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Kim Jong Il Provides Field Guidance to Mine

Korean Central News Agency of DPRK via Korea News Service (KNS)

   Pyongyang, January 29 (KCNA) -- General Secretary Kim Jong Il gave on-the-spot guidance to the March 5 Youth Mine.
    He looked round the room devoted to the history of the mine.
    He looked back with deep emotion on the glorious course of development covered by the mine which has advanced toward victory and prosperity under the care of President Kim Il Sung. Thanks to the wise guidance and meticulous care of the President, the mine has turned into a modern non-ferrous metal ore producer, he said, adding that his immortal revolutionary exploits will shine forever with the history of the mine.
    Then he was briefed on the ore body in front of its model picture and went round stopes to acquaint himself with the technical modernization of production processes and mineral output.
    He dropped in at crushing and ore-dressing plants to learn in detail about the conditions of equipment and production and gave pep talks to workers speeding up the increased production for the prosperous development of the country.
    He said that the proud achievements made by the workers at the mine are a manifestation of the indomitable will of the Korean working class, the dependable ranks of loyal subjects who have overcome the stern trials of revolution victoriously, following the Party wholeheartedly. They are also a striking demonstration of the might of the most revolutionary and militant, heroic Korean workers who advance along the road of progress without slightest vacillation or hesitation in any adversity, he stressed.
    Then he commanded a bird's-eye view of the mine reminiscent of a city.
    He set forth tasks for systematically increasing the production at the mine and developing it under a long-term plan.
    The key to putting the non-ferrous metal production on a normal basis is to ensure the breaking and carriage of ore in a large quantity so as to keep concentrated ore production ahead of other works, he said, stressing the need to put in good order all the tunneling, carrying and dressing equipment and raise their operation rate.
    In order to utilize the bountiful underground resources at the mine economically in a prospective way, he said it is necessary to give priority to the prospecting for providing enough ore reserves and thoroughly take steps for deep tunneling based on up-to-date science and technology.
    On the same day he visited the Naedong Revolutionary Site in the seat of Jasong County.
    The site is a historic place where Kim Hyong Jik, an indomitable revolutionary fighter, conducted his brisk activities for encouraging workers, peasants and other people of different strata in Jasong area to the anti-Japanese struggle in 1920 and autumn of 1921.
    After being briefed on the site in front of the monument to it, he looked round the historic buildings preserved as they were to acquaint himself with management of the site and education in it.
    He said that since there are many precious historic sites including the revolutionary sites associated with noble traces of the President, it is important to well preserve and manage them in their original state and intensify the education through them to more firmly arm party members and other working people, servicepersons and youth and children with the revolutionary idea of the WPK.
    He met with leading officials of the county to learn about the economic activities including farming and urged them to steadily increase the agricultural production so as to further improve the standard of living of the inhabitants in the county.
    He was accompanied by Pak To Chun, chief secretary of the Jagang Provincial Committee of the WPK.