FACILITIES OF THE MANNYON TUNGSTEN MINE, MANNYON-GU, SINP YONG-GUN, HWANGHAE-PUKTO, AND TOWN PLAN OF THE ADJACENT AREA

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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 4, 2010
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: August 25, 1960
• Content Type: REPORT

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INFORMATION REPORT INFORMATION REPORT
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
This material contains information affecting the National Defense of the United States within the meaning of the Espionage Laws, Title
18, U.S.C. Secs. 793 and 794, the transmission or revelation of which in any manner to an unauthorized person is prohibited by law.
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SUBJECT Facilities of the Mannyon Tungsten DATE DISTR. 0 3 August 1960
Mine, Mannyon-gu, Sinp'yang-gun,
Hwanghae-pukto, and Town Plan of the NO. PAGES 1 50X1-HUM
Adjacent Area
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Information on the facilities of the Mannyon Tungsten Mine, Mannyon-
Sinp9yong-gun, Hwanghae-pukto, and a town plan of the adjacent area
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Most of the facilities of the Mannyon Tungsten Mine, Mannyon-gu
(approximately N 38-55, E 126-57) (CU 2310), Sinp'yong-gun, Hwanghae-
pukto, were reconstructed New houses were to be 50X1-HUM
constructed in the vicinity of the mine an in Wolch'on-dong, Koriso-
ri (N 38-56, E 126-57) (CU 2211) The mine offices, which were 50X1-HUM
located within a one-kilometer radius of the underground ore dressing
site, were to be moved to new buildings west of Songmun, Koriso-ri..
The following paragraphs are keyed to the sketch of the Mannyon Mine
appearing on page 15:
The Mannyon Mine Hospital was a single-story wooden building with
fi :e wards. Each ward was 3 meters high, 10 meters long and 5 meters
wide with lime-coated mud walls and cement tile roofs.
2. The slaughterhouse of the mine's Labor Supply Department was a
single-story wooden structure about 3 meters high, 6 meters long
and 5 meters wide with lime-coated mud walls and a cement tile
roof. The Labor Supply Department purchased, through the transfer
account system, cattle and hogs from the Hwanghae-pukto People's
Committee or the Sinp'yong-gun People's Committee.
3. A wooden bridge approximately 15 meters long, 5 meters wide and
2 meters above the water. The water was approximately 40 centimeters
deep.
4. The twelve official residences of the Mannyon Mine were stone dwellings
approximately 3 meters high, 10 meters long and 6 meters wide with
cement tile roofs. Two families occupied each house.
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A residential area Of tb U* 1ctaR1[ = O a 3 "'A m.4
stoaae houses each about 3 meters, wag l0 rieters long and 6 meters
A motional store was a single-story brick structure apl r xT
3 meters high, 2Q meters long and 8 meters wide, with a cetoent tile
roof. It mad stimdriea and side dish items and also served as a
grin distribution statiaa for es plo tees living in the off acia7.
residences described above. Both the. store and official residences
were vnd the jurisdiction of Karak;, aorirsio-ri.
7. The warehouse of the mine's Business Depar. meat was a single-story
we .den structure about 4 meters high, 25 miters long and ll) meters
wide, with uqpaintteed board wells and a cemout tile roof : Stored,
here were all the mach' nas parts, coastaner moods, oil supplies far
mecl>{ es9 and various tools and instruments required at the mine's
Production Plant.
8. The office of the Business Department was ,a single-story vaoden
structure QLAMtely 3.5 meters high, 15 meters long and 6 meters
wide, with lime-coated clay wall as and a ceirmt tile roof.
9. The office and carpenter shop of the Construction Department of the
Mama Mine v+ere in a single-story wooden structure about 4 meters
highs, 25 =tars long and 9 meters wide, with clay walls which were
Lim-coated inside and coated with boards outaside, and a cement ti-le
roof. Tice office occupied two-thirds of the atruct ace ancl the
carpenter shop the remainder.
10 s The amain drift was an arch-shaped curt drift appz=imately 40
centimeters thick, 3 meters high and 4 meters wide? and led to a
shaft leading to an underground pit,. Ordinarily the drift was used
as a passageway or for drainage but, in the event of hostilities
could be used to haul crude ore to the undnrg round ore dressing
site through the carriage drift described In No. 12 below.
1L The carriage drift, at the entrance of the underground ore dressing
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site., was an arch shaped concrete drift about 40 centimeters thick
3 meters high and 4 meters wide,, mail led to the carriage abaft of
the timdargarouaad are dressing site d escribei in No. 17 belos.,
12. The carriage drift of the undeer'gro d ore dressing site vsa equipped
with a mine tub track and was a7pprrxdmate3 3 meters high Pnd 4
meters vide.
13. The Labor Club of the MmarFa Mine % ma In ,& s omae building half of
which was single-storied and about 5 me-P.erse high and the other half
two-storied and about 8 meters high. The building was about 70 meters
long, and 2A meters wide, and was used by the eaaspl oyees for meet:tngst,
c is, and motion. pictures under the mataugement and sponsorship of
the Cultural Dent, Mezu]ydsn Mae Tw atle league Cocmitt: re.
11i, A residential a of the Awn Niue consisted of two-family siogle -
story wooden structures each approncimatel;i 3 meters high, 10 meters
long and 5 meters wide, with, lime-coated cla`gr wells and a cement tile
roof. They were occupied by members of Vie Social Sec urVtr Department
of the Hw ae'pukto internal Affairs Department residing at the mine,.
15o The conveyer cable of the underground (we dressing site wa:i apyroxi-
mately 300 hmling metecre long
mach B, repair waterials iwtx, mauts and tools to the for
underground ore dressing site
, uul?a ground ore &-essing site
16. Thewinch for the gojj
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concrete about 40 centimeters e thick and met) 4.5 Metwo h I Mater
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