胡耀邦同志1985年5月8日对发展冶金矿山作的重要指示中指出:“许多中小型矿放开让当地群众有组织的开采,企业只负责收购,适当给以技术指导”,这是完全符合我国国情的。湖南有45个县群众采锰,洞口是一个山区小县,其采锰历史在湖南不算早,产量占湖南总产量的0.5～1％,但在艰苦的条件下,群众采锰的积极性还是很高的。李德根同志的调查报告,是对普遍社队采锰的一个总结分析。用事实证明了胡耀邦同志指示的正确性。 Comrade Hu Yaobang pointed out in his important directive on the development of metallurgical mines on May 8, 1985: “Many small and medium-sized mines open to the local people to organize the mining, the enterprise is only responsible for the acquisition, appropriate to give technical guidance,” which is fully in line with China’s national conditions. There are 45 counties in Hunan who are mining manganese and the cave mouth is a small mountainous county. The mining history of manganese is not as early as in Hunan and its output accounts for 0.5-1% of Hunan’s total output. However, under the arduous conditions, people’s enthusiasm for mining manganese is still high very high. Comrade Li Degen’s investigation report is a summary analysis of the manganese mining by the general community. Facts have proved the correctness of Comrade Hu Yaobang’s instructions.