LAYOUT OF THE SLASKO-DABROWSKIE COAL BASIN

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• Publication Date: July 9, 1954
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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
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Layout of the SLQ.s]co-Dglbrovskie Coal Easiu
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Introduction
2. "The eastern and northeastern strips of the Silesian coal, basin still constitute
a separate traditional coal mining region. IIiaving been separated for over 100
years from the German or Austrian Dart of Silesia, respectively, this small
coal mining region around Sosnowiec and Debra -Gorni,4aa has kept its individu-
ality within the organizational system of coal mining,in Poland. Coal exploita-
tion and excavation at present J95kj is operated under the organization called
the ?Union of Coal Industry', (Z edwocsenia Przewmalu y ).1 This separately
met-up union operates in the 8 a region,,coow~ the eastern edge
of the Silesian basin which pr es rather minor type of coal product.
New Develanmente in this Area
3. "Some new investments have been made in this area within the last years `xact
years not giveu7,.by the opening of two deep coal sines, 1l4artimer II and
Mortimer I33, and by starting to work on two other deep coal tunes, the Porvbks
and the Gen. Zclaredski II. The letter mine has daposite directly uuderdic th the
earth and is worked on fron above withoutshaft operation. The Polish name for
this types loopalni.a od a? T ha Amend which is exoavrted during this
development steam is used -to r3.21 tii zg areas in that part of the Gen.
Zaaadzki I coal m1ne, which is still ope.. ' .ed by the shaft excavation metlhod.
25X1 LayouA of the 83.asko- 'rovskie Coal Basin
4. a map of the 33 jeko-Dibrmakie Coal . in which is drawn to a
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acwle of li 25,000 emil shows various coalmines, utilites, railroads and
other enterprises in this area. There we symbols on the map showing railroaa
lime, railroad lines operated for coal transport only, rallrow! lines operated
for cool and passe transport, hi&-tendi.nn ' " "^ 1 14--" -MI M.CnAft
opewation otc.
'fie rouowiragt le~auu A+Jt a z
meet _ on Plan Remarks
Xorinio-juliuas Q~ I-8 The mine is approximately 600 meters
amine deep. it is known for Its large
quantity of waste gases which makes it
dangerous to work in it. The ventila-
tion system is good.
1-A A second avxSllmry cowl 21-10, Besides its main shaft, the coal mine
producing shaft called the operates a second auxiliary coa.L pro-
'Jbliuszs ducing shaft, the 'Juliuaz' anti two
lifting -he to. The daily output of
the 3Cazimiorz-Julius: coal mine is es-
timated as between 3,500 and 4,000 to=-
A camnuleory labor aemw in attached to
the coal mine with approximately 500
testes. The camp is a armor World
War II British Pig camp. In suidition to
the cceq.uleory l46or camp lnmatee, around
1, 500 free coal miners are cloyed in
the mine.
The coal .iine in equipped with its own
power plant. In 1952 an oxa lesion blow
Up some installation within the plleant.
Approximately 20 workcrn were arrested
on the charge ul?sabotage. Only a few
of them were a~ftgrwards released.
Later C?that yearj soother sabotage act
was committed in the some coal mina
by putting the lifting machinery of
the mine out of operation. Five of
the coal miners received long trams
of imprisonment for these sabotage
acts.
2 1Q.tmontow coal mine F-9,10 About 4+UQ meters deep. Operates with
;,-wno. shefta. In 1952 and 1953 some
i=provementr, wer:. made in the coaal
mine, one of which was the electrifi-
cation of the lift system. The ven-
tilation installations are said to be
good. The daily production does not
exceed 2,000 tone. There acre 2,100
miners employed here, of which about
300 are inmates of the compolnoxy la-
bor camp housed similarly to those of
the Eazimlerz mine in the Worlu War 21
British W camp.
The coal mine is equipped with its own
smell power plum. The director of
the coal mine is Benon Straaanz who was
elected last year L19537-&W?a member
of Parliament,
3 Gen. ?awa4zlct I coal C,p-k it is appruxlwa.tely 40.) meters deep,
mina, formerly 'laryst located in the northern outskirts of
DIbrowa-Gornicza bordering the
Dzarzynekiego a feel mill (f ormo:rly,
the Bankowa steel mill) before
World Wax II there was some coal
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asae
4 mails ce61 aiae C-9
Lrdsik Coal mum D"G.10
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16vrtiaor xl G-6
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ailed is this co" aisc by strip aiaittg.
Pita 15 asters doop =,a -atilt visiblie
is tae coed aline area Chide have bssa
;C14904 " "@&- Tie coa]...aiaa bao,
its am safaU i sr pl sa-t
A acne surface: otrippiug mead coal aiM
1F '.e
(Polish ter: AMMUZ .01, u____
on .ths northern bask of the Csar*s
Freres xiver. This, coal aiaas is still
in it development ?ste4s aadl is os .167-
haatambo ,of the fi3lds of tho Z644-610, vjl1sps, ? The coR1 1s 410 asters doe y
waster .tie s.rtrhe.s surface. According
to calo *latieas grow" ten adlli.ou torts
Can be. Mined in this area. Produetios
of 3, OQ tons per day is planaeL. '0-061
ainUe is sw osed to start J. Ju17 1,"k.
boar the tits beisb the laayars of earth
are GRsssi wp to a dsptb of abowt 15
asters.' 8ovist, G M600 and, sat ?ezlrsat
Coal aclaiaW asiii$iaery is installed--
t s latter betatg of greats*t iaportaaca
is the twttere+ coal aching Meld.
bortsarly the *Arabia B es arch coal airier
ia. the Vestrsra outskirts of Sosnvviec.
it. has A,.*" reputation for its strenu-
ous as& ,M,fficult working condittoru
Along miners., A very him waste dwP
is visible 10 km north of it.
sa the western outskirts of 8osnoerioc,
iese-r the Stalin coal ciao. Ny ix-fora-
tst ooul&,,not give way additiceal in-
r'"Mtion.
L sated in zoom". We of the old at
c;*2 warms of the. entire, Crew. This
53auser cowl MIA*. ee plays at prop
~oa3 .liners (011 of tea
ff-aci adinirac~) AMA Operates without- a
',$t. aril, vwdAy.JOLtU a so-called
aSlMalixre? fplaarie F (~, .niA- . There
are =so=* .to the ~t at attar
OpSa Ug ties tWQ listen coal, tlti"a,
Iiisrti. r 11111133. , e1'tbw be a>losed or
Jetst ,+sa& ss CU a 7:iaa'y aiM.
A ara+rly constrwc?Oe d. coal sills, east of
SMGVwWS, sear the farmer Sp ert' . coal
stm rusts was abandoned eruct over-
llvwftd 2,4rj2a ~~ aet~vre Baas. coal VIMP
i'?ala.pa'baisat 95~
A del coal =role, Close to
1 tS=w 11. It esparates ?1iige iaar
7CI . trll bmt, a lift ter bttt frith, a so-
e a)7wxa- si'aclined plans oc luia .
All. ties goa*tia errs apex -e ii o con-
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7 Porsbke coal aim
8 lliuka-Moare,ow Csdi-13,14 Two coal mines operated as one combine
A coal mine presently Li95~7 under is
atallation now Zaeor$e. Before World
War II this was the Jnuwiga coal mina
which was over oiled. .shortly before
World Warr II.. During, the economic
crisis of 1931.- ~e_1 ,; Of the coal
min.*e1 were put. out- ox,- opwration by
the4.r oowners, among them the Mortia;ers
,'wigs, 7?ieontowa and the Mars min*
naafi ?QRodzioc... The 1V;&xs nine is still
vu~;Water (beyond. the sketch). In,
the PAr ]* coca mine besides tits ,de?,
watsria work, new. ventilation ewtp
we prepently under insta3,1utiou...The
Pea mbka aiae,j,accoraiag to plrumimptrill be
the, lgrgest within the entire grovvp of
the rowskie cool baaain? Ac-
4works this co"
aoipe is located sbsalutely in the COR-
tow of the coal trough. At 'leas't
10,000 ;togs of dsi4.out.& ut are antici-
pettAd froam the Poa~hka ' mine ,which is
scheduled to basin operations in 1955?
with five shafts, among them the
Iamiaierz (C-13) and the. vy60" (CA -363)
ubafte which are connected with the
again shaft of Modrze jow . One of the
],wading Polish s'tskhanovite workers is
qm ployod In tiuu &.....Q. # ~+ Atym-- AFB
Stefan B nut, and laat year ~195v he
was elected a Member of Parliament.
Locatel in the southern outskirts of
Soenmiec.. My' informant stated that
between this coal mine and that located.
In the vicinity of :the iron mill,. Buts
StRszic (Not 28), a .kind of cooperation
eZists as far as electricity or coal
etc* -4e. conobrued.
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5. could not state with certainty trhp~ bar or, not the t.Cnerwona Gwar4ia'
coal mine s name was given to one of the t. coal. mines within the area,,
uo
fornorly called 'Saturn' located in Caelardzs -TAM reach of the plaa.,.,a .
'finis coal jxlne tit e:Lrat
A
l mine union
ki
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e coa
beloa:gs to the rows
VIO
called by the ratolutionary neaae, 'Red star' ,,:M still remained anti.-C ommun1 at and
in 1951 was the place of outbreak of the revolt of the coal miners- against Com-
nunisaj.
6. "At the and of 1951, the working hours of the miners. were extended:" bey 112 hour,
-is .
is da r for the under6round crow with no a4+,tional pay. Thin, half hour wua added
to e the time lost in taking over shifts. The coal miners - fin 'C z,erwons: Gwardia'
and the nearby L ziaiOra Jlaliucz coal mine in protest remained undarground,_
only with the assistance of the strong sal4i jinternenl. security] and the Police
Forces ,who want, under round, could the coal almiars be ied to, leave their
forts. "any 'hreds of coal miners were arrested in this arena, and ease of then
never s?.ned up there fter.
5X1 7. further stated in this cone zt.tc n that the two preworl d weir I Coal
:sires, Anions and pagisza, located north o:i "in, are still out of operation.
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Thi .l~i~A,U6fM, RYO0.1 a O.; .)kbara-wew6earanUsa 14 ; ei : ati11 Out. of opera, 9i 1'leuud.h""1
ID ea3d:+ t.t~
IIo.? abyect
U "ORO"& Dim*
Remaa'rks
*L? paler plaarb ? is' >jaow L 954?/ the MIA
p dr -eupply"a center for tb a wtw
e coal basis. DuriB?
~W uvw boiler was i"ed to
s. pj*at4a eraLulpsaarmt. and - want . * iu-
the falloviog information:
Location
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3407
yraveme2t* -vtra made utter World War fa.
Us power 73 t is ooaosec4 d
with xmW coal m d- aand other medusa
trial, eat*r*riss in the area by :&
blak-,temsiaa paver-net. Tt ia-also
eNisitiwaally svipplied with one r by
same , saa'L1wr.power plauta instalted
in iadividam-l owl =Am &,, for a 1s,
the- Iiiliiirsajoar (No. 8), %&siasierd-
j%lioiss (So. 1), and 1CLiaoatov (No. 2).
After oletion of the nearly constrwacted
Jearorsne paver plants near Wlonice,
the i rtaaave of was dimlaisked
o spas extent. iii- ion power lines
fro. Javorsao heave already .been con-
structed .,pd cross the area on its south-
eastern edge. Saes bramch-offs !roan this
lies hs ve been built Witbisa the SISAkO-
Dabravslts rs ion.` '~ ?p .
this net is uad~ Bres4nt- 19fi~+ .
'!me MMIGI sd.s PQWW'r pint will' also be
incorporated into the vn ire electrical
power system net for the' whole Silesian
basin,
. Q
ll Electrical Insta3l.ations Q-k Tam S].&sk0,3/0rovskie coal industry ualoaa
and Repair Vorkshops "s, under its control the.CWE (Centralar-e
'
is
Waraztaty Elektrotqchniczna) which
i+msjporialnla 't9r al] electricel instsllm-
= a within the individual.' Mimi. Be-
iiak,,'t]wa ma xarkshaps which are lo-
coo ,< 1~4 the gre World War 1Z Floxa coal
the ' coal seine ?is ngir out
at .c sration L195J1 in tin western out-
4q rt* of 'DabroaraTQo'rnicza, the' CWE in
t has at its disposal savable teams of
y skilled 'and speciealied sachanics
who take .care of all electrical i.natalla-
ticee in the mines.
Sit"'d near Maczlki on the bank of the
Biala PraD Wza river. These works supply
'!tor to the majority of the Slaabo-
Dabrq,raiie coal miueq and to soma larger
plants located in the" area.. In 1953
till %sci~ct water works Ware enlarged with
the Iideeo of supplying water for zndbvidual
conswaption needs. The water supply system
for the VW A c 6tlesialan coal' basis Afur
%he coaapletion the large water works
sear' GOospa ,- _e ssnccord.ni,r tr. 'the ecOap~ els .O
papa for .~ .I Q e~zt z1% ye u o. pi97. Me Pm-
'ict was beam before World war :Ll and is
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12 CC"V=mdj
!lewd. zuwply- clot'
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"a J'tzor sand
supply center
G,S-11,12
13b
Porrwr sand Supply
center
;,,thJ,
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C itteSa by source?
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Railroad brides
15a
xayy bridge
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Railroad bridge
Z-14)
16%
Uiolway bridge
Rai3x6a "tCr2dee
,gontinued, now under realization.
Twee or four artificial le ee are nearly
c,ampleted mod x111 be the main source
or ;rmter? supply for tbo' Silesian buiin
taaethsw.ot, of,Gc oawgr '!this now saWd
au pply ,ceaterr xaa opened up durlrs S , form
WE= ~~a?tar c.apletely exhausting' the
emgrp13? at tdie former center wh1.ch Was;
u oc d.' on tha spot where the pogoria
JOAN is =we m new aemd au ply Qvi n=... ,
ter services V IC coal mines located in
tite?. northern part of the described sea.
Ta" line. with.projeetas this area wi.33. be
iaa C Ated into the recently. or~tirizo i
sp sad supply oystan front - tits Blgqdowa"
desert ? e "sand railway 1ine~+ , now
partly aonstruetud, will cross
arse in %tre ooutbresdtern corner na4
far fry ? the ilia ontow =td 'iCa imierz
cool ,mi es.. (tar informsat o1n1m that
9aastruetlou on the, railroad title is
beia$ performed at presented
eip3es the lcazimierz-Ju1iucz and
g,Llmontuw coal mines.
not sued at p>;esent C95j7; north of
over the ;:carna Pr=emnzkL In t e flouth-
weatern uutbkiz1.c of Sosnowiec, still
u 4cr reconstruction. This bridge was
blown up during World bier II. There is
a 1provisiollea wooden bridge being' Used
at gi~eeeut.
Qv=.t to Srynica river.. It Vas 'blown
duria* Worrld war II ape has been rebuilt.
over " e .Brynicfs river in the weatern?
o of Sosnowiec' It wan blown up
*l,~gyg world liar II and has been puxtly
milt only for One-track railway
tare f io.
'!fie B:-ynica river. Blown up during
itcm-ld War II and kzoa been reconstructed.
Over the C a 'A'rzemozcr; blown up during
Gfvrld War II, still not rebuilt'. lirsf'tsc
carried over provioi4onal bridge.
S. ?Sco Uwe iuvoste*Ats or iWroTownta on We railway CCOM U-icatiou s$st n in the
Blaok -Phbrowshi o arm have been made with in the lest year .1953-57, 'e-5- s a _
railway lines operated before only for trenopoatuUg coal have been opened u"`Or`
regular passenger service. in 1951 the coal linel?, (Zabiarwicd+Grodziec-MujXGWice)v
Mae switched to both. c~ .
9. ?Ui addition a now suburban a 3 cci;ric.u erated railway line was pOxtlY gFsncd in'. 19
According to plans this line is acbeduilwd as a circular e~srtez- service .sa11' erc~und
the 81a ko- r0Wakie area and is intMOOd to connect S050owl e vi.th Th broW e- ??
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1y'j3 mm weer ceast~ t siMR owW as far as 1ftl lseoutww..
" ", Oftww' t3Ard- bg 10s aoal > g uaiaa pmts a n er
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