GENERAL INFORMATION ON THE JACHYMOV MINES

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CIA-RDP82-00457R002700420007-3
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December 10, 1998
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September 1, 1948
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REPORT
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CI.ASSI 'RCAII0N U. 0FFIC7r~ r' a'.I; Approved For Release 1999/09/09 : CIA-RDP82-00457R002700420007-3 CENTRAL flITELL?GENCE AGENCY REPORT NO.I MFORMATION REPORT Chi NO. COUNTRY Czecho.:lkia SUBJECT General Information on the Jachynov tines PLACE ACQUIRE gon-im-2m -tame S rat ?d i t;inq tit 1.0W, 'L.. This nine is located approximately 1 Tcn north of the building of the Jachyriov 'lines Directorate. Irnm,. Uinke1hofer is the head of the mine; his deputy is P rochazka, an ardent Con nut7ist (also chair- im.n of the ROH, Revolutionary Trade Uniou Ilovenent, and chairman of the KOH,, Regional Comr:ittee of the Revolutionary Trade Union I1ovemenj. 20 The nine extends over an area l an long and 250 to 300 re wide; it is 750 m deep and has 10 1e rela. Above the pit there are two processing, rooms (one o:!d and one new), rachinery for loadin ; the ore of poor quality into wagons, and machinery for attinn the ore of good quality into boxes. One wagon coriprises about 600 kg; of ore, l box about 30 kra, 3. Dratrstvi is the central ore depot for a:'_3 the nines in the 3acl Iev area. The labor force comprises about 200 Czech and Slovak miners and about 800 Grermn prisoners of war uho lire in the '!-J camp located 2 ith- in the area of the mine. The entire area of the rime is fenced off with barbed wire and rded by armed r enbors of the 1.1orkers& (Factory) Piiii,-- tia or SUB from four guard-tovers (placed in each corner of the fence)? The Factory Militia and the 30B have separate guard rooms. During the ni ght, the whole area is illuminated. 00 The Rovnost Mine is located approximately 5 Ira vest of Jachymova; Ing. Ste s1cl, now dismissed, tuna fomerly the mine manager. The nine suupor- visor". V Hruby, former deruty to Stalskal, holds the post of manager at present. Tiruby Is an ardent Coi iunist. The nine is about 720 m deep and has 7 levy lsa One of the most Important ore -reins is the Ber/;kutteri the names of the other veins are: Svycar, Jerony?:i, Red Vein (Corvena Zila),, resistor, and Fludr0 The labor force consists of about 300 Czech and Sic- ___ --Dee nt No NO C E in Class. [3 A%iL ^ DECL40 Approved For Release 1999/09/09: CIA-RDP82-004578002 ' 20G' Date: By., ~... i~ ICA1I N ~T E'~COr]TFnor, - UL S. O.~FFICIA ONLY XIA2g NO. OF ENCLS. (LISTED BELOW) SUPPLEMENT TO REPORT NO. Approv`@LlDRelease 1999/09/09 : CIA-RDP82-00457R002700420007-3 OFFICIALS ONLY 25X1A2g vak miners and about 500 Gex-n :n prisoners of ,iar stationed in the PW avrp located within the area of the nine. The area 1^ guarded by members exclusively and is illuminated during the night. Des I~i3n? l.. This mine is located about 7 km north of Jach 'ov (beyond Bratratvi) -ing. Pibyr has recentlky been appointed manager of the nina; he is 28 years old, an ardent Cor w fat, lives in 'otucky (I.3reitenhach), and comes to mine regularly by car. His deputy, Fr. Weidi, mine sit rvisor, is ndi; a Coy-;monist, (Within the area of the Elias Mine there is another mine called Ji ?ina cv'hich is about 80 r deep. j 2,r The Elias Mine is 160 m deep and has t* xa lovels. The first level,, :::allod Slik' a, is at a de?th of 40 m and the second, called Barbara, 4,1t a de.rt'h of 160 m. At the depth of the lower level, there are the flarbora and Fludr veins extending here from the Rovnost Mine 3s There are two preliminary processing rooms here, and a new processing building is now being built. 7. hen the new process'ng building is finished, Ellac will be the largest (most productive) establishment within the J cb ov area. The nine employs 200 Czechs, 60 German civilians, and about 600 German Ifs. The area of the mine is iflumi- nated at nig,ht. Sawkint-Olum The Svbrnost Mine is located on the outskirts of the town close to the road leading to T3ozi Dar. Ing. alab, 45, a Corr-unist, is the m ne aa- ger. His deputy is Proks, -nine supervisor (previously a National Soci- alist, now a Coma anat. t) . The pit is 850 m deep; above it a new mining tower is being built. The labor force cor:9prises 150 Czechs and SlovaTcs, 50 Germ n civilians, and about 200 German PWe living in a camp on the Promises. ~' a ls3sZ This mine consists of one pit and one index ~c7ent drift. The mine is located on the way from Elias to ?Mariasorg 0. atek, mine supervisor, bolds the Deist of manager there- a former member of the Czech National oe)cialist Party, he is now a member of the Communist Party. Only Ger- man prisoners of war under the nunervision of 3 Czechs are corking in the mine. The Zalesi If ne contains the best quality ore within the en- tire Jack miov area. Occasional deposits contain from 4.5 to 60 percent of radium ore. This. Is 60 m weep and comprises 8 drifts; work is going on in al.I of the drifts. Aolek, mine supervisor, who came from Ostrava, is the mine mana- ger. The ore rained here is of good c: lity but the output of the mine is low. This wine is located vex close to the town of 3'ach rnov. The nine con lists of 18 dri t4-ts with ninin ? going on in all of them. A new drift.,, ' AL Approved For Release 1999/09/09 : CIA-RDP82-00457R002700420007-3 Approved FQr Release 1999/09/09 : CIA-RDP82-00457R002700420007-3 IDOTIAL COI EROL - U.S. OFF1 IASS ONLY 25X CE, 1IrELLIGENCE AGENCY named Leopold, has been opened recently; the ore found in the new drift is of a very high cq.uality. Pavias, minx ' sutervisor, is the mine manager.,, few compressors and drilling machines have recently been delivered to the a~pold drift, as well as to others. pxnta.:ng Xn the acl ov area there are about 200 planes-in VAilch exper.'.ienta1 digs; g is done. The search for uranium ore deposits is conduced mostly in abandoned coal drifts (although several new drifts have been out). When the eerimrental digging shows good results a new mine 3s opened; if the results are raor, the dri:`t is abandoned, Aboutt o to four man are working in each of the experimental drifts, New drifts have been cut in the folloauring~ localities: Dvrnberg, Potucky (Breite I ch) $ Ve jprty, Boni. D?ar, Pr ebuz, Bolzbachs Se jf (Seifen) ? Ilorni Zdar, Iiorni S:l, avkov, Plarianske Lazne (Marienbad), 'ribnam, ar . Oravska Iiat;u.: a (in Slovakia). 2.; 1e0?lrc3ar$ A spacial Russian expedition is searching for uranium ore deposits within the. konose (Riesengebirge) area. Souxce heard that a uranium ()re deposit was fond at Jelenia Cora (Hirschberg) on the Polish side of the Krkonose, .e S rity,. ?c Laurie Q?ri to jkcla PZR~ep Staff Captain Kocian is Security officer for the er,tire j?achymov araa. Captain Morozov (Russian) is Con andsxtt of Chmrds for all uranium ore hies. e- Lieutenant Krim (Russian) is Commandant of the r ands in Jacl ov. d. Captain Ku voeno (Russian) is Commandant of the, guards in P (Frahbuss) G e? Lieutenant Ku'aancik (Slovak) is Deputy Commandant of the guards in Prebz (FrWhbuss) o All TrUrel"Ises for the Jachymov Mines must be paid for in American dollars even in cases when the items purchased could easily be obtained on the Czech r. ,rket. A a pro oil, the following bills are quoted. by source: No