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Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee) · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1948

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Balmain Mine Proposal Minister's Views

National Advocate · Thursday 1 January 1948 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wednesday It was doubtful if the reopening of the Balmain colliery would be economic, according to a statement released today by the…

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Jap Miners Under Slave Conditions

National Advocate · Friday 2 January 1948 · page 2

TOKIO, Thursday: S[?] are thou[?] Japanese [?] slaves under [?]ons on the [?]…

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[?]tate Mine To Resume Work On

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 2 January 1948 · page 1

Working against time through the holiday period, employees of the State Mine, assisted by the Railway Department, were successful in replacing the broken main shaft at the colliery in time to permit mining operations to…

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Western Miners to Send Food Parcels to Britain

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 2 January 1948 · page 2

Relatives of British miners who lost their lives in the Whitehaven and Durham disasters last year will receive food parcels from the…

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A True Story Wallenbeen's Gold

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 5 January 1948 · page 2

Gold! With the speed of a raging epidemic, the word swept the country; and, like an epidemic, it swept men from their homes, their families,…

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State Mine Resumes-- New Shaft In Operation

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 5 January 1948 · page 2

Although the attendance at the State Mine was only "fair" when the colliery commenced production this morning, following the…

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New type of Mine Prop

National Advocate · Tuesday 6 January 1948 · page 1

NEWCASTLE, Monday: The safety officer of the NSW Mines Department (Mr. Jock Sneddon), and a John Darling carpenter (Mr. J. Earl)…

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State Mine Picnic at Penrith

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 7 January 1948 · page 2

Two special trains' 'have been chartered for the State Mine picnic which is to be held at Penrith on Sunday, January 25 Proceeding's…

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Coal Target Almost Reached LONDON

National Advocate · Wednesday 7 January 1948 · page 2

Britain's coal output for the [?] weeks ended January 3 was [?] million tons, compared with the target of [?]00 million…

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New Coal Book

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 9 January 1948 · page 4

"Coal Mining in Australia" is the title of a new book reviewing every aspect of the coal problem. The authors are two qualified mining…

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The Steel Behind the Coal

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 9 January 1948 · page 2

Second only to the miners' call for men is the miners' call for steel to build the equipment which will make the miners' work result in a maximum tonnage of coal at the surface. British miners are as good as any; their natural conditions no harder. Yet long before the…

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Warning by Union Leader British Coal Industry Dispute LONDON, Friday

National Advocate · Saturday 10 January 1948 · page 2

Engineman in the coal industry who threatened to strike on Monday next have been warned by the president of the National Union of Mineworkers…

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Eight Dead French Mine Disaster

National Advocate · Monday 12 January 1948 · page 2

PARIS, Sunday: Two explosions in a [?]mine at a town [?] the German border have killed [?] Re[?]uers have brought to the [?]…

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Vale Mine Flooded Men Unable to Resume

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 12 January 1948 · page 2

Resumption of work at the Vale Colliery has been delayed, owing to the main sections of the mine being flooded, due to the heavy rains…

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Miners on Job SYDNEY, Monday

National Advocate · Tuesday 13 January 1948 · page 2

All but three of the State's 140 coal mines are working today, after the miners' three weeks' holidays— the longest they have ever had—and…

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State Mine Picnic

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 14 January 1948 · page 4

In addition to employees and their families, a limited number of members of the general public will be able to attend the State Mine…

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Mine Stoppages Enginemen to Meet

National Advocate · Wednesday 14 January 1948 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tuesday: Coal-production throughout NSW will stop for the equivalent of one day next week, while enginedrivers and firemen hold…

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Coal Target "Too High" Sydney, Tuesday

National Advocate · Wednesday 14 January 1948 · page 2

Miners leaders will tell the Joint Coal Board tomorrow that the proposed 13,000,000 [?] target is beyond the capacity of the States 17,000…

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Sydney Turf Gossip Mine Host Under Cloud

National Advocate · Wednesday 14 January 1948 · page 4

SYDNEY, Tuesday: Mine Host is suffering from slight soreness and will not run in the Granville Stakes at Rosehill on Saturday…

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Gold Dredging Machinery Goes by Plane

Central Western Daily · Wednesday 14 January 1948 · page 7

Flying daily through the rain swept [?] of the New Gained to service the mines of the [?] gold…

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