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[[Alexander Pol]] (also known as Paul), a Russian Imperial geologist,<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Milward |first1=Alan |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ADsXhFeJ2UEC&q=exploited+until+Alexander+Pol%2C+a+rich+landowner&pg=PA407 |title=The Development of the Economies of Continental Europe 1850-1914 (Routledge Revivals) |last2=Saul |first2=S. B. |date=6 August 2012 |isbn=9781136810886}}</ref> discovered and initiated iron ore investigation and production in this area. He is credited with discovering the [[Kryvbas]].<ref>Sudrussland Mageteisen und Sisenglantztatten</ref><ref>Рубін П.Криворожский бассейн и его железные руды. Горный журнал, 1888 г., т. 1</ref> This stimulated formation of a mining district.<ref>Конткевич С. Геологічний опис околиць Кривого Рогу, Херсонської губернії</ref> In 1884 [[Alexander II of Russia|Alexander II]] initiated the Catherine Railroad, first to [[Dnipro]] and then 505&nbsp;km to the coal-mining region of [[Donbas]].<ref>Записки капитан-лейтенанта Семечкина», Вид. Об-ва горных инженеров, 1900 р</ref><ref name="Donets Basin">{{Cite web |title=Donets Basin |url=http://www.encyclopediaofukraine.com/display.asp?linkpath=pages%5CD%5CO%5CDonetsBasin.htm |access-date=2022-04-01 |website=www.encyclopediaofukraine.com}}</ref>

In 1880, with 5 million [[franc]]s of [[Capital (economics)|capital]], Pol founded the "French Society of Kryvyi Rih Ores". In 1882 16.4 thousand tons of ore were extracted from surface mines on the outskirts of town by 150 workers. The first underground mine of the basin began operations in 1886.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://kryvyirih.dp.ua/pro_misto_kriviy_rig/istorichniy_rozvitok/istorichna_khronika_podiy_1734_1900/pochatok_dobutku_zaliznoi_rudi_industrialniy_rozvitok_1881_1899 |title=Початок добутку залізної руди. Індустріальний розвиток (1881 – 1899) |publisher=kryvyirih.dp.ua |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141129034539/http://kryvyirih.dp.ua/pro_misto_kriviy_rig/istorichniy_rozvitok/istorichna_khronika_podiy_1734_1900/pochatok_dobutku_zaliznoi_rudi_industrialniy_rozvitok_1881_1899 |archive-date=2014-11-29 |url-status=dead }}</ref> In 1892, when ''Hdantsivka'' [[ironworks]] was started, ore began to be processed locally, spawning new metallurgical enterprises spurred by substantial western, and in particular Belgian,<ref name=":10">{{Cite web |last=Redefyne |date=17 March 2022 |title=Belgium can help peaceful Ukrainian citizens and refugees - EU Today |url=https://eutoday.net/news/security-defence/2022/belgium-can-help-peaceful-ukrainian-citizens-and-refugees |access-date=2022-04-04 |website=eutoday.net |language=en-US}}</ref> investment.. At the same time Kryvyi Rih ore began to feed the German metallurgical industry in [[Silesia]]. In 1902, the Catherine Railroad linked Kryvyi Rih to the coal mines of the Donbas.<ref name="Donets Basin"/>

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