Mine Accidents
D. E. Murphy after treatment for a strained right knee was taken from the North Mine to his home at 125 Brazil Street yesterday…
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Mining & the mines, 1947
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Old Burra Copper Mine To Be Auctioned
The old Durra mine, the discovery of which in 1845 is regarded as marking the start of a new era in the history of South Australia, will be sold by auction…
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TOKIO, June 26.— "It is the most incredible action General MacArthur has ever taken," said a high Australian official commenting on General MacArthur's announcement that he had authorised the Japanese to…
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J. E. Luckman was taken from the North Mine to the Hospital for X-ray following abrasions to the right instep yesterday. He was taken home to 147…
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Newcastle, June 27 —Hydraulic stowage will be used for the extraction of coal for the first time of Aberdare Extended mine of Cessnock on July 7. Coal will be got from pillars which hitherto had been left in the mines to prevent roofs…
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Sydney, June 29. — For the first time since December 6 of lost year, not one miner was on strike in N.S.W. on Friday. Only one mine was idle, the…
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New York, June 29. — The "New York Post" explains that steel and other industries have been curtailing production primarily for a year. The…
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Paris, June 29—M. Molotov at a banquet which the three Foreign Ministers attended said that hopes for the success of the conference on the economic reconstruction of Europe were justified. He added: "All three of us have a will to surmount…
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Yesterday at re Zinc Corporation Herold Davis, her, suffered a compound fracture [?] finger. He was taken to the Hotel and treated, and…
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Paris, June 29.—The French Cabinet has approved the terms of an agreement with the leader of the 250,000 coalminers who are on strike, and it is expected that…
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Kalgoorlie. June 30.—Messrs. P. and I. Mazza have just won eleven hundred and seventy pounds worth of gold from forty tons of ore. They crushed it from…
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Two casualties from the South Mine yesterday were Mr. A. O. Johnson of 321 Lane Street. injured finger, and Robert McCarthy of 245 Blende Street, injuries…
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The Inter-Mine Tennis Association draw for July 5 is as follows:— North 1 v North 2, North Park; Zinc 1 v Zinc 2, Hillside; South 1,…
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Washington. July 1.—The U.S. flag was hauled down on the coal fields at noon yesterday — 12 hours before the expiration of the War Labor Disputes…
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Broken Hill mine workers have been waiting for a long time for the promised pension scheme to mature. They are still waiting — and wondering…
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A. K. Barrett was treated at the Hospital yesterday for injuries to the nose. He was taken from the Zinc Corporation and later home to 159 Ryan Street…
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O. D. Jewcr. of the Zinc Mine was treated at the Hospital yesterday for injuries to a foot. He was later taken home to 343 Williams Lane…
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CANBERRA.—Harmful dust in mines was so very fine and invisible to the naked eye that it should be treated as gas, declared…
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TOTAL number of employees engaged on the line of lode has passed the 5,000 mark, the figures for June being 69 in…
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Washington, July 3—Big concessions in wages and hours have been won for the United Mineworkers Unions by their leader, Mr. John L. Lewis, according to the American Associated Press, following an announcement that Mr. Lewis and the…
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