DREI KRONEN UND PYRITE MINE, ELBINGERODE/HARZ

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• Publication Date: June 22, 1948
• Content Type: REPORT

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SUBJECT Drei Kronen and Ehrt Pyrite Mine,
Elbingerode/Harz
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The full title of thy! Frei Kronan and Ehrt pyrite mine in Llbingerode/
Harz is:
Industrie-O.'e7ke der Prove. iz Sachsen,
"Drei Kronen and Ehrt."
Schwefelkiesgrube - Kalk..ierk
Elbingeroel;/Harz
Tel. No.: E1bingerode 11.49
The following shoT7s production figures of this .ne f'ron 1940
through 1941, 194:' through Parch 1945, and flecertber 1945 through
'Tovember 1946.
I
O
ron
re
PYrites
L3 n)oni"
Ferroman anese Ore
(Metric tong )
Th tric tons)
Metric tom
1940
5,131
1941
14,643
1943
16,291
20,058
39,984
1944
OMI
18,520
77,757
Jan-Mar 1945
7,500
Dec. 1945
493
Jan. 1946
1
194
Feb. 194.6
40
,
1,761.5
;far . 1946
61
2
047.5
Apr. 1946
,
1,639.5
May 1946
4
o21
June 1946
y
414
3
July 1946
,
3
627
Aug . 194(1
,
3
023
Sep. 194.)
,
327.5
3
Oct . 1941,
,
4,002
Nov. 194c
202
4
Dec. 194'-
,
Nov. 1c 6
33,252
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3. Total reserves of pyrite are estimated at 8 35.,000 tons, with a sulphur
content of forty-five percent. One hundred and seventy persons were
employed at tht mine in 1940 and 271 in-November 1946. It is proposed
to increase production from four thousand to five thousand tons per
month.
4. The output of the mine goes to the firms listed below:
Coarse pyrites (20-55, nun.) and pyrites (0-20 mom. )
Zschirmner & .'chwarz, Greiz--DBlau Tstation Bad Ktstritz )
Ammendorfer Papierfabrik, Ammendorf (station Merseburg)
Fine writes a Z5 n
Thlrin,gischo Zellwolle A. G., Selzvarza/Saale
Farbenwerke 1761f en, Wolf en/Bi t terfel d
Agfa-Seide, Premn3.-O z (station D8beritz )
AAschaffenburger'?allstoffwerke, Firna
Fahlberg-List A. G., ?agdeburg
Fertilia A G, Joswig
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