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

Mining & the mines, 1952

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Support For South African Gold Claims

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 10 September 1952 · page 1

MEXICO CITY, Wed.-- Australian Ambassador to the United States (Sir Peroy Spender) yesterday…

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Stoppage At State Mine

Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 11 September 1952 · page 1

Protesting against tin reinstatement of an employee stood down last month, State Mine employees returned…

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Uranium From Gold Area Slime Deposits

National Advocate · Thursday 11 September 1952 · page 7

LONDON, Wednesday: South Africa's new Crange Free State goldfield will produce uranium. The Anglo American Corporation of…

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Increase in Gold Price Urged Reserves Inadequate

National Advocate · Thursday 11 September 1952 · page 7

MEXICO CITY, Wednesday: Australian Ambassador to the United States, Sir Percy Spender, yesterday supported South Africa's advocacy of…

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Spender Supports Move For Gold Price Rise

Central Western Daily · Thursday 11 September 1952 · page 3

MEXICO CITY, Wednesday. — Australian Ambassador to the United States, Sir Percy Spender, yesterday supported South Africa’s advocacy of an increase in the price of gold…

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Gold Medal Winner

Central Western Daily · Friday 12 September 1952 · page 1

Dr R. P. McCloskey, of the Victorian State health Department was presented with the Gold…

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Only One Mine Not Working

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 12 September 1952 · page 2

With the return to work this morning of State Mine employees, all was reported quiet on the western field…

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Farouk As Gold Smuggler

National Advocate · Friday 12 September 1952 · page 6

NEW YORK, Thursday: Egyptian Army raiding parties had seized evidence purporting to show that ex King Parouk smuggled gold out of…

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Five Western Mines Idle

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 15 September 1952 · page 3

Resulting from a report on the Ivanhoe dispute by members of the Western Miners' Federation Board of…

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Wot! No Gold Passes

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 15 September 1952 · page 1

CAIRO, Monday.--The manner in which new Egyptian Cabinet Members approach their work…

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Campaign For Production Of Gas Coal

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 17 September 1952 · page 1

SYDNEY, This Afternoon. The Minister for National Development (Sen. Spooner) said today that men and…

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Special Efforts to Halt Fire at Portland Mine

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 17 September 1952 · page 2

In order to damp down the fire burning in a shale seam above the Ivanhoe Colliery workings at Portland the western Joint Coal Hoard office has sanctioned the use of limestone from the nearby…

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Western Coal Firms Quoted by Politicians

Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 18 September 1952 · page 1

Charges by Senator W. P. Ashley that the Joint Coal Board had been corrupted by the Federal Government's political interference designed to get an increased price of coal for colliery proprietors,…

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To Use Explosives Against Mine Fire

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 19 September 1952 · page 1

In a determined effort to halt the fire which has been burning inwards towards the Ivanhoe Colliery workings at Portland, Commonwealth Portland Cement authorities have decided to use…

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Thailand Mining Expert Here

Central Western Daily · Friday 19 September 1952 · page 1

Mr Pathom Gajasent, Director-General of Mines in Thailand, is in Australia to study open-cut…

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Men Killed in Mine W. A. Accident

National Advocate · Saturday 20 September 1952 · page 8

KALGOORLIE, Friday: A fall of sand killed two men this morning on the Golden Mile at Kalgoorlie. The men were boring into the face…

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Preparations For Blasting Mine Fire

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 22 September 1952 · page 3

Return of Ivanhoe Colliery, Portland, to full production in the near future depends on the success of large-scale blasting operations this week, aimed at bringing down part of the…

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Miners' Board Protest Against Hospital Charges

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 22 September 1952 · page 2

The Western Miners' Federation Board of Management, which met last week to consider the…

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Inter-Union Dispute At State Mine

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 22 September 1952 · page 3

The State Mine, which, in the past two years, has experienced an excellent working record, was idle to-day…

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Board Cuts Price of Coal in N.S.W. Consumer Benefit

National Advocate · Monday 22 September 1952 · page 1

SYDNEY, Sunday: The price of NSW coal will be reduced us the result of a decision by the Joint Council Board to cut the premium rate for…

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