JACHYMOV URANIUM MINES, NATIONAL CORPORATION - MINES IN PRIBRAM

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00047R000200080009-1
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: December 27, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 14, 2013
• Sequence Number: 9
• Publication Date: November 21, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY REPORT NO.
INFORMATION REPORT CD NO.
COUNTRY Czechoslovakia
DATE DISTR. 9U i vt 52
SUBJECT Jachymov uranium ines, National Corporation - Mines NO. OF PAGES 2
in Pribram
PLACE
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DATE
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DATE' OF INFORMATION
1:1 N DOCUMENT CONTAINS INIORY AT ION AIIE[TIN? TUE NATIONAL DEFENSE
HE UNITED STATES. WITHIN THE WEANING OR TITLE INI S[CTIONE TOE
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LAT10N OI.ION CON TEN Tf TO OR ALCE IIT NV AN VNUUTHORtZEO PERSON If
IRONIOITEO OY CAN. TNt NEP OOOVCTION OI THIS IO.. IS I.OXI EI TN D.
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SUPPLEMENT TO
REPORT NO.
THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION
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1. The directorate of the Pr ibram Division of the Jachyrov Uranium trines is located
in the town of Pribrani0 The mines lie in the i)E;mediate vicinity of the town
of Pribram ZSee Enclosure (B), Points 1-5.J
nine mines of this region which have been put into
2 pits in Bytiz
3 pits in Vojno
2 pits in Brod
1 pit in Jar-usalem
1 pit in Haje:
In addition, there are a number of pits opened recently which are not yet in
operation:
3 new pits in Bytiz
2 new pits in Haje
1 new pit in Zdabori
1 new pit in Jerusalem (80 meters deep)
2. In ierusAlem are located a mining tower (steel construction), one machinery
hall and a compressor hall. The mining'mactiiinery*is.electt.cally, driven.
The Jerusalem mine works in three shifts during which time the production reaches
approximately 15 thousand kilograms of uranium ore. The ore is transported daily
to Jachymov by trucks. The transport consists of five trucks a day; each truck
is acconmpanied by a member of the National Security Corps (SNB). It is believed
that the uranium ore from the pits in Jerusalem contains 60% uranium. The ore
is transported in metal barrels, each containing 50-60 kg. One truck usually has
50 such barrels.
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3.
The total number of employees of the Jerusalem mine is t50 persons working in three shifts.
Of this number, 150 are skilled miners, 20 administrative and technical employees,the
rest non-skilled workers. The highest wage of a worker working underground is 10 thous d
crowns a month. Helpers receive 3 thousand crowns a month. Approximately half of the
workers in the mines are Communists.
The mine is enclosed by a barbed wire fence four meters high which is fixed on wooden poles
standing three meters from each other. On each third pole is an electric light which is
lighted all night. The mine has 10 men of the factory guard, armed with pistols. Two men
bf the guard are permanently on duty at the entrance.' Each worker has to surrender his
identification card as soon as he enters the mine area and receives it back when he is
leaving. The identification cards are issued by the directorate in Jachymov. The card
is yellow in a metal frame, contains a photograph of th; bearer and a stamp of the
directorate in Jachymov. This card is valid for all the mines in the region of Fribram
as well as of Jachymov.
Explosives for all mines are stored in a depot in 1kitiz which is guarded day and night
by two members of the factory guard.
Most of- the workers of the uranium mines are dissatisfied mainly because they had to
give up their additional food rations which were as follows:
1. the so called "Russian" ration
2. additional food rations for the miners and
3. normal food rations for ordinary consumers.
The so-called "Russian ration" consisted of a package with the following contents:
2.50 kg four; 1 kg pork meat; 1 kg salami; 1 kg lentils; 0.5 kg rice; 11(Y) gr cacao; 10 gr
tea; 0.25 kg coffee; 1 kg fat; 30 Russian cigarettes, (the cigarette ration was 20 one
month and 50 the next.) The total value of the package was 300 crowns. The so-called
KRussian ration''was abolished for the miners working on the surface; the miners in the pits
received only half of this Russian ration. The reg,I.ilar food rations for than miners were
out on 1 Fear 52. Former rations were as follows: 3 kg flour; 600 gr lard; `400 gr
shortening; 1.8 kg meat; and the full ration of sugar. Present rations are rao follows:
(food rations for the additional miners' ration cards): 1 kg meat; 2 kg breftid; 300 gr
shortenings; 0.5 kg pork lard. The miners were not granted the usual Christmas supplement
but were promised a special allocation of clothing, footwear and linen. They did not,
however, receive this allocation. Workers separated from their families were to receive
grants of 20 crowns for accommodation and 4,0 crowns for food (probably a day); however,
they did not get anything of the sort, although the chairman of the workers' council
undertook a number of steps in this direction with the directorate of th(' uranium mines
in Jachymov. In March 1952, one Sunday a month was fixed as a voluntary working day -
without pay. If the workers failed to show up, they were punished by withholding of the
wage for one shift and their names were placed on the bulletin board.
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end-ENCLOSURE (A): Nap of Ko,:aro with Legend
B): Map showing' location of uranium mines with Legend.
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MCLOSUftE (A)
Legend
1. Storehouse of uranium ore near ornarno
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ENCLOSURE (13)
Tr1JyI'1QV URANIUM MiNES ~IAiii,nibi C6RR~Q,nnrt~l
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Ntmbers ] - 5 i end 'We +he I Ocati on of Ugh IOYn
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Legend
1. Mines in brtiz
2. Mines (probably in Vojno - not indicated on the map).
3. Mines in Erod
4. Mines in Jerusalem
5. Mines in Haje
M; f tar y 6eo$Ipt,?c Institute
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