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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1954

137 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 7 of 7

Mt. Isa Mines Profit £2M

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 7 December 1954 · page 1

BRISBANE, Monday--Mt. Isa Mines Ltd. realised a net profit for the year of £2,096,274. This was stated to-day by the…

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Mining Claims Granted

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 7 December 1954 · page 1

DARWIN, Mon.--Four mineral claims in the rich South Alligator River uranium field, which have…

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Coal Board View On Margins

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 7 December 1954 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday--The Joint Coal Board would not oppose any marginal increases for mine-workers based on economic grounds, Mr. W. Winning told…

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Miners Killed by Explosion

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 8 December 1954 · page 3

MARYBOROUGH, Tues. --An explosion killed two miners at the Golden Plateau Mining Company,…

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New Tunnel At Nymboida Mine

Daily Examiner · Friday 10 December 1954 · page 3

Nymboida Colliers Pty. Ltd. will open a new tunnel at the coalmine to-day. Mr. C. G. Wingfield, M.L.A., will perfrom the official opening ceremony by…

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Death Of Queensland Mines Minister

Daily Examiner · Friday 10 December 1954 · page 2

BRISBANE. Thurs.--Queensland Mines Minister, Mr. E. J. Riordan, died at his home in Ashgrove,…

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Nymboida Coal Boosts Output

Daily Examiner · Saturday 11 December 1954 · page 3

With a twist of the wrist, Mr. C. G. Wingfield, M.L.A., for Clarence, yesterday set one of the Clarence region's most valuable industries on an important stage…

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Trapped in Mine

Daily Examiner · Monday 13 December 1954 · page 1

NAGPUR (Central India), Sun.--At least 64 miners at Newton Chikhali Colliery at Parasia, were feared…

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Christmas Function For Mine Hosts

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 15 December 1954 · page 2

Mine hosts from hotels in the Clarence and Coffs Harbour districts, and their wives, were entertained to…

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Mine Equipment Not Fit To Use Says Foreman

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 15 December 1954 · page 5

BOWEN, Tuesday.--A trained rescue team was not available, and rescue equipment was not fit to use, at…

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Margin Increases In Coal Industry Experts Say Rise In Price Likely

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 15 December 1954 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tuesday.--The Coal Industry Tribunal, Mr. Gallagher, to-day granted as much as 7½ percent. marginal increases to certain employees in the mining industry…

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Nymboida Coal Mine Expansion

Daily Examiner · Thursday 16 December 1954 · page 8

Mr. C. G. Wingfield, Member for Clarence, exploded a charge of gelignite to start a new tunnel for Nymboida Colliery Pty. Ltd. Top photo shows the…

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Give Nymboida Miners A Spell

Daily Examiner · Thursday 16 December 1954 · page 7

The Mayor of Grafton, Ald. L. W. Bout ell, and the Town Clerk, Mr. Wilfred C. Sheather, give two Nymboida Colliery miners a spell on the shovels at the coal face 400 yards and ground at the Nymboida mine. They were members of a party which inspected the mine at work on…

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Could Not Have Saved Miners

Daily Examiner · Thursday 16 December 1954 · page 1

BOWEN. Wed.--The introduction of a 100 per cent, efficient rescue team with first-class equipment could…

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Record Year For Coal Industry

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 22 December 1954 · page 3

SYDNEY, Tuesday. -- Coal consumption in 1954 reached a new record, the Chairman of the Joint Coal Board (Mr. S. F. Cochran), said to-day…

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Interest In Coal From Australia

Daily Examiner · Monday 27 December 1954 · page 1

SYDNEY, Sun.--Definite prospects existed of expanding Australia's export coal trade by concentrating…

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Mining Rush

Daily Examiner · Thursday 30 December 1954 · page 3

BRISBANE, Wed.--Mt. Larcom (Central Queensland) is in the grip of a mild mining rush, following…

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