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DISCOVERIES IN RUSSIA MANGANESE AND OIL ißec., 1.20 p.m.) London, Oct., 24. I The discovery of new sources of raw | material in the distant rear of the Russian front continues uninterruptedly says the Soviet war news. New manganese deposits amounting to many millions of tons have been discovered in the Bashkir Republic and the southern end of the Urals. The discovery will eliminate the necessity of import ! ing manganese. Rich new oil sources I have been found in the past fe' • weeks. Prospectors discovered new oil pockets in the Kosumizmailovo district inear the Naftalan oilfield. Drilling has begun and several new wells will be completed within a fortnight. The iron ore mines in the Urals are far ahead of production schedules. Two mines have already produced the output which was planned for the whole of this year.—U.P.A.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 76, 25 October 1941, Page 6
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