SINO- SOVIET MINIG ACTIVITIES IN SOUTH CHINA

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• Publication Date: December 14, 1951
• Content Type: REPORT

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_,C, i,,ior tc d-Juno 191, the Chinese Communists and the Soviet Union nsgoti-
&`ed a secret agreement that9 in return for US 300,000,000 loaned to the
Chineso Communists by the USSR,,, the mining of all raw materials on Chinese
territory would be operated with the cooperation of Soviet personnel0
2. In about, mid-June 1951, the Soviets were operating mines in Honanp Hupeip
K .angsi, Kwangtung, and Kwangsi Provinces. The Industry Department of the
Central and South China T?Mi.l.itary and Administrative District has sent Wien
to accompany Soviet its in their surveys, and the following now tungsten
ore deposlta. lave boon discovered in eastern Kwangtung in these areas s H
Helen (l1' 26, 23-05)?, Polo Helen (1D4.17,, 23.09), Hoyuan Helen (11/, A2~.
area were ' fo d 5o be To Chu (7 X) 9 Van an Kung Hsiang (f
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Kin Yin Sham J ) Mao Tau Fong )A Jon Shoe ( I ), and
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Hainan e s iron,, Y%nfou ilsien r s (112.049 22-56) tin, and the tungsRAEY5119510
in eastern liangtung, northern Kcrangtung, and Nan Pdeng Tao (I re
considered rich and have boon operrated according to plan since "FPrivate mining companies have all boon taken over by the Kwangtung office of
the Central-South Colored Minerals. Administration Bureau,, and nationalised,
Since Yangehiang Helen (111.-53, 21-52) and Enpling Helen (112-19, 22-12) of
central Kwangtumg are rich in tungsten deposits., the Communists began to oper-
ate the mines last year m On 28 April 1951, in order to increase the output,
highranking officials in the Industry Department of the Central and, South
China 13ilitary and Administrative District accompanied Soviet adviser I--Shan-
1 I a-Fu-Chieh-Pn Yu-Pai OLtogether with 14 techni-
clans and 10 sets of drillimac nefrom Hankow to Enp Trig Hsien in an
attempt to start large-scale operations. In Etnp a ing Hsien there are several
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, io,nsand hungor tr icckcn people digging tungsten. The Co mists have ,stab'
_i?slaed purchasing agencies in various places and have improved mineral tech.-
~_=.rdlues; 408000 tons of colored minerals, reportedly.. have already been col-
cted and shipped to Canton to be transported north to the USSR.
The location of other mines in Kwangtung is as followsa
a. Eastern Kwangtunga There is tungsten at Tan Jen Shan (. ~ i~) in Kai-
f'eng (1-15-20, 22-58); Nan Yi Yen in Lufsng Helen (115-38,
22-58); Ta To Tun Ch1.sh S Fong (~ 3 Hs?.ngaing
Hsii n (115 -49, 24-04,)l Wi,i1iua Helen (315 Zl, 24-02 ; i Hsien (]16-13, 24 18 );
C3iaol ing Helen (116-10, 21+-42); Ch oaochou Hsien (116-37,, 23-4P); Ch .ehyang
'lien (U4 20, 23^-32 ;Panning Helen (~16-13, 2327); atad Tiei I
:1 , IJe ~t Kwangtung a Tungsten,, bismuth, tin, gold., aluminum, iron, and coal
gore found in YVanfou Hsien. Ta Kan Shan ( ) and Shih T' ien
e: ) are both rich in tungsten.
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Aorthern Kwangtung: There are rich tungsten deposits dt 2 of Shih (4
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in Shaokuan Hsien (1333.. 24.-50); Shihhsing Helen (]14-03.,25,-02)j, Shih
Ku Shan (' ,~ !14) Shih Le Chang ( 4 , ); La K'uang (a' ); Ching
- s3.a ( J ) r? Nan Kuan Wu Yuan ! . ra ~, ); Wengyuan Hs.z.en (ll3-48,
21y -10) ; a`ngchiang Y3sien (311 539 21-52); Maoming Helen 110.-53, 21.45 );
Hua isien (11139,, 21-31); T'aishan Hsien (112-.48, 22?15); Hsinhui Hsien
(113059 22-34); Ch'ihch'i Hsien (112-59, 2-1-59); Ch'uan Hsien (#
lu Kuel Shan ' .
y' ) in Chungshan Hsi,,-)n (113-36., 22-22); Pai' S I Lax.
Shan (,0 f7 j tl; ) T. Ch' ien Ching Shan (1,, t1j) arrd. Ta Ferg Sloan
-;?4 ) in Shunt, Hsie)a (11316, 22-50). The tungsten in Nan PO e, Tao is
the best in quality. Gold is y_Lolded 's'L Pat.' Li. -Shan ~tj in ping
Hsien?
Due to the need of tin,, the Soviet Union and the Chinese Comonunists have speeded
~p exploiting tin mines in. Yunnan under the direction of Soviet technicians. At
resent, production of tin is reported to exceed previous output by 200%, This
'fin is used in the north for mi)).itary _ndustries,,
To procure engineering technicians ,this Kwangsi branch of the Chinese Communist
Colored Metal Adr,imisl,ration Bureau ir, operating a Colored Metal Cadre School
in L~weilin. On 17 June, the school-opening ceremony was held at Kwa si Univer-
sity frith CHU Wen-ch'eng ( ;~ ) president, CHING Chien-gang
head of the department of s3lence, and LI Chieh Q?_ chief of the metal-
.urgi.cal section. Approximately 1.0 professors and 200 students attended.
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