THE BOGOVINA COAL MINE

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• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R006800110001-1
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• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 21, 2001
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: February 2, 1951
• Content Type: REPORT

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SUBJECT The Bogovina Coal Mine
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The Bogovina coal mine is situated approximately-1,5 kilometers north of
the village of Bogovina, and on the western side of the Boljevac...Podgorac
road., The mine is connected with the Zajecar.-Paraon narrow gauge rail-
road by a branch line four kilometers long. The mine is
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its own directorate whim. is located at the mine and is directly sui-
ordixate to the Ministry of Mines of the Republic of Serbia in Belgrade,
2- The planned annual production norms for 1949 and 1950 are as follows:
19149 - 60, 000 tons
19.50 - 70,000 tons
The total 1949 output reached 55 000 tons of brown coal with 15 percent
ash content. A major portion of the output is consigned for consumption
in the Bor mines, while the remainder is used by the Yugoslav rails oad.sa
3, Reserves -
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Categories A and B :
120,000 tons
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Category C :
5009000 tons
The main factors 11 mit.ing output are:
ao Shortage of manpower.
b. Inefficient management.
C. mining methods
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a.. A new 250 meter shaft has been sunk during the past two years,
b0 A new high tension power line from Zvezdan to the mine has been
constructed.
e. Construction of new administrative and technical offices and numerous
new houses for the worker
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The mine is supplied with electric power from. the Zevezdan thermo-,
electric power plant. The power, at 35,000 volts, is carried by a
three-phase wire of 35 mm diameter, supported by wooden pylons,, Ths
nine also has its own power plant equipped with a steam-powered
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enerator and a 500 PS built-up alternator
achinery and eg2i~pme.nt
ea. Mine
Two pneumatic compressors
Two hoists
Five or six crabs
T,entrifugal pumps
Electrically operated boring machines of Skoda manufacture, at
125 1rol.ts.
b. Mine railroad
Two steam locomotives (75 cm. gauge)
' Pwo bunkers and a loading station
c. Workshops: Fully equipped with turning lathes, milling and boring
mac nes; and a joiner's shop. All equipment is electrically
operated at 380 volts.
iatcrr~ tirt: The mine has three trucks used for transporting
materials and workers.
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8b There is a total of approximately nine hundred employees, most of 'Irhom
are of Rumanian origin from nearby localities. The workers are able to
purchase food from local farmers but there is a shortage of living
quarters,
Commentt For an explanation of the three categories of coal.
reser reps,- see paragraph 6.
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