<p>The<br />

Korsun Mine (later called “Kocheharka”)<br />

near the station of Horlivka (Katerynoslav Railway), Bakhmut<br />

district, Katerynoslav province.</p><br />

<p>The<br />

mine was built in 1871-1873 and put into operation in January of<br />

1874. A working village sprang up near the mine and was named<br />

Horlivka in honour of engineer P. M. Horlov (now it is a town in the<br />

Donetsk region).</p><br />

<p>The<br />

construction of the mine was managed by the South Russian Coal<br />

Industry Company. It was the first capitalist coal company in the<br />

central area of the Donbas region; its basic capital was 1.7 million<br />

roubles (5 million roubles in 1913).</p><br />

<p>The<br />

Korsun mine was constructed and operated with due regard for the<br />

latest achievements of mining industry. For the first time in mining<br />

practice P. M. Horlov used an advanced (for that time) system of coal<br />

mining. Equipped with the newest machines, the mine became one of the<br />

biggest mining businesses of the Donbas. In 1879 over one thousand<br />

miners worked there and over 3.6 million poods of coal were mined. As<br />

for its technical equipment the mine was one of the best in the<br />

Donbas.</p><br />

<p>As<br />

of 1913, the mine produced 50 million poods of coke per year; its<br />

annual production was 6.3 million roubles. 4.4 thousand workers<br />

worked at the mine. Its level of mechanization is indicated by the<br />

number of machines as it had 55 steam and electric engines with an<br />

aggregate power of 9.2 thousand h. p.</p><br />

<p>In<br />

2001 the mine was liquidated according to a plan of the closure of<br />

unprofitable mines in the Donetsk region.</p>