<p>The

Korsun Mine (later called “Kocheharka”)

near the station of Horlivka (Katerynoslav Railway), Bakhmut

district, Katerynoslav province.</p>

<p>The

mine was built in 1871-1873 and put into operation in January of

1874. A working village sprang up near the mine and was named

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

Donetsk region).</p>

<p>The

construction of the mine was managed by the South Russian Coal

Industry Company. It was the first capitalist coal company in the

central area of the Donbas region; its basic capital was 1.7 million

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

<p>The

Korsun mine was constructed and operated with due regard for the

latest achievements of mining industry. For the first time in mining

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

mining. Equipped with the newest machines, the mine became one of the

biggest mining businesses of the Donbas. In 1879 over one thousand

miners worked there and over 3.6 million poods of coal were mined. As

for its technical equipment the mine was one of the best in the

Donbas.</p>

<p>As

of 1913, the mine produced 50 million poods of coke per year; its

annual production was 6.3 million roubles. 4.4 thousand workers

worked at the mine. Its level of mechanization is indicated by the

number of machines as it had 55 steam and electric engines with an

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

<p>In

2001 the mine was liquidated according to a plan of the closure of

unprofitable mines in the Donetsk region.</p>