POINTS OF INTEREST IN THE JACHYMOV URANIUM MINING AREA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00047R000400170008-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 12
• Document Creation Date: December 27, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 26, 2013
• Sequence Number: 8
• Publication Date: March 5, 1954
• Content Type: REPORT

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CLASSIFICATION CONFIDENTIAL
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
COUNTRY Czechoslovakia
SUBJECT
PLACE
ACQUIRED
DATE
ACQUIRED
Points of Interest in the Jachymov
Uranium Mining Area
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Enclosures: (A) Sketch map showing locations of various mines
. and prison camps in the Jachymov area, with legend.
(B) Sketch map of the Slavkov area.
(C) Plan of the Eduard mine and the Nikolai mine and
prison camp, with legend.
(D) Sketch map of the Bratrstvi mines, with legend.
(E) Plan of the first floor corridor of the Eduard mine
and a section of the Nikolaj mine, with legend.
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ENCLOSURE (A) CONFIDENTIAL
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KETCH MAP SHOWING LOCATIONS OF VARIOUS MINES AND PRISON CAMPS IN THE JACHYMOV AREA, WI': LEGEND
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ENCLOSURE (A) LEGEND
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1.
Location of the Barbora mine and prison camp.
2.
Location of the Elias mine and prison camp. Elias and. Klement Pits.
3.
Location of the Eduard mine.
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Location of the Nikolaj mine and prison camp.
5.
Location of the Rovnost mine and prison camp.
6.
Location of a mine and prison camp in Marianska. Adam and Eva Pits.
7.
Location of the Bratrstvi II mine and prison camp. Tomas and Zdar Buh Pits.
8.
Location of the Bratrstvi I mine. Bratrstvi and Sen Bozi Pits.
9.
Location of the Rovnost mine and prison camp.
10.
Location of the Plavno mine and prison camp.
11.
Barracks of the National Security Corps (SNB police) in Vykmanov.
12.
Central garages of the Jachymov Uranium Mines.
13.
Central warehouse of the Jachymov Uranium Mines Kravin in Vykmanov.
14.
Technological Control in Vykmanov.
15.
Location of the prison camp in Vykmanov. There are sick prisoners in
the camp.
16.
Construction of new dwelling houses for the civilian employees in Vykmanov.
17.
Railway station in Dolni Zdar.
18.
Location of the Bratrstvi central prison camp.
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ENCLOSURE (B) CONFIDENTIAL
;..~ SKETCH MAP OF THE SLAVKOV AREA
Legend:
1. New mine area with pits No 9, 12 and 14, and prison camps.
2. Location of the Prokop mine and prison camp. Prokop I and Prokop II pits.
3. Location of the Svatopluk mine and prison camp.
4. Location of the Lesnice mine and prison camp.
5. Location of the Barbora mine.
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ENCLOSURE (C)
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PLAN OF THE EDUARD MINE AND THE NIKOLAJ MINE AND PRISON CAMP, WITH LEGEND
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ENCLOSURE (C) LEGEND
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A. Nikolaj Labor Camp.
B. Nikolaj Mine.
C. Eduard Mine.
1. District highway Abertamy - Jachymov.
2. District highway to Bozi Dar.
3. Road (steamrolled) to camp Nikolaj.
4. Playground for the members of the SNB.
5. Garages for the cars of the SNB.
6. Offices of the SNB camp administration.
7. Barracks of the SNB.
8. Gate of the labor camp.
9. Wooden place L icJ
10. House of Culture where meetings and lectures take place.
11. Prisoners' quarters; a one-story wooden barrack, 80 x 15 meters.
12. Prisoners' quarters, six one-story wooden barracks, 40 x 6 meters.
13. Rest rooms.
14. Little park in front of the House of Culture.
15. Fence enclosing the camp and the mine where the prisoners work.
16. Watch tower for Sri sentries; the sentries are armed with machine
guns and equipped with search lights.
17. Barbed wire fence on both sides of the road which goes from camp
to the Eduard mine.
18. Gate to the Nikolaj mine.
19. CaA::`1.;is, instruments and minimg lamps storage .
20. Tower of the Nikolaj mine (mining tower).
21. Pile of waste ("hlusina").
22. Road to the Eduard mine (steamrolled).
23. Same as 22.
24. Staircase (steps) to the buildings which are located on the slope.
25. Wooden bridge over a narrow road.
26. Wooden gate with barbed wire.
27. Rails from the mining tower to the pile of waste.
28. Road through the camp (not in use).
29. Storehouse for mining material, a wooden barrack.
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ENCLOSURE (C) LEGEND
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30. Guards' house of the S]TB.
31. Workshops for instrument repair.
32. Sorting plant for uranium ore; with conveyors and control devices
33. Transformer station.
34. Mining tower of the Eduard mine.
35. Air compressors for the mine.
36. Administration building of the Eduard and Nikolaj mines.
37. Buildings of the old sorting plant.
36. Gate-keeper's lodge.
39. Small lake.
40. Brook going through the enclosed area.
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ENCLOSURE (D) CONFIDENTIAL
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SKETCH MAP OF THE BRATRSTVI MINES, WITH LEGEND
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ENCLOSURE (D) LEGEND
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1. State highway to Jachymov
2. District road to Spicak.
3. A steamrolled road to the prison camp.
.. A road to the mines
5. Entrance to the mines.
6. Directorate of the uranium mines.
7. Administrative building of the Bratrstvi I mine.
8. Storage and issuing of mine lamps.
9. Pit and mining tower of the Bratrstvi mine.
10. Storage of tools and material.
11. Sorting plant for uranium ore.
12. Pit and mining tower of the Sen Bozi mine.
13. Storage of tools and instruments for the funicular.
14. Stop (catch) for the funicular lorries.
15. Offices of the funicular administration
16. Instrument repair workshop.
17. In atrLmment storage.
18. Same as 1.7.
19. Building in which the funicular machinery is located.
20. Rails of the funicular.
21. Barbed wire fence around the working area.
22. Watch towers.
23. Garages for the cars of the SNB.
24. Jffices of the SNB and the camp administration.
25., prisoners' camp.
Bar i < ,cks of the SNB
27. Pile of waste.
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ENCLOSURE (E)
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PLAN OF THE FIRST FLOOR CORRIDOR OF THE EDUARD MINE AND A SECTION OF THE NIKOLAJ MINE, WITH
LEGEND
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ENCLOSURE (E) LEGEND
1. Eduard Pit-
2. Stopping device for lorries and mining tower of the Eduard mine.
3. Nikolaj Pit.
4. Mining tower and stopping device for lorries of the Nikolaj pit.
5. Corridor 8 - IA and shaft 8 -oo-.
6. Corridor AF and shaft AF 11, AF 12 and AF 13-
7- Corridor 5 - IA and shaft 5 -O1, 5-02 and 5-03.
8. Corridor Z - 01 and shaft 14-Ol, 14-02.
9. Corridor z-0O.
10. Corridor 5 -00 and shaft 5-I 11, 5-I 12 and 5-I 13-
11. Corridor F -00 and shaft F 01, F-02.
12. Corridor Stare. Krasna SK 13, SK 14 (with shaft).
13. Corridor Stara Krasna SK 11, SK 12 with shaft.
14. Corridor Stara Krasna
15. Corridor Male Krasna 'T',, NBC 9, HK 10, MK 11, MK 12, bfC 13, MK 14.
16. z Pit.
17. PSI I Pit .
18. C=identifie1
19. Corridor SJ with shafts SJ-00, SJ O1, SJ 11, SJ-12, SJ-13, SJ-14, SJ-15, 5J-16.
20. Corridor and stopping device for lorries, mining tower of the Eduard mine,
21. Air and water pump.
22. Corridor toward the charging station for batteries (mining lamps).
23. Charging station for mining lamps batteries.
24. Corridor Mala Krasna with shaft and adjoining corridors.
25. Storage for clay which is used for fixing explosive charges.
26. Locksmith's workshops for minor repairs of mining equipment and tools.
27. Storage of lumber used for strengthening of corridors and shafts.
28. Explosives storage.
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