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

Mining & the mines, 1950

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Cur Coal Output is Again Poor

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 17 February 1950 · page 1

Industrial upsets at four separate collieries, together with losses due to flooding and rain damage to underground mines and open-cuts…

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Sofala Mining Revival Application for Dredging Lease Old Workings to Be Treated

National Advocate · Friday 17 February 1950 · page 1

Following an inquiry into an application lodged by Norman Flynn, a minor of Sofala, for a dredging lease to cover a portion of the Sofala…

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11 Mines Idle

National Advocate · Saturday 18 February 1950 · page 1

SYDNEY. Friday: Though 11 mines are idle today because of disputes, breakdowns and flooding. N.S.W. output, about 54,200 tons, will be…

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Pickets Shot Virginian Miners Clash

National Advocate · Saturday 18 February 1950 · page 5

PITTSBURGH. Friday: Five men. including four pickets, were shot and wounded yesterday in a clash between 100 pickets and non-union miners at…

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All-electric Coal Mine London

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 20 February 1950 · page 2

Work has recently begun in Central England on a new all-electric model pit with a shaft of 24 feet in diameter--the largest in the West Midlands…

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State Mine and Steelworks Colliery Idle Over Disputes

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 20 February 1950 · page 1

The two biggest single producers in the Lithgow area of the western field, the State Mine and Steelworks Colliery, were idle…

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Mining Conference Melbourne

National Advocate · Monday 20 February 1950 · page 1

More than 200 delegates have reached Melbourne for the annual conference of the Institute of Mining and Metalurgy which will open…

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Queensland Floods Open Cut Mine Deluged BRISBANE

National Advocate · Monday 20 February 1950 · page 1

More than 10 inches of rain in the last week has flooded two big opencut mines at Blair Athol Central Queensland…

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Steelworks Colliery Idle for Sixth Day

Lithgow Mercury · Tuesday 21 February 1950 · page 2

Having previously lost five days' production because of local disputes between the employees and the management, Steelworks Colliery was again idle to-day through a promotion issue…

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Many Mines Idle in State

Lithgow Mercury · Tuesday 21 February 1950 · page 2

SYDNEY, This Afternoon.-- Twelve mines,were idle because of disputes in New South Wales., to-day for a total, production loss of 12,400 tons…

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U.s. Mine Strike 350,000 Men Involved

National Advocate · Tuesday 21 February 1950 · page 2

NEW YORK, Monday: Broadway's glittering advertising lights were put out last night—by the coal shortage resulting from the strike of 350,000…

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Steelworks Colliery Again Idle

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 22 February 1950 · page 2

After having adopted a recommendation to return to work, members of Steelworks Lodge reversed the decision and returned home after a pit-top meeting had been held this morning…

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Miners Sponsor Glen Davis Appeal

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 22 February 1950 · page 6

The executive of the Western Miners' Federation has agreed to conduct a Commonwealth-wide appeal to assist Glen Davis residents…

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12 Mines Idle Sydney

National Advocate · Wednesday 22 February 1950 · page 1

Loss of coal production today in 12,400 tons because of disputes at 12 mines. Mines idle are Abermain No. 2…

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Former Lithgow Mine Manager Has No Regrets

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 22 February 1950 · page 4

Despite the trials and tribulations of a colliery manager's life and the daily problems be had to face on the varying…

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Coal and Cold Features of U.S.A. Strike

National Advocate · Wednesday 22 February 1950 · page 4

WASHINGTON, Tuesday: The Government yesterday won a 10 day excision of the court order banning the coal trike but 370,000 miners laid their…

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Elong Coal Deposits

Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 23 February 1950 · page 2

There seems little likelihood of the commercial development of the Elong coal deposits, near Dubbo, in the near future. This is evident…

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Boy's Leg Mangled Ay Cullen Colliery

Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 23 February 1950 · page 1

So severely mutilated was a small boy's leg when he was run over and jammed by a skip while playing at Invincible colliery yesterday, that he had to have the limb amputated during an emergency operation at Portland hospital…

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Important Miners Management Meeting

Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 23 February 1950 · page 4

Faced with several contentious matters which arose since the since resumed after their three weeks' Christmas vacation, the…

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State Mine's Poor Ventilation "Ventilated"

Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 23 February 1950 · page 2

Questions regarding ventilation problems, and the delay in sinking a new shaft at the State Mine, Lithgow, were asked in the…

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