SOVIET ORE DEPOSITS
A new source of coal for the expansion of Soviet industries under the five-year plan is being put into production in Alma Ata, Central Siberia. In the north-central part of the Kazan Republic, 250 miles south of the city of Omsk, four new mines are being sunk to tap what has been described as the second richest fuel deposit in the Soviet Union. It is known as the Karaganda Basin. Exploration has shown 28 veins of coal and a total estimated supply of 30 billion tons. Analysis indicated that the product will be almost equal to that of the famous Donetz Basin in coking qualities. Within this year it is hoped to get 4,000,000 tons out of the new field. Much of this will go to the new Turkestan-Siberia railroad, with which the mines are to be connected by a branch line. But south-east of Karaganda are the Kon-tiube-Togai ore deposits with 34,000,000 tons of iron in sight, and more directly south are copper ore bodies which have been estimated to contain 1,500,000 tons of the red metal.
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King Country Chronicle, Volume XXV, Issue 3371, 29 September 1931, Page 3
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