GERMAN STATE MINISTRY FOR CHECH AND MORAV, PRAGUE (1906) 1939 - 1945 (1965), inv. 564, sig. 110-4/412

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English Translation

89 The work of the "Research Centre for the South East at the Montanist University of Leoben", which is classified under the remit of the South-East European Society, is the first work of this research centre, which is available to the entire apparatus of the Contanist University, which includes the following: l. The installation of a storage cadastral on usable deposits of coal, ore, stones and earths. 2. Summarize mantangeological information on the coal deposits in the south-east region, including the investigation of their preparation and valuability for domestic fire, industrial firing, metallurgical coal and gas production. 3. Similar investigations as under 2. for various ore deposits. 4. Investigations into the processing and use of the silicic acid-rich manganese ores of the south-east countries. 5. Experiments to obtain a metallurgically usable coke from the Zsiltal coals. 6. Use of sulphurous coal. 7. Tracking the alpine metallogenesis in the Carpathian region and in the dinarides. The aim of the research centres is to centralise all south-east European Montreux requests at the Montanist University in Leoben, which is particularly suitable for them.