Britain's Coal Output Higher for 1951
LONDON, Wednesday: Britain's output of coal in 1951 of nearly 223 million tons, was 7.8 million tons greater than in the previous year…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee) · Mining & the mines
Mining & the mines, 1952
493 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 14 of 25
New Efforts to Recover Gold From Sunken Ship
LONDON, Wednesday: Further attempts are to be made to salvage the wreck of the Spanish galleon Daquede Florencia, lying in Tobermory Bay,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Council Makes Enquiries On Coal Supplies
Following a decision by the last meeting of the City Council to investigate the apparent shortage of domestic…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Western Coal Pumped Owing To Order lack
With two of the main open-cut loading points on the western field idle today because of lack of orders, thousands of tons of coal were again dumped at Commonwealth and Ben Bullen screens…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Court Action Likely on Mining Dispute
Further developments at Kerosene Vale open-cut, where 85 employees recently received dismissal notices, indicate that the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Coal Output Increased by 21 p.c
SYDNEY, Friday: New South Water coal production to June 23 was 21 per cent, or 1,232,100 tons higher than during the corresponding period last…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Mine "Battle Front" Kerosene Valley Dispute Police Alerted at 'Wang
SYDNEY, Sunday: Police reported today that all was quiet on the Kerosene Vale open - cut "battlefront." Opposing sides were…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Coal Found in London
LONDON.—Coal is believed to have been discovered under a row of shops at Mill Hill, a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Floating Mine Menace Ships Warned
BRISBANE, Monday; Ships in North Queensland waters were warned this afternoon of a floating mine. The Deputy Director of Navigation…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mining Applications Granted
At Bathurst Warden's Court yesterday, Mr. Ward, S.M., granted two applications by the Aurdus Mining Holdings Pty. Ltd., to enter land…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Coal Imports to Be Restricted
CANBERRA, Wednesday: The Minister for National Development, Senator Spooner, disclosed today that the Commonwealth was considering…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Coal Board To Dispose Of Wang Housing Blocks
Nine building blocks In Wallerawang have been made available by the Joint Coal Board which has called…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Lidsdale Coal Washing Plant
A new coal washing plant in the west, owned and operated by the N.S.W. Mining Company, came into production last December and--during the Christmas coal lift--treated and delivered up…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Glen Davis Miners To Get Preference
Although permission cannot be given for miners from Glen Davis to fill vacancies at other district pits unless they produce lodge clearances, jobs are being reserved for them by the Western…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Western Field Coal Orders Under Normal
Lack of orders to-day caused two of the four principal open-cut loading points on this field to be again idle,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mines Idle Shortage of Coal Trucks
NEWCASTLE. Friday: Eight mines on the northern coalfield did not work today because no empty coal waggens were available…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →World Record Allowed Gold Medal for Strickland
HELSINKI, Friday: Australian Shirley Strickland's world record of 10 point 9 seconds, clocked by her in winning the final of the Olympic 30…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Many Mines Under Water
Extensive flooding on the western coalfields today caused a big coal loss, most open cuts being out of production…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mining Personalities Sidelights From the Western Field
When you strike a man who owns a dozen cutthroat razors, you generally don't enquire too closely into his motives. Those of Eric Thompson, however, we found to be quite innocent--he finds he gets a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Marjorie Jackson Certain To Win Her Third Gold Medal
HELSINKI, Sunday.—Marjorie Jackson now appears certain to become the first Australian to win three Gold Medals at any one Olympiad. The 20-years-old Lithgow flash yesterday…
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