COAL INDUSTRY UNION IN LOWER SILESIA

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• Publication Date: July 30, 1952
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Coal Industry Union in Lower Silesia
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administrative and peruonael managers, the technical schools servl.ng the coal
industry, coal economy comrffi.ssar,, and the. general secretariat.
The administrative manager was responsible for administration, accommodation-
trade and supply, consisting of supply) transport and stores; accountancy,
consisting of finance., accounting for materials, costing, real estate; and
the profit department,
in Wa1b1-zy8h(Taldenbux1g)~ ulica Zamkowa, and it employed 1,200 men, of whom
40 -per cent were technical and 60 per cent administrative staff. The enter-
prises which belonged ' the union, collectively .employed 26,000 rkers and
3,000 clerical emp :.oyees . The enter prtsos processing coal were detached
from the above union, and established as a separate union called the Coke-
Chemical Union (Zjednoczenie Kokso-.Chemiczne).
The union was headed by a general manager who was responsible for the administration
of the entire organization. Be was also directly responsible for the technical
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The Lower Silesian Coal Industry Union was responsible for the administration
of the coal mines, and su1q!sidiary enterprises in the district., lts offic? was
processing of coal,, safety precautions, machinery, and electrick, energy.
In 1950 the union controlled the following five mines- Bialy Karmen, Walbrzych;
Victoria at Sobiecin, a suburb of Walbrzych; Boleslaw Chro'bry at Walbrzych;
Mieszko at Walbrzych,, and Nova Ruda., 25 kmrj from Walbrzych in the direction
of Klock
The technical manager was responsible for planning,, investments, mechanical
The Coke Works were located at Thorez, at Bialy Kamii.en; Victoria; Boleslaw
Chrobry;. -and N ieszko
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Other enterprises were a slate quarry at Naws. Ruda.. a suite processing works
at Kowa, Rand Lofix Briquette Factory (Fabryka Br~etow Podpalkowych)
at Bialy K nde -,. mine. The latter faetar?y~ produced small briquettes made of
lignite dust .and naphthalene for use in f'urnaces o The lignite dust was
brought from the Brown. Coal 11blou'at Zary., There were workshops at Szczavi.enka,
a subi:b of Walbrzych. The Victoria power etatio . was also controlled by
the union, It had a capacity of 309000,000 kwo, which supplied current to
all the mines belo xgisug to the union . The power station was guarded by a
special patrol. of soldiers
The monthly output in 1950 of the five mines totalled approximately 3001000
tons of coal.a The output of the ;BRol.esl:aw Ghr?obry, Victoria and. Bialy Kam e:
mines was about equal, while the I..;i..eszko and Nova Ruda mines proruced less,
'The moni hay output of the slate quarry at Nowa Ruda was 15,,000 to 200000
tons, Its' production. was destined for she manufacture of firebrick at the.
Nowa Ruda works which produced. 7,500 to 10,000 tons monthly.
Monthly consumption of coal by all the coke works was 100,000 to 110,000
tonsil The. monthly surplus of 200,000 tons was destined for export.
10~ The price of coal as well as of coal. by-products varied greatly in 1950
as a result of the Instability of the currency. Prices were fixed according
to the cost of wages, materials, and. delay in production for various reasons
These were increasing continually. Prices were calculated on three different
levels. IT, 1950 these were-. the planned price for one ton of coal, approximately
3,000 zloty-d ho production cost price for one ton. of coal, approximately
3,200 zloty; and fin lly "` the local market price for one 'ton. of eoalp
approximately 3,500 zloty.
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