encountered one
misdirected load of "Talonerz".
(iv) The ore which has been tested by German personnel is taken
away in Kipper lorries which leave the Schacht from point 15
at Appendix "A". Lorry drivers have from time to time
disclosed that they take their load to the rail;-ay goods
station at AUE where it is transferred to deeper capacity
lorries for onward transit to Objekt 101, CROSSEN.
C. Quantity and ualit, of German tested Kistenerz "
3. A single German shift working bet::;een 26th Juno and 7th July, 1956
tested 783 boxes of Isis tenerz of which approximately 450 :.-poxes gave scale
values between 20 and 150, and 333 boxes gave values between 150 and 200.
During this period no boxes came into the catogory of dead ore (under 20).
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D. Composition and modus operandi of the German test point
4. The test point shown at Appendix "B", 6, was operated until 19th June,
1956 by Russian soldiers who were replaced by German personnel on 20th June, 1956.
Similar changes were enacted on the same day in Seh.chte 38, 186, 207, 250 and
296 of Objekt 9. In each case three 24 hour one-man shifts are being corked,
with a fourth operator in reserve.
5. Duties of the German operators
Each operator has been instructed:-
(a) to take scale readings for each mine car passing the check point;
(b) to operate the track points and distinguish, according to the ore
values registered, between tracks 1, 2 and 3;
(c) to remove "Hauerscheine" from each mine car and hand them in at
the end of a shift;
(d) to take details from each "Hauerschein" of the number of boxes
per car, logging them as follows (hypothetical entry):-
Shift No. of boxes per car. Total No. of boxes for
whole shift
29 89 99 79 6, 3. 35
Values, in terms of a geiger scale reading, are not logged with
the foregoing entry. The oporrator reads the scale merely to
decide which points he has to throw for each mine cnr, and keeps
no record of his selections.
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Plan of installations at Obiekt 9, Schacht 66, Oberschlema
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APPENDIX "A"
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APPENDIX "All
Obekt 99 Schacht 66
Plan
L_ egend
1. Ground level - Shift office
First floor - Soviet and Genii-an Schacht administration.
2. Washrooms for Obersteiger and Steiger.
3. Washrooms for equipment.
4. Guard room.
5. First aid room.
6. New Schacht administration offices, to be built.
7. Russian test point.
9. Rail track connecting transportation bridge hoist with Russian test point.
8. Transportation bridge (see Appendix 11B")
10. Track to the dumps.
11. Dumps.
12. Smelting, welding and locksmith's shops.
13. Machine house for hoists.
14. Storehouses.
15. Exit for lorries.
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Ground sketch of transportation bridge (legend attached)
Track 1
Track 2
Track 3
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A-P-Pe-ndix "B"
Objekt 99 Schacht 66,
Legend
1. Hoist (for mine cars containing high grade Kistenerz and for materials.
2. Personnel hoist (2 baskets)
3. Hoist (2 baskets; for raising ore and lowering materiab to Schacht).
4. 2 Skips for raising waste materials.
5. 2 shaking grates (Schtittelroste) for passing waste ore (tote Masse)
into bunkers.
6. German test point, (sec Appendix "C")
7. Mine car washing point.
8. 6 ore bunkers (below transportation bridge).
10. Bunkers for ore designated as waste (tot) by German check point.
11. Conveyor belt carrying waste ore from Bunker 11 to waste ore bunker.
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Objekt 9, Schacht 66: Ground sketch of German test point
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FQ4 Foot pedal
APPENDIX "C"
Diagrammatic only
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rails
A Brake operated by foot pedal,
holding mine car for period
of geiger cheek.
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