MINES IN HWANGHAE PROVINCE

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R005000690003-2
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: November 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 25, 1999
• Sequence Number: 3
• Publication Date: June 20, 1950
• Content Type: REPORT

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CLASSIFICATioN 25X1A
Approved For Releasd E3 JQM7E LN Ag #iLi~00500069RR 1- NO.
COUNTRY Korea
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DATE DISTR.. 20 JJ ~J 50
SUBJECT Fines in Hwanghae Province NO. OF PAGES 2
PLACE 25X1A
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1. There are several tungsten and gold mines In the northeastern section of
Hwanghae Province. None of these has an outstanding production potential.
The "Zichtu" tungsten mine is located at 126-540 38.,57,
2. In 1939 the Pyong San tungsten mine on the boundary between Yongsan- on
f~ ) and Ma,ean
('' : u on In ) in Pyongsan (126-26, 3816) County
was opened Because of the
by KIN0SHITA Shozo 7 i poor quality
)
of the ore the mine was unprofitable . and the? work was abandoned. After the
war,, YI ( ) (fnu), a cousin of the chairman of the local Peonle? s Coss
mittee and former manager of the mine, removed apnroxirately seven tans of
ore which he sold, in Pyongyang. He later illegally sold all the mining
machinery and equipment. Until 1947, there were sixteen laborers at the
mine, but since that time only five or six have remained to care for the
Property. Transportation to the mine area is very poor.
3. In 1941, the tungsten mine at Masan-rgon was opened by PAX Ta.-byo 4).
a Korean who had only enough capital to employ twenty laborers. As a result
very little was accomt)lis.hed. After 1945, PAK abandoned the mine and moved to
South Korea. His relatives requested permission to continue the works but were
refused because they were considered to be politically unreliable. The township
People?s Committee plans to reopen the nine, but lacks sufficient capital.
4. In 1943, the tungsten mine at hioktanmaVon i; ), Yonoaaek (approximately
126-099 3753) County was first exploited by KANAHII?A Yasukichi (! .-j= i;j