THE JACHYMOV URANIUM MINES

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• Publication Date: November 4, 1948
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SUBJECT The Jacbynw Uraniun
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The Abortany I43nes Adninistrition.............. e.e,.e 13
rerinental and Research 13
The I.Sain Processinc; Plant..............?...,e......., 15
Central 1dor1ehops ..............e.............,...e... 16
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Security YZea.nuYEAs........oe..eee?oeee..........e.e.eo 17
The QI:-3rr an Prisoners of tdnr.......... ......... ...... 18
Tho Status of Er ployees.......... ................e,. 19
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Figure 1 : The Former Jachynov Tobacco Factory
Figure 2 $ Chart of the Bratrstvi :line
Figure 3 : Chart of the Svornost lane
Figure 4 s Chart of the Rovnost I?iine
Figure 5 : The Village of Potuclky (3reitenbach)
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21 m 9a o hvmov Mines: General Information
a. The Jachynov mines are being operated under an independent firm, namfs1y0
the Jachynov Mines, National Establishment, but in reality they are a
subdivision of the Czechoslovak Mines, National Establishment, with the'
Head Office located at ?n ue. The Czechoslovak lames control all the
mining in Bohemia and Mooavia, and, to a certain extent, in Slovakia,,.
The Czechoslovak Mines pleulpotentiary for the Jachymiv Mines is Inge
Kovar.,
b. The Jach-inov Mines Directorate controls only the mining and nsarch for
deposits of uranium ore in Bohemia and Moravia. The mining of other
mineral ores is controlled by the Pribram Mines, National Establishment,;
a. The Directorate Building (in Jachynav) is located next to the Town Hall
below the church; it is a seventeenth century building which belonged to
the former owners of the mines. In 1947 a group of buildings belonging
to the former tobacco factory was adapted to the needs of the Mimi; and
in January 198 a substantial part of the Directorate offices was trans{
(erred there. Only sections of secondary importance, such as the Con-
struction, r3mained in the old building.
d. For the present, uranium ore is being mined only . in the Jacb.ymov Dis':riF.t
and - to a very limited extent - in the Nejdek District. It can hardly
be expected that the mining of uranium ore deposits located outside the:
Jachymov District will be started within the near future, as there is &
considerable shortage of workers and particularly of experienced teabni-?
cians. It should be added, hoyever. t all the information contained
in this report was gather.d
1 for to the end of February 190.,, 25X1
2. The Jachvmov Ylinee Di_rac_torate
The Jachov Mines Directorate is organized in the following manners
Director Generals
Deputy Directors:
Technical Directors:
Directorate Councils
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1) Personnels
2) Security:
Ing. Cmelak (until 25 February 1948 Ing. Hegiier
Ing. Zalud; Ing. Kazimour
In,,,. Visnakov (Russian)
Ing. Hrib (Russian)
Chairman: Name not given
Vice Chairman: Mr. Jezek
Chiefs Judr. Skalieky-Steiner
Chief: A Czechoslovak Army major (name not giveh)
Deputy Chiefs Iocian (Array officer, rank not given)
Chief of Workers' Militias Lt. Koryma
3) Planning: ^h=_9f: Ing. Kazimour
4) Mechanical (Engineer):
Chiefs: Eng. Vulva and a Russian engineer (nay
not given)
5) Electrial (Engineering):
Chiefs: Ing. Parma and a Russian engineer (9m
not given)
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rime Inspections Chief: Nam not given
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Construction: Chief: Name not given
8)
Materiel Procurements Chief: Name not given (This Section a
headed by Aesel until his death)
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Accounting and Disbursements
Chief: Name not given (until 25 February
1948 this section was headed bar
K
opacek and Placatka)
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Surveying: Chiefs Name not given
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Social: Chiefs Frantisek Vaclk
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Transportation: Chiefs 3iri (George) Povolripr
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Control: Chief: Mr. Cablik
because of the very rapid growth of the
es s en couia not size himself with the organization of
some of the Sections.)
3. ~e ion of the Form To coo FactgrAreat (See attached Fig. No. 1?
a. The resin building, No. 1, is U-shaped and has four stories. The two
lower floors are taken up tV administrative offices; on the two upper
floors are the living quarters of the leading staff members and Rus-
sian officers and engineers who work either in the same building or in
some of the other buildings within the area. The Sections maintaining
a direct contact idth employees or visitors are located on the first
floor (Personnel, Security, Social and other Sections); on the seconft
floor are located the Planning, Mechanical, and Electrical Engineering
Sections and administrative offices of the Directorate.
b. Building No. 2 is a one--,gory was hall serving also as a place for
mass "enlightenment" gatherings and social events of the corununity.
e Building No. 3 has two stories. On the first floor there is a radio
repair shop, on the second a paint shop and the pap office of the oerr-
tral workshops.
d. - On the lower floor of Building No. 4 there is a lockanithts shop anc
a vulcanization room, on the upper floor an electric shop and a car-
penter shop.
e? No. 5 on the attached chart shows the location of the laboratories.
Building No. 5 - as well as the adjacent No. 6 - is a one-story bullcs-
ing. In No. 6 there is a petrographic ear_-pling room, a health research
institute, and the research projects administrative office.
f. No. 7 is a mill for grinding ore samples for the laboratories.
g. Miilding No. 8 contains the forge of the central workshops and garages
(about 10 stalls) for the personal ears of the Directorate staff members.
h. No. 9 is a low one-story wooden barrack in which the coarser materials
are stored.
L, In No. 10 (formr fire station) which, too, is a one-story building, an
automobile repair shop is now located.
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Building No. 11 (former tobacco storage) has three stories. The first
one serves as a storage piece for durable food articles and electrical
supplies; the second floor has not been adapted to any use yet; the of
fives of the Experimental and Research Enterprises Administration are
located on the third floor.
k. No. 12 is a one-story building pith a chimney approximately 15 metem
high. This is the boiler room of the central heating system for the
entire establishment.
1. Building No13 is a warehouse adjacent to a railheacl, used for loading
and unloading goods and materials.
m. No. 34 (former gate-keeper's booth) is now the office and supply t
of the garage manager.
n?, No. 15 designates the location of a newly built (1947) electric trans-
former station (100 Kt) supplying the entire establishment.
o. No. 16 is a three-story building. On the first floor there is a achoul
for the Russian children, on the second the Russian laboratories,, and on
the third the Russian living quarters.
p. In Building No. 17 which, too, is three stories high, are located the
living quarters of the Russian engineers and geophysicists.
4. 2aa"tUM of -the Mail
From the technical viewpoint, the Jachymov Mines are divided into individual.$
independent enterprises or nines. Every enterprise or mine is headed by a
responsible manager or supervisor to whom the necessary staff of technical
and administrative officers has been assigned. On the basis of their size
(area and the number of emplcyeea) and productivity, the mines and enter-
prises may be classified as follow :
a. Bratrstvi (Brotherhood) Mine, formerly Edelheitstollen
b. Svornoat (Concord) Mine
a. Rovnost (Equality) Mine, formerly Wernerschaoht
d. Elias Mine
e. Potuc! -Se,j.fy Mine (formerly Breitenbaohaeifen)
f.. Abertamy Mixes
g, Research (now deposits, surveying etc.) and Mining Administration
h. Ore Processing
i. Central Work$hopn and Garages
J. Central Stores and Warehouses
5. &Ltf Deacrintion of the t
(See attached Fig. No. 2)
a. B+~~Z
1) Building No. 1 is two stories high. On the lower floor are located
the offices controlling the amount of ore mined, on the upper floor
the mine administration offices.
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2) No. 2 also has two stories. On the lower floor are the living
quarters of two mine technicians. The upper floor is taken up
by the living quarters of the Manager. The adjacent building
No. 3 is a storage for personal belongings of the occupants of
building No. 2.
3) No. 4 shows the location of workshops.
4) No. 5 contains the mine office, the registry, showers, a locker
room, and a (miner's) lamp room.
5) No. 6 is the control house where the outgoing (processed) ore in
examined to see whether it contains any radioactive material.
6) Building No. 7 contains a forge, carpenter shop, and storage space
for coarser materials.
7) No. 8 is the gate-keeper's booth.
8) Nos. 9 and 11 designate the location of ore storage dumps.
9) Building No. 10 is the ore processing and shipping room.
b. The Bratrstvi (Brotherhood) Mine is one of the oldest in the vicinity.
It is located in a valley sloping up from the downtown (spat) section
of the town in the north-easterly direction from the Hotel Praha, ap-
proximately 2 km beyond the former tobacco factory.
ca The mine itself is iniu2nerable (from the air) because the shaft is
located 200 to 300 meto:? from the entrace; the eatr nice to the shaft
proper and the engine roan is protected by a ceiling of rock 100 meters
thick.
d. The exploitation of the mine is very rationalfr The mine reaches the
depth of 500 meters and the area (or space) of the mine is very large.
The shafts have been dug especially in the easterly and southerly di-
rections under the Klinovec Massif. The size of the area covered by
the mine is illustrated by the fact that the underground passage in
the southerly direction under the Sucha Mountain (formerly Durnberg)
is 2 km long.
e. As the mining pits are located deep underground, this mine, unlike the
others, is not flooded during the spring thawing period or during heavy
.rains. The ore is comparatively clear and fairly hard and contains a
good deal of pitch-blende(Czechs smolinec). The contents of pure metal
amount to 2 -- 7%. From time to time a vain is hit whose ore contains a
considerably higher percentage of pyre metal (up to 20%).
f. Electric power is supplied by the Ostrov-Jachyov branch of the Western
Bohemia Electric Power Plants (Zapadoceake elektrarny), (electric poten..
tial 22,000 V). A transformer station (10OKW) has been built at the mba.
g. The mining machine (sic) is electrically operated (a7.ternating current,:
380V) and has been adapted to r'inlag at a depth of 700 meters.
h. The manual mining machines are driven by 3 electrical compressors with
a total intake of /.0 0 of air per minute.
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I. In this mine, air drill harmers of easily obtainable types are used
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exclusively; the older ones are of German origin, ("Flottmnann" and
"Denmag"), the newer ones are of Czechoslovak origin ("Vitkovioe").
The drilling in the p3: s is invariably accompanied by water ablutions
(sic) in order to rrerrert the ore-dust from rising in the air and thug
to check the spreading of so-called Jachymov minaret disease. Q
* t C ol: The terms "ablutions" here may mans pumping water into
the drill bole to wet any drst before it emerges from the opening and,
to cool the drill, a common operation.) The drills have a caliber of
3236 millimeters so that sticlo3 of the explosive "Dynamon" (base din-
meter 30mm-, length 150mcm) may easily be inserted in the holes. The
explosive charges are set off either by a primer cord or electrically.
ke As can be seen from the attached chart of the Bratrstvi Mine (Fig. Nod
2), a dump for explosives is located next to the pile of processed ore.,
This dump has a, capacity of 20 tons; it is the central dump for all thi
mines of the Jach-,,mov Directorate.
are used as laborers in the central workshops and warehouses, as minerm
in other mines in the vicinity, as hands at the railroad station for
loading and unloading; etc. The German Ws in the camp and while word-
ing on the surface are marded by the Workers? Militia. While working
outside the area of ti-.3 0kratratvi Mine they are guarded by the SNH.
1. At the Bratrstvi Mince there are, about 600
civilian employees. This number includes the miners, technicians,
office staff etc.; it further includes 150 German specialists and ar)prar
mately. 50 Russian miners and office workers. In addition to the above
number, the Mine employs about 400 Germ PJs. In the ad3acant PToamp,j
however, there are approximately 1,000 internees. The remaining 600
m. The Workers' Militia are arrA with Maulicher rifles, model 95.
n.I Ithe mnthly output of the mine fluctuates be-
o. Up to 25 February 1948, Mr. Levy was the Mine Manager. He is an expert
and a good organizer and is well acquainted with the local conditions.
Being a member of the Czech National Socialist Party he wassasnonded 2si
February 1948 and around 6 March 1948 was given three days to move out
of the Jachtmov District. Levy's present place of residence is not known
to Source.
The unofficial technical manager of the Bratrstvi Mine is a Russian mine
engineer whose staff consists of 2 Russian geologists and ?Russian
technicians.
q. The road leading to Bozi Dar past the establishment is closed to civilian
traffic. Loitering in the vicinity of the Mine or taking pictures is
severely punished by administrative courts (District Political Adm3=ais':rc,t:
or by the Regional Court of Justice on the basis of the Act Concerning the
Security of the Republic.
r, Today the formal nanaoment of the Bratrstvi Mine in in the hands of a
mine engineer (who has a German name), but the tech aieal mane p-ment hao
passed completely in to the herds of the Russians. As a consequence
the output has probably increased considerably at the expense of red?u-
larity. Manger Levy kept a number of reserve shafts idle against to
time when the veins which were being exploited should run out. After
his dismissal all known deposits ware tapped and it may be expected tb.-t
a sharp drop in output will occur when the present veins are exhausted
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6.
S oat(92222drd) Him (See attached Fig. No. 3)
a. No. 1 designates the location of the mine bniiding with the (minim)
tower. Building No. 2 contains the offices of tho mine administration.
In No. 3 the mining rnehine is located. The adjacent No. 4 is the en--
gine room for the compressor. No. 5 is a trans{'orrar station. Bu'
ins No. 6 contains workshops. No. 7 is a two-story- building which
serves as living quarters for some members of the office staff. In
No. 9 there is a warehouse and storage space for fuels and oils.
Nos. 9, 10, and 11 are the living quarters of the Directorate staf
members and employees. No. 12 is the former Mine Directorate build-
ing. No. 13 is a wooden barracks, and annex of the Directorate? llo.
14, the former Normal School building, is now taken up by bachelor9t
quarters and a mess hall. No. 15 is an annex of the Directorate.
b. The Svornost Mine is the second oldest nine in Tachymv. It is lo-
cated in the upper section of the town, above the Town Hall and the,
church on a little plateau of the southwestern slope. The buildings
belonging to the Mine are comparatively new, having been built with
the last 20 years (or at least repaired within that period). The
building above the nine pit faces the church; on its front wall those
is a golden emblem (God's eye or a sparkling precious stone) in a tri
angle whose base is 1.5 m long. This building has a mining tower
(about 10 m high) with 2 windlasses covered by a little roof.
c. The pit is about 600m deep, has many levels, and is well equipped.
In the last few years the ouput of this mine hoe been very low as and
passageways along the veins have been cut; last year the ore deposits
were tapped again but only In certain sections of the mine as this
mine is the only source of radio-therapeutic water used in the Jacky
spas. The water,is drawn up from the lower levels into a large tank
on the eighthlevel and from there channeled by a pipeline to the mout
of the ssagevay in the ne:'.ghborhood of Hotel Praha (formerly Hotel
Miracle)..
d. The labor force of the Svornost 2`4ne consists approximately of 300
men Including 100 German specialists and some 15 Russian miners. I
addition to these there more about 200 German Fels assigned to work 'e 3:
their munber has now increased by 100 or 150.
e. The technical staff of the Mine consists of one Technical Manager, 7
Czech and 3 Russian technical employees, 2 machinists, and 4 insrector3
(supervisors). The administrative work is done by 3 office workers.
f. The output of the nine (after the re-opening of some untapped deposits
prior to February 194) fluctuated between 20 and 30 tons monthly with
a tendency to rise. The .are metal content fluctuated between 1 and 5y.
. The Technical Manager of the Mine, Prokes, a member of the Czech Soci-
alist Party and the Czechoslovak Legion in Russia during the First slord
War, was dismissed from his post after February 1948, and replaced Tyr
Vaclav Archman, a Comminiet without any education or qualification.
h. Adjacent to the Mine there to an oil and fuel dump for the entire J'acly
Mine Directorate. (For the exact location of the d -amp see the attarhet
Fig. No. 3.)
i. The technical equipment of the mine consists of the followings a minir..g
machine, electrically operated (alternating current) and suitable for
mining at a depth of 700 meters; 3 electrically driven compressors having
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an intake of 20 0 of air per minute (maatfactured by the Vitteovice
Iron 'forks); 2 transformers (50 and 30 K,I); a machine for sharpening
the drills of the pneumatic drilling machines, American, made and dolt,,
by the UNRRA; and hand operated mining; machines of the sane time as iuzea
used in the Dratretvi M?iin,a.
J. The nine suffered a little calamity at the beginning of this years tie
bottom level was completely flooded and the State spas (therapeutic
baths) were rout out of business for tun months.
k. The Svornost Minx is oa meted by an undergroiinci paseapet y with the
adjacent Rovnoat (Equality) Una.
1. The Mine and the FW camp are guarded by the SITB; at the entrance is t,*)
mine building there is a member of the '.arorkers'a Militia, armed with
a rifle, who checks the identity cards of persons entering the buildLig
7. The R=at Eaua t t4iens (See Fig. No. 4)
a. Wilding No. 1 is the mine building with a tower (about 14 a high).
The adjacent building No. 2 comprises the offices, registry, a 6 iners'ri)
lamp room, showers, and a looker room. In No. 3 there is installed the
mining machine and the compressor. Nos. 4 and 5 designate the Iocitf(a
of the workshops, the preliminary ore processing room, and the ore
storage space. No. 6 is the gate-keeper's booth. No. 7 is a wooden
barracks in Mich there is a storage room and administrative offices.
No. 8 is a storage space for coarser materials.
bo The fovnost Mine is located about 4 ban from the town of Jachmlov in
the southwesterly direction on a hill beyond love Xesto. From the
technical standpoint this is the best equipped mine in the achymnv
area. It supplies the best quality of pitchblende (,confine); owe-=,
Tonal deposits contain as much as 22% of pure metal. The average eons
tent of pure metal fiuczuates between 2 and 7% .. The average output
of ore is about 150 tons a month.
c. From 1945 until the first h 1x' of 1947 the Rovnost Paine was under the
rranagsrwent of Vaclav Hosta, who was highly qualified for his job; in
1947 he was replaced by Ing. Ste jskal, a Communist. Hosta became. r zaw-
ger of a hall, recently reopened mine (Elias) but even in this ponitfon
he is subordinate to Ing. Stejekal.
d. lam. Stejskal has a staff consisting of 1 Russian engineer, 7 Czech akd
3 Russian mine technicians, 2 machinists, and 5 Czech inspectors (duptr-
visors). In addition to these, there are 4 Czech administrative officers
and. 3 Russian employees.
e. The labor force comprises about 400 civilians including a few RassianE
miners and about 120 German specialists. There were about 350 Gerr?sn
Wo up to 3epter:ber 1947, at which time their number was increased by
150. The PJ camp is located within the area of the nine and is g rdid
by approximately 30 members of the STTB,
f. Civilian personnel are checked at the entrance gate by members of the''.
Workers' Militia.
IThere is e
p ry ore process n hop i4thin the area. The ore is classifia 3
into two groupss the pure v~:~.n material constitutes the so-called enema
(sic) class; the ore found outside the veins (but 'till containing "rrln
0.25 to 1.5% of metal) forms the second group.
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The mine has all the advantages of a well set, up enterprise except
that it is difficult to -,et to in wintertime. The entrance to the
mine is situated 1,000 meters above sea level; in approaching the
mine it is necessary to ascend 300 meters within a comparatively
short distance.
i. All transportation of materials from the town to the mine, trans-
portation of personnel, and transporting of the ore to the Bratrsty
Mine (for processing) is done by large trucks with powerful motors.
8. The Elias Mine
a,. The Elias Mine is located in a valley between the Rovnost Mine and
the settlement of Werlsberp, about 2.5 km northwest of the Rovnost
Mine. The mine was roi-ened after the liberation of Czechoslovakia
in 1945. The entire s-,~rfaoe plant, including tho prali"sinery pro-
cessing building, is built of wood. The pit reacher a depth of 200
meters and is connected by a ;;pssaa.eway with the Rovnost Hine.
b. The ore here is of the same quality as that found in the Rovnost
Mine and the deposits are about egially rich.
Until the end of November 1947, the above mentioned Mr. Nosta was
the mine manager. However, as he was considered politically un-
reliable (he belonged to the Czech National Socialist Party), he
was accused of sabotage, of an attempt at treason (divulging State
secrets), and of collaboration with the Germans, was suspended,
long investigated by the State Security organs and by the Regional
Court of Justice in CHEB, and sent out of Jachymov with the first
group of Germans who had to leave the district (following a Czeeho-
slovak Government order). After February 194 8,, a warrant of arrest
was issued against him (and against Ing. Hegner, the former Director
General of the Jacbymov Mines Directorate).
d. The labor force of this mine comrrises about 190 civilians including
40 German specialists; in addition to these, there are about 200 Ger-
man We working in the mine.
e. The staff consists of a Czech manager, one Russian emgineer, 6 mine
supervisors (inspectors) and a Russian (woman) eagir.eer-geologist
who is in charge' of the ore precessing room. The output of the
min Ia.*ounts to 50 tons of high quality ore
per month.
f. The old pile of processed (refuse) ore, amounting to about 100 m3,
which had lain here since the time of the previous operation of the
mine was transported during the summer of 1947 to the processing
plant at the Bratrstvi Mine as it contained a comparatively large
quantity of radioactive material.
g. About 300 meters east of the Elias Mine a old pit, formerly deserted,
was reopened. This pit, dug in the northwest?,rly direction (under
the settlement of Werlsberg) is very promising as far as radioactivity
is concerned. The ore mined here will probably be routed to the E1iae
Mine for processing; technically and administratively this pit wily.
probably be attached to the Elias Mine.
9. The Inspeotorate of the Wei+tern Section
a. The mines and pits within the area of the villages of Potucky (forrtarly
Breitenbach), Se5fy (Seifen), and Abertamy, which have been reopened
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recently, are organized into the so-called Inspectorate of the
Western Section (of the district). This Inspectorate is an or-
ganizational superstructure of 3 establishments, namely: The
Potucky Mines Administration, The Sejfy Mmes Administration,
and The Abertamy Mines Administration.
b. The post of Chief of the Inspectorate is hold by Counsellor Ing.
Perina, who at the same time is the manager of the Potucky
(Breitenbach) Mines. (The village of Potuoky is the seat of the
Inspectorate.) Up to the end of 1947 the organisation of the
Inspectorate was not completed. (This refers to equipment as we1i.
as adrdnictration.) The Chief of the Inspectorate has at his dis-
posal 3 Russian engineers a.d 2 Russian - so-called - instructors
who, according to rumors, are WD officers.
c. The offices of the Inspectorate, are located in the village of
Potucky.(accounting office, pay office, storage of materials,
central workshops, and the oil and fuel dump). The offices of
the Potucky Mines Administration and the offices of the Russian
experts are also located here. The choice of the Inspectorate
seat is temporary as, for example, the village of Aberta!ay is 33
km distant and the best choice would probably be HIorni Blatna
(formerly Platten) which is 5-6 km distant from any of the 3 Mines.
d. No. 1 on the attached Fig. No. 5 is the Administration Building of
the Inspectorate of the Mine Potucky. No. 2 is the village office
and living quarters of the Inspector. No. 3 designates the location
of the Mine "May lot". No. 4 is the bachelors' quarters, No. 5 the
office building, No. 6 Mine No. I with its engine room. No. 7 is
the SHB guard room, No. R pit No. II. No. 9 (the former foundry)
now comprises the workshops, store rooms, the engine mom, and a
transformer station. In No. 10 are located the living quarters of
the SNB members and their mass hall. No. 32 is a German P1 bar-
racks. Nos. 12 and Z3 mark the location of pits Nos. III and IV.
Nos. 14 and 15 are the living quarters of the Rhissf_an experts. Ix.
No. 16 there are the living quarters of office employees. No. 17
is an inn. and No. 18 the r_ff?ae of the customs authorities whose
guard booth is located across the street.
e,. The workshops. storage buildings, barracks of the German We and of
the SNB guards, the mess hall, transformer station and the comprebso
room are located in the former foundry of the firm "Prey", a well or-
manized establishment which was liquidated in 1945.
10. P (9MktMWgh) M Administration
The Potucky Mines Administration includes, in the first place, 5 old
recently reopened mines designated as Mine "May let", Mine No. It II,
III, and IV.
b. All mining establishments in this area (where silver was formerly
mined) have been deserted for 100 years or more. It is tr the degree
of radioactivity of the piles of processed (refuse) ore which have
lain here for many decades (since the days of the previous operation
of the mines) that the advisability of opening a given pit is Judged.
a. So1hr, the work at the "May 1st" Mine has progreused the farthest,
The Mine is situated olose to the road from Potuck,- to Horni Blatna.
Facing the road there in a horizontal drift which, about 60 meters
from its mouth, is connected with the surface by a vertical pit.
The pit is about 20 meters deep. In the third quarter of 1947 an
explosives dump was set up in the mine and 4 vein drifts were out.
In September 1947 two of the drifts started supplying ore.
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d. Up to the beginning of the 4th quarter of 1947, three level - of
the mine had been reopened. Between the 1st and the 2nd level
there is a slanting passageway approximately 40 m long. The 2nd
and 3rd leve3e are connected by a vertical shaft 30 m long. The
passageway and the shaft are not?continuous, that is, each is located'
in a different section of the mine.
e. By now, the 4th level has probably been drained of water and ore is
being mined on the 2nd and 3rd levels. By the end of 1947 the out-,
put of the mine had reached 20 tons a month. The remaining; four p5ts`
(Nos. Is, II, III and IV) suffer from frequent floods and as they bad
been deserted for a very long tine they will have to be cleared of
deposits of mud. Ur to the time of Source's departure pits Nos. I
and II were accessible to a depth of 90 meters. A raining tower was
constructed above pit No. I {n 1945 and a mining rna hireinstalled;
this machine.. however, was not complete at the tire of delivery. It
was designed for mining to the depth of 300 meters but can be adapted
to lower depth. Before the raining tower was built the walls of the
pit had been reinforced by concrete down to the depth of 20 meters,
where the solid rock starts . Pit No. 1 will probably become the
main mining pit (also for No. II and "flay let").
f. The labor force of the Potucky Mina consists of about 120 civilian
workers, including 10 German specialists and 300 German prisoners
of war. The technical staff consists of 3 Russians, 5 Czechs, and
2 (Czech) r^achinists. The administrative work for the entire Iii-
spectorate is being done by 5 adninistrative officers.
g. Up to 20 September 1947, this establishment drew electric power
(10,000 V) from Gerrrany. On that date, a new electric power line
from Tiorni Blatna was completed (22,0011 V and 100 $W) and a trans-
former station (220-3,10 V) was built. The electric power installa-
tions were -planned and constructed with the view of the scale of
future operations of the mines. At present, all electric power for
industrial needs of this area is furnished by the ??1estern Bohemia
Electric Power Plants; private homesp however, are still being sup-
plied from Germany.
h. The present capacity of compelssors at the i'otucky Hines is about
30 m3 of air per minute; the actual consumpt_on fluctuates between
8 and 12 m3 per minute. Thera are 3 comprsesorshere, 2 made by the
Vitkovice '?lorks, 1 delivered b" UNRRA. The machine shop is equipped
with a lathe (1.-Tolman, 2,000 mm) and a drill sharpening machine made
in the U.S.A. and surplied by UNRRA: The iinin, machine at pit No, I
is old and was brought here from the Tesin area (from the mine Such
in tiorni St?cha). The mining tower was brought here from mine No. I1
in Sauersack (District of Ne7dek).
I. The remaining 4 pits are equipped only with temporary windlasses haul-
ing buckets whose volume is about 0.25 to 0.50 0.
All five mines at Potucky are located in the immediate vicinity of
the German (Saxony) border. Underground they are connected by pas-
sa7eways with the mines in Saxony. In Johann-Georgen.Ytadt, on the
Gorman side; about 200 meters from the border there is an uranium ore'
mine where operations are conducted on a large scale. Source states
that drilling and explosions could be clearly heard in the mines on
the Czechoslovak side; it was `relieved that the German nine extended
undergro-,nd into the Czechoslovak territory. Judging by what he
has heard Source estimat.-is that there were about 3,000 wrrkers employed
in the German nine, where the leading posts and :security services are
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completely in the hands of the Russians. The Russian experts en-
ployed in the establishmentson the Czechoslovak side lore visited
from time to time 17 Russian ArM officers. From the Csechnslovak
side, however, only two eo-called instructors (Russian) were allouLd
to cross the border freely, which - Source adds - is a strong indite-.
tion that they were MYD agents.
l1. The al ft (Se{e'en) Mines Admulpt
t{m
a. This establishment, too, consists of old deserted mines which are
being reopened now. The main ptt, where mining has been goinP ,on
since 15 Nay 1947, its called "Stesti a Radoeti" (Gorman: Glaick
Freude - Happiness with Joy). The entrance to this pit is located
between the villages +f 3e jfy- and Zwittermuhl about 40 meters off the
the road. The passanetmy from the entrance to the it is about 500
meters long and is cut apprrs.imately.in the northerly direction.
The pit, which at the level of the paasanelay is about 50 peters
deep, reaches a depth of 160 meters and has five levels. Mining
was started and discontinued here several times in the past. The
mine has lain idle for about 30 years, but this is the first time
that uranium has been mend here; formerly' it was mostly silver,
zinc, copper, and other metallic ores that were mined at Sejfy.
b. A good deal of preparatory vork has been done here. There is, for
example, a drift alongside the Jaobynov vein extending about 1,600
meters in an easterly direction. Drifts aloe' other veins, too,
have been cut to a reasonable distance. Not all the veins, however,
are radioactive.
c. In May 1947 (when the mining was started) it was expected that the
monthly output would be approximately 20 tons. The output has been
increasing from month to month, however, and today, in Source's es-
timation, it exceeds 50 tons a month. The content of pure metal
fluctuates between 0.25 and 5% with occasional deposits containing
up to 7% of pure metal.
d. The drilling is done tir compressed air (pressures 6 atm.) and is
combined with water al utions. (sic) as in the other mines. Electric
power is supplied IV a power line leading from Hrobeone and extend-
ing as far as the "Bozi Pozohwni" (God's Blessing) Piing located
above Zwittermuhl. The length *P the power line is approximte]y 6
km. There is a transformer station. The twining machine, driven
electrically, is designed for a depth of 200 meters. Next to the
mining machine there are two high--speed electrically driven com-
pressors (Vitlcovice), each having an output of S m3 per minute.
Further installations at the mine include a small workshop, a storage
space for material and spare parts, and an explosive dump ?nose ca-
pacity is 50 q (metric cents).
e. The technical staff consists of the followin personas In-. Litvinov
(Russian), Ing. Zubov (Russian), Ing. Pibyr Czech), 2 foremen and 3
supervisors (Czech), and 3 Russian inspectors;.in addition to these
there are 2 German explosives experts, 3 administrative employees,
and the processing room manager Jurenka, Czech).
f. The labor force consists of 130 civilians including 10 German speciali-e
and 250 German Ala. At the time of Source's departure billets were baitg
prepared for Russian miners who were to arrive with their families.
TIV,
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7 clamp and the barracks of the SIB guard unit (about 35 strong) are lop,'
cated in Zwitternuhl, approximately 2 km from the mine.
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g. The following old nines belonging to the same establishment
(Sejfy Mines Administration) are being reopened or searched for
ore deposits:
1) The Prokop tunnel, located about 600 meters east of the pit
"Happiness with Joy"; it is open and passable for the length
of 500 meters; radioactivity good.
2) Within the area of the village Wyslivny two old tunnels, called
Aller Sellen in old recoils, were reopened. They are passable
for the distance of 600 meters and (one being cut directly above
the other) they are connected by a slanting passageway. This
nine has been deserted for 100 years. Its radioactivity has re?-
cently been established as being of a high degree.
3) Within the area of the village of Zwittermuhl, near the main
road, the gangwasy of the "Sv. Trojice" (Holy Trinity) Mine has
been cleared for a distance of 500 meters. The radioactivity
of the deposits has been ascertained. At the time of Source's
departure, two other mines were being reopened in this area:
13ozi Fozehnani. ((od's Blessing) and y'ilian (Q'1.lienschacht).
h. In addition to these mines th.'re are in the vicinity zraqr other
old, deserted nines containing radioactive materials; these will
be gradually reopened. Between the villages of Zwittermuhl and
Breitenbac' at the foot of the slope on the right side of the road
there is a spring reportedly containing 100% more radon (radioactive
gas) units then the Jachymov radiotherapeutie water. The water
floe into the Corny Potok (Black Creek) unutilized.
12. The Abertar! r '11ine,D A^i0 ptratiQn
Within the town limits of Abortary. too, old nines are being reopened.
I I operations were started on three
tunnels and two r its: One unne eras reopened east from the center of
the town about 800 meters from the main (Abertary-Jacby ov) road; another
under the road about 500 meters from the town; and still another 500
meters from, the second one between the road and the to-si swimming pool.
One old pit about 1 km west of the town square and another one about 300
meters south of it-were reopened. A transformer station (output 50 KW)
was built near tho a n hnn harm
established bu'-. 25X1
The labor force convists of about, 80 civilians and 1D0 German pr
loners o' war. The technY.cel staff comprises 1 Russian and I Czech enF2:i-
near, 3 Czech and 1 Russians technical officers and 2 administrative em-
ployees. The 1'41 camp and SND guard billets are located in the former
-love factory on the northern ecfs!e of the ` .own near the town swimming pool.
13. Eacnerimental and. Research Enterori.ses
a. The Experimental and Research Enterrrises Administration is in charge
of all exrerimenta]. and research projects involving radioactive min-
orals within the entire territory of Bohemia and I`oravia. Its head
office is located in the former Jachymov tobacco factory.
b. The technical director of experimental and research enterprises is
Director Ing. Zalud (Czech). The Czechoslovak Law of the Mines states
specifically that only a Czechoslovak citizen of Czech or Slovak na-
tionality may hold the post of a mine director. The law further states
that wherever possible such posts shol
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that wherever possible such posts should be assigned to Gzachoslo-
vak Arnv officers having, the necemary technical training . The
real (technical) chief of the experimental and research enterprisos,
I Iwas Dr. Ing. Voroncov (Russian) who
was later (in surrer recalled to Moscow.
he held.) Ing. Hrib (Russian: Gr1b) Is t e finance and na n .. e
director of the enterprises.
a. It is clear that the experimental and research enterprises are ex-
elusively in the hands of the Russians. An geologists, geophysi-
cists, and chemists came from Russia. There are about 30 Russian
engineers (both men and women) in this sector of the Jachy^ov es-
tablishment, and even the chief of the accounting section, the ware-
house manager, and the surveyors are Russian. Only subordinate ex-
ecutive posts are held by Czechs such as Inge. Cernik, 0statek, Dostvl.
and Hlinka.
d. The Experimental and Research Enterprises Administration is cor:plete:ty
independent financially. Purchases of machines, materials etc. are
conducted independently of the Jachyrnov Mines Directorate provided
they have been approved by the Russian chiefs. Messrs. Plbak and
Navratil are in charge of the Procurement Section. The reasons for
this arrangement were obvious from the store of supplies available
only to the Russians; these included such items as watches, scout
tents, drawing apparatua, slide roles, office supplies, surveying
apparatus, leather and rubber shoes, work clot?iing, raincoats, soap,
towels, etc.
e. The Administration has two wry functions: 1) To ascertain the
radioactivity of old, deserted mines and to equip them with all the
necessary rachinery so that they can be put in operation; 2) to
search for necr radioactive deposits. Once a now nine has been-rut
on an operating, basis it cones under the jurisdiction of the Jaehy^,ov
::fines Directorate. (The experimental mining described here covers
the period up to the end of the fourth quarter of 1947.)
f. Within the tom limits of Jaohyriov experimental mining was done in
the heading called 2arie Antoinette under the fiadiur.. Palace Hotel
in the western slore towards the road between Jachymov and '-Horni
Brand. The heading; was cleared for the distance of 500 meters in
the direction of the Rovnost and Svornost Mines; opening of three
additional headings in the same direction was being prepared. In
back of the former tobacco factory in the direction of the Bratrstvi
2 ;fine at the point where the valley leading to the ski jump branches
off, some experimental drilling was done. At the end of the valley
behind the Bratretvi Mine under Boni Dar, an old heading was reopened
and cleared for the distance of 700 motors.
Within the toed limits of Voiprty, four headings were reopened but
they were deserted -main by the end of 1947 and the search ?as shifted
to the area of Smideberg, i`edonoc, and Prosecnice.
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it. In Horni Slavkovec two pits were opened; today they are probably
organized as independent establishments (i.e. have been transferred
to the Jac v Mines Administration) and are already producing ore.
transformer station was being
buUt there. The pits were under the supervision of a Czech and a
Russian engineer who had at their disposal a staff of several tech-
nicians. The number of civilians employed there is _unknown to
Source; there were about 100 German prisoners of war working on the
premises.
i. Experimental mining was further conducted in the followfn locali-
ties: Etround Kraslica, in the vicinity of Hora Saate Kateriny (St.
Catherine Mountain), Schonfieht, Dr ou]y, and bet,:aeen Plana and
Falknov (Falkenau). Search for radioactive deposits was also con-
ducted in the area of Pilsen, on the Czecho-floravian Plateau, in
'Iestern Silesia, and in the Erzgebirge (Mountains).
The establishment is equipped with large laboratories in which sam-
ples received from the receiving storehouse of the central proeessin.
plant are being analyzed. (Samples from individual localities and i -
dividual shipments are analyzed serarately.)
k. In addition to these laboratories, the Russians have their own Iabo
tories but
_Jthe Russian en, eers were greatly afraid of radioactive
erranation and dust.
I/. the Main Processing Plant
The main processing; plant for all the ore mined within the area of
the Jacbymov district is located at the Bratrstvi !tine. The ore is
first brought to tho receiving storehouse where samples of individwC..
shipments are taken] and marked according to the exact location of
their origin. The maples are sent to the laboratory. The ore is
then strewn on wide-running rubber belts from which workers (wommn)
pick pieces of useless rock by ''hand; only then is the ore crushed,
mixed with water and spread on shaking tables. After this process
the ore ip dried and rut in cans which are then hermetically sealed.
The cans are made of iron tin and have a volume of approximately 30
cubic decimeters. They are constructed the same way as those for
the transx3ortation of carbide but are a little smaller. Filled
cans are marked and stored in the shipping warehouse froii where
they are dispatched, reportedly to Russia either by rail or by
large trucks (Tatra-ill, 10 tons).
b. Up to June 3947, one special train a month was sent from Jaci roc
in the direction of Pra
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increase o output of the mines, one train a month has proved in-
sufficient, and ore has been transported also in trucks (Tatrar-
111) routed through Chemnitz, Germany. These trucks are driven ex-
elusively by Russian drivers.
c. The main processing plant and the preliminary processing rooms (lo-
cated at the individual mines) were under the supervision of Inge
Kolycev (Russian), whose deputy was Ing. Brandt (Czech). The plant
has about 50 employees (women workers, German We and Russian fore-
men). The control, reception, and expediting of ore is completely
in Russian hands. (The control of preliminary processing rooms lo-
cated at individual mines is in the hands of the Russians or 100%
reliable Czech Communists.)
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ntr 1Workshop
a. This establishment comprises the following workshops:
1) A machine shop which is equipped with the latest types of
machines of Gernan and Czechoslovak origin.
2) An electrotechnical shop which, too, is wall equipped. This
shop is building transformer stations and setting up switch-
boards as well as power lines for all the mines. (Primary
power lines are built in collaboration with the Western
Bohemia Electric Power Plants which also install such machinery
as electric pumps, mining machines, and compressors.)
3) A vulcanization room which is oquipped (inter alia) for vulcan-
ization of rubber belt conveyors.
4) There is also a well equipped carpentry shop, locksmith's shop,
tinsmith's shop, paint shop and a radio shop.
The central workshops have their own well supplied store rooms of
spare machine parts, tools, and materials. Up to date the work-
shops have been temporarily located in the former tobacco factory.
According to the plan for expansion of the Jachymov Mines, new
buildings are being built for the central workshops, warehouses, and
garages (freight) In Horni Brand (now Horni Zdar) In the vicinity of
the confiscated factory for electrical instruments.
16.
Qangw
The garages, too, are temporarily located in the former tobacco factory
but will be moved to a permanent location In Horni Brand after the neces
nary buildings there have been completed. The garage manager is a Rus-
sian (although there have been frequent changes in holders of the job).
Technical supervision is in the hands of Ing. Valenta (Czech), the msna-
gar of the central workshops. the motor pool (freight) comprises about
70 trucks and tractors of all sines; of this number about 30 are eons qtly
undergoing repairs. The Fines own over 40 personal cars (mostly now Mw.a-
Tudors; irmediately preceding Source's departure, 22 or these were delijami
by the Skoda '.forks).
, , sl lareho l-ge
a. Up to the present this establielmnt has not been well organized. It
mas,more or less, a mediator between the individual components of thug
Jachymcv i 'fines and the Procurement Section in the purchase of various
goods and materials (with the exception of oils, fuels, and explosi t??s
After the completion an-1 adaptation of buildings in Horni Brand, the
central warehouses will be moved to that locality and reorganized.
b. The Russians have their own independent warehouse in which there are
stored mostly goods, machinery, and material brought from Gerumay,
such as copper wire, electric rotors of various sizes and types, rub-
ber conveyors, drillinv rhnchines of the type "Croelius", etc. The
Social Section, too, has its own warehouse containing clothing, vode :-
wear, blankets, shoes, etc. for the German P41s and radio sets for moos
halls and offices.
o. At Stalin Square No. 10 (about the seventh building below the Town
Hall), there is a large store of food and alcoholic beverages where
n.icia1 rations are issued to employees of the Jachymov Mines. The
store is under the management of Mr. Masek but Is controlled by
Miss Uhrova of the Social Section.
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a. The entrances to all establishments of the Jachymov Mines are
guarded by members of the Workers' Militia. Entry is permitted
only to holders of sreoial rasses called "savodni le}?itimace".
The passes are printed on hard paper of licht red color and are
folded in half. On the top of the first page the name of the
establishment is printed; in the middle of the rage appear the
words "Zavodni leaitimace", and under them the number of the
pass. On the second page there is a photograph of the owner with
his signature under it. On the.thizd-. rage there arpears the
holder's name, date of birth, and occupation; at the bottom ap-
pears the designation of the section.or establishment to which
the pass holder has been assigned. Every pass is signed by the
commander of the Militia and by the Director General of the
Jaohymov Mines, National Establishment. The fourth page is blank.
b. Lieutenant Koryna eo rm ands the i1orkera' c-Militia, which consists
of about 50 members. Their uniform is dark grey with gold but-
tons. They wear a flat cap with a shiny or cloth covered black
visor and a gold braid. They are armed with "Maulicher" rifles
or Russian automatic rifles.
c. As the pay of the Militia members is very low in comparison with
other employeest wages and salaries (about 2,500 crowns a month)
there is a considerable fluctuation of personnel within its ranks.
The nucleus of the '='orkers' Militia in Jactrmov consisted of for-
mer members of the Czechoslovak Eastern Army who were detailed to
relieve the Russian guard unit (in 1946). The relief developed
into a difficult operation which lasted almost 2 months; finally,
the Russian soldiers had to be gotten out of the individual estab-
lishments by force of arms. The Russian guard unit uaa then trans-
ferred to Hungary.
d. The present commander of the Militia is the same man who brought
the Czechoslovak guard u it to Jachymov in 1946. At that time. the
unit consisted of Ruthenians (from Sub-Carpathian Russia) and Slo-
vaks (and some Czechs from Volyn). Ur to the present, replace-
ments have been recruited from among various illiterates coming
from Slovakia.
e. The Militia is subordinate to the Securit Section headed a
Czechoslovak Army Major whose
25X1 assistant is Kocian (also a Czechoslovak Army officer . In more im.,
portant matters, homever, his deruty in Dr. Skalicky-.Steiner, Chief
of Personnel. Section, Staff Captain and former Military Procurator
of the Eastern Czechoslovak Army. During the February putsch, Dr.
Skalicky was appointed chairman of the District Action Committee anc
later elected Representative in the National Assemb for the Kerlk.?
Vary electoral district .
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g. In addition to the Army Na or and Dr. olkalicky, there is another
important security officer This
man is not stationed in Jac v t but in Prague, and arr ves eien
important matters come up.
the above three men decide with finality
about the fate of the Jachymov Mines employees.
I, In addition to these security measures and personnel, the Russians
have their own security officers i.*io are called instructors. T. e?c-
"instructors", of whom there are about 10, ride on motorcycles and
gather information about the German Pa, .SNB guard units, 'workers'
Militia units, and work on the surface, and from time to time Check
upon the work in the mines. They take rt in every investigation
or interrogation of whatever nature. the'., 25X1
are executive organs of the M1D. Most of them wear dark blue civi-
lian suits, black (rubber) raincoats and in wintertime black mili-
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a. Up to the end of August 1947 there were about 2,000 German Pis .?x~: ,,_
ing at the mines; in August 1947 an additional 1,500 prisoners of trur
arrived from Russia. All. the new arrivals wore subject to medical ;-;x-
amination, and it was ascertained that 50% of them suffered from actt e
tuberculosis. The majority of them had skin diseases. They were i:= a
pitiful state of rind and must have been badly mistreated; they we 11:'e
frightened and timid till they became acquainted with the new co :ti out,
b. All skilled workers in the Jachymov Mines during the war ware Gersm:in.
In 1946 and 1947, the skilled artisans were deported and replaced Dy
prisoners of war. Today the Jachymov Mines are fully dependent uynn
the PtWls as far as skilled work (trades) is concerned because there
are no Czech replacements available. Only about 10% of artisans av.
Czechs.
c. The prisoners are clothed fairly well but they are very poorly fed,,
In the rail of 1941, the quantity or food given to W e was made do-
pendent upon their output and divided in 3 classes. In order to r -
ceive the first class ration (vhich was the normal AT ration), the
prisoner's foreman had to certify that his output was 110,E norm,- l.
outrut below 110% (down to 90%) entitled the PW to the second
class ration. Prisoners with an output lower than 90% of the normal
were given the third class ration which wes miserable. Only the J'atirc?
and indispensable We i-xare getting class 1 rations. A foreman's Jiek
like of a person was sufficient to keep on class 3 ration for an index-
finite period. The cigarette ration wau s1milarly divided into elosee3.
for a normal performance (one shift) on 'the surface 3 cigarettes, :in ` I
mines 5 cigarettes; for a bettor performance on the surface 5 and ixn a
mine cigarettes. The PJa are billeted in barracks.
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a. The employees of the Jachyrnov tines are billeted mainly in houses
of deported Germans; these houses are being repaired at the exrense
of the 'nines, 34,E crowns being allotted for one housing unit.
Three Jachyrmov construction firms were employed in repairing the
houses and in adartation of the former tobacco factory. (The re-
modeling assts exceeded the original budget by 16,000,000 Kos.
In the main building 25 apartments were made, of which 10 are oc-
cupied by the Russians.)
b. The employees of the Jachymov Mines, in addition to their normal
rations, receive the following special monthly rations: 1 kT pork,
kg fat, 8 eggs, j- kg margarine, 2 kg wheat flour, 1/8 kg coffee,
1 kg sugar, * kg chocolate, -1 kg cheese. Occasionally, they receive
fish, tarns, liquor, and fruit.
c. The followrini is an approximate list of monthly wages and salaries
of the Jachymov Mines employees:
Laborers (women)
Laborers (men)
Workers' Militia
Artisans
Miners
Hiner' a Tlolpers
Janitors
Office Workers (lower)
office Workers (higher)
Univ. Graduates and Managers
1,800 - 2,500 Kee
2,000 - 3,000 "
2,500 - 2,800
2,500 - 4,000
4,000 - 7,000
2,500 - 4,000
2,000 - 5,000
3,000 - 5,000
4,000 -- 5,000
8,000 -20,000
Plus overtime
Plus premiums
for ore mines
Plus a ff iciency pr tans-
"
The substantial part of miners' income is derived from the premiums
for the ore mined which (in cases of miners working; steadily) amount
to 8,000 - 9,000 Kes per month. It is not unusual for a miner to w-
ceive a monthly Pair of from 24,000 to 28,000 Ken. Workers and offi-
cers employed in places with a high degree of moisture receive rubber
shoes, impregnated clothing, and impregnated overcoats. All employees
receive a ration of wood (fuel) gratis and can buy coal at cost price.
21.
S ion f th2 j4
a. In 1946, with the departure of the then Director Ing. Pacak and the
appointment of Inge. TTegier and Cmelak,a radical change in the acti-
vity of the Mines took place: Increase of output was stressed; the
first Russians (in civilian clothes) appeared in Jachymov; the Ex-
perimental and research Enterprises Administration was created and
Ing. Zalud appointed its chief. Soon the research establishment vas
filled with Russian engineers, geologists, and geophysicists who
started the search for radioactive darosits all over the area.
b. The recruiting of personnel started after the pay scale had been re-V
vised upwards and the premiums for the ore mined raised. Up to that
date, the Mines employed about 2,000 people. When higher wages iaare
offered, Jachvrov, Durnberg, 1!ariasorg and other towns and villages
were soon fall of newcomers seeking employment and high wages. The
villages of Sejfy (Seifen) and Potuc1 r (Breitenbach) were filled up
after the local mines had been reopened. The former voorhouse In
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Ostrov was turned into bachelors' quarters. A bus line between
Jachymov, Sejfy, and Potucky was established (for the use of the
Jachymov tomes employees). The 1948 program includes, among
other things, the building of central workshops, warehouses, and
garages in 'torni Brand (row fforni Zdar) and the building of family
houses in Ostrov near the road leading to Jaebymov.
c. Only the offices of the Jaehyaov Mines Directorate, the Experfmntal
and Research Enterprises Administration, the laboratories, the health
research institute (whose Chief win be Muir. Eu-ea Petracek), and
garages for personal cirs and employees' billets will remain in the
former tobacco factory; the rest of the establishment will be moved
to tiorni Brand.
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