Old Gold-specker Finds £79 Nugget
MELBOURNE.— James Downing (73), British naval pensioner, picked up a nugget worth £79 at Timor, about 150 miles from Melbourne. The…
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Mining & the mines, 1942
661 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 11 of 34
Prospected Mine Which Became Richest In Papua; Now Visiting Broken Hill
TEWENTY-SEVEN years ago a man left Broken Hill, sailed to wild Papua, prospected a gold mine which in the years since became the biggest gold mine there. He was underground manager throughout that period. In January of this year, when the Japs came Papua-way, he had…
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JOHANNESBURG, June 22. — One hundred yards of gold, hanging like icicles from jagged rocks, have been found in the re-discovered…
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A warning against taking coal from the locomotive shed at Crystal Street railway by boys and others was issued today by police. Several offenders…
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SYDNEY.—Including three of the largest mines in the South, five colleries, employing more than 1500 men and producing about 4560 tons of coal…
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THE matter of water from Brazil Street being drained through the North Reserve is to be brought under the notice of the North mine by the City Council. At last night's meeting of the Council the City Engineer (Mr. C. A. Almeida) submitted a special report which read:—…
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SYDNEY.—Twelve mines on three New South Wales coalfields were idle today, involving 3212 men with a loss of production of 10,000 tons…
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MELBOURNE.—Under a decision of the Department of War Organisation of Industry, the mine of North Nell Gwynne Gold Mines. N.L., has…
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SYDNEY.—Seven mines were completely idle and two partly on the N.S.W. coalfields today. Stoppages at the mines involve…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Disputes At Seven Coal Mines SYDNEY, June 30
Disputes caused seven mines to be completely idle and two partly on the New South Wales coalfields today, while [?] occurred at two other mines…
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Charles Bottrell, a miner at the North was allowed to go to his home at 505 Chapple Street yesterday after being treated at the Hospital for lacerations to…
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At the Zinc Corporation last night H. O. Buchecker suffered scalp wounds and a bruised shoulder when he was struck by a stone rolling out from a chute. He…
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NEW YORK, July 1.—The State Salvage Committee in Hanover (Mass.), reports that 3,000,0001b. of rubber was found on the site of an…
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SYDNEY.—Compared with about 2000 yesterday, less than 600 miners were idle in New South Wales coal fields today when disputes and…
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Although 1,100 miners who were on [?] yesterday have resumed work, eight…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Miners' Pensions New Provisions To Operate Soon SYDNEY, July 1
Amendments to the Coal and Oil Shale Mine Workers' Pensions Bill, which were announced by the Minister for Mines. Mr. Baddeley, today will…
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SYDNEY.—Legislation to restore Ministerial control of the State coal mine at Lithgow may be introduced by the Minister for Mines (Mr…
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Jack Corradini, of 304 Morish Street, a miner at the North Mine, was treated at the Hospital yesterday for chest injury…
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Jack Corra[?] Morish Street, miner at the North was treated at the Hospital yesterday for a chest injury. A. J. Jones had a [?] of his left [?]…
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LONDON, July 2.—An end has come to the system of privately-owned coal royalties, which has lasted for 374 years and yielded a total of £1000 million to royalty owners. The Government will pay out £66,450,000 to about four million royalty owners, and will become the sole landlord…
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