There is controversy in various studies about whether there was a developed civilization before or not. Without touching on the part of the discussion where the possible date of the Catastrophe is discussed (although geneticists calculate the date of death of 80% of men on Earth corresponding to the date of the war described in the Mahabharata), we note the possible presence of traces of this civilization.
It is known that some deposits may be dumps or traces of previously existing enterprises. Mechanical, chemical and other processes occurring in dumps can lead to an enrichment of the primary composition of minerals.
An example of such a deposit would be the Shantym-Priluk lead-zinc deposit on the Shantym-Priluk River (the left tributary of the Ilych River) near the village of Lyaga-Dor, 12 km away. up from the mouth of the Bolshaya Ergi-Lyagi River (231 km from the city of Troitsk-Pechorsk, 190 km from the source of the Pechora River). In the Ilych River, in the Ural Mountains, 210 km. The Egra-Lyaga River flows from its mouth. The Ilych and Erga-Lyaga rivers flow along the Iz-Pered Mountain (where there is bituminous limestone with a sulfurous odor) and the Patrakariem-Iol Mountain (where there is limestone with oil). The deposit has been known since the beginning of the 20th century.
In the work of S. Perov “Lead deposits on the Ilych River” (VOISK. Issue 2. Vologda. 1915) there is a photograph of the Egra-Lyagi deposit. A head-shaped rock rose above the screen of ore (to the left and right there were tower-shaped ledges connected by lintels at the base). We saw this photograph in May 1986, when fresh footage of the destruction of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant was shown; the appearance of the exploded reactor and the tower-shaped “field” were similar. The site has now been transformed by mining activities in the 20th century.
At the mouth of the Egra-Lyaga River in 1900, gold and spongy quartz were discovered. Upon further exploration at a distance of 2 km. In the direction of Shantym-Priluk, a deposit of lead ore was discovered on the cliff of the Egra-Lyaga River. In a cliff 30 meters high there was a layer of ore (defined as lead luster) 40-60 cm wide. Above the ore layer, smoky quartz (called topaz) was found along the bank; along the river bank, iron luster pebbles washed away from the mountains were found (Fe content 65%) . Very pure graphite (distribution area 15 by 8 km, layer up to 6 m), lead luster, pyrite, and lead were discovered 200-320 meters from the river mouth.
The Shantym-Priluk deposit consisted of shale slabs and cube-shaped pieces of bluish limestone. The Egra-Lyaga River from the northwest eroded the trough in the middle. To the left of the trough are unconformed shales, to the right are unconformed limestones. The banks of Egra-Lyagi are pierced by masses of layers and veins of dull yellow and transparent limestone spar. The right bank has a layer thickness of 2 meters, the left bank consists of bluish limestone of parallel layering. In the shales 80 meters down from the scree, 2 veins of ore were identified with a distance of 40 cm between them. The thickness of the ore layers is 1-2 cm, the length is several meters. 1-1.5 km. lead boulders were found above the scree. On the right bank 2 km. Below the scree at the bend of the river, 2 veins of lead 1 cm thick were identified.
Analyzes of the rock in 1915 showed that it consists of PlS (Analysis No. 1 - Pl 61.12%, zinc, iron, magnesium, sulfur, arsenic. Analysis No. 2 - Pl 76.97%, sulfur, calcium, magnesium, traces gland). The top layer contains the following composition: cerussite (PbCO3), anglesite (lead sulfate PbSO4), lead spar (Pb5(PO4)3Cl), lead ocher (PbCO), minium (Pb3O4) and lime spar (CaCO3) were also identified. Bismuth was found in the dumps along with graphite.
With further research, by 1922 it was determined that lead was “considerably radioactive” (For Work. No. 1. 1922. V. Ustyug. p. 15). On the surface along the coast, the ore reserve is determined to be 100 thousand poods (1630 tons) (Fossil wealth of the North. North. Book 3. Volgosizdat. Vologda. 1923. p. 112).
Over the next 10 years, it was determined that lead ore was moving along the shore 10 meters from the surface in layers of 30-60 cm. Lead is radioactive. (Soviet Economy of the North. No. 4. 1932. Arkhangelsk). In 1938, it was also known that lead on the Ilych River was radioactive (Soviet Sever. No. 7. 1938. Arkhangelsk). There were comments about the radioactivity of bismuth and graphite.
Reserves of lead ores and pure graphite were determined in volumes suitable for industrial development. For the extraction, the Comintern members organized a concentration camp, but after working for several years each time (1935-38?, 1941-46, 1952-56), it was closed, and as a result, all the tunnels cut through were blown up. Materials about its existence were confiscated. The reason for the closure was not the exhaustion of lead, but the death of the guards from radiation sickness. Since radioactive lead, bismuth and graphite do not occur in nature as minerals, no one probably thought the radioactivity was real.
The presence of radioactive lead and bismuth in native form and in the form of oxides suggests that they could not arise as a result of radioactive transformations. This required the presence of layers or boulders of uranium-238, thorium-232, plutonium-239 in the rock and the passage of reactions to produce stably radioactive lead or bismuth. Most likely, the lead radioactivity was caused artificially.
Graphite is used in nuclear reactors as a moderator, a structural material from which the reactor masonry is made, containing nuclear fuel matrices; uranium-graphite reactors are used. Research reactor designs use up to 2,000 tons of graphite. After decommissioning, graphite is solid radioactive waste of graphite blocks packed in containers with bitumen, which are placed in a storage facility made of inert materials, ensuring isolation of the most mobile nuclides for a period of about 300 years.
Bismuth, due to its ability to dissolve uranium, has found application in nuclear reactors. In fast neutron reactors, the coolant is a lead-bismuth pair.
Based on this, it can be assumed that the Egra-Lyagi deposit represents the remains of a nuclear power unit and its waste storage facility. At the beginning of the 21st century, after work on the field, it changed, but in 1915, the appearance of the exploded Chernobyl reactor and the tower-shaped “field” were similar. It remains to be assumed that at some point there was an explosion at the Pechora power unit, as a result of which radioactive graphite of the structures, bismuth and lead, as well as building blocks were scattered over an area of 120 sq. km.
