BROWN COAL DEPOSITS IN THE ZHOLKVA-RAVA RUSKA AREA OF THE UKRAINE

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00809A000600050434-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 25, 2011
• Sequence Number: 434
• Publication Date: April 20, 1954
• Content Type: REPORT

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CLASSIFICATION C0NFIDEIVTIAL
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY REPORT NO
INFORMATION REPORT CD NO.
COUNTRY; USSR
SUBJECT Brown
Ruska
Coal Deposits in the Zholkva-Rave
Area of the Ukraine
DATE
ACQUIRED BY SOURCI
DATE OF L' 'ORMATION
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DATE DISTR.`'-0 Apr 1954
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- -- =al~i+ - Lwv ~umoer of the Ukraine are not
plentift1 pt all. As I have previously pointed out rown coal
is principally mined in the Rostotchia hills to the fOT s o Lvov.
Using the following sketch I can better describe the area.
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COWIDMIAL
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The last glacier during the glacial age deposited tremendous amounts of
rubble along the termina3 mnTni.,. ._
the area A--La rc tine ruel shortage that exists in
j :xcept for a poor grade ,r
'uj- noz only brown coal but to mine
the very small amounts of other
_, s,rvwn coma nave been discovered in
the.LVov region but thev were vow,.
northsagt of L~rp~ to a depth of 200s madein 1940 in the area to the
coal deposits. to 220 meters, turned up some brown
posits. Again water seepage plus the poor quality of brown coal
(heavily mixed with clay) m-A- ,.t..a.,_
water. make mining operations, South Of the terminal With aiundant
and to the uneconomical. '-ntil 1944 no traces of brown coal had been
ed to the discove south of LV:)V, jest drill r
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