Safety in Mines
Mr. R. G., Whalan (senior inspector of mines at Broken [?] reports that, the average number of men employed at the mines in…
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Mining & the mines, 1950
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Coal for Victoria
Brisbane.—Loading of the first trial shipment of 7400 tons of Cal Ilde coal will begin at G[?]tone next Monday…
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Special trains and planes from Adelaide and Sydney, an Sunday will bring back the first of the Mine holiday-makers to Broken…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Mine 'Employment And Fatality Figures
Mr. R. C. Whalan, the local Senior Inspector of Mines reports that the average number of men employed at the Broken Hill mines in the year 1945…
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New Torie, January 3.—Nearly 16,000 coal miners are on strike in Illinois and Indiana. Individual strikers said they…
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Fronsdorf. Austria. January 3.—Six coal miners were killed and dozens of others injured and about one hundred trapped by a gas explosion in the…
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Vienna, January 4. — Six coalminers were killed and dozens of others injured by a gas explosion in the Widisky…
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Sydney. January 4— [?] Commissioner [?] that train [?] ocated in the new [?]…
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Adelaide. January 4.—As service stocks of coal obtained by the S.A. Electricity Trust from south Africa haw been largely exhausted to maintain Christmas…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →North Mine Starts Monday Influx Begins Over Week-End
The Influx of people from holiday centres will begin in earnest over the week-end when mine employees will return by car, train and air for…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →North Mine Output
During the six weeks ended December 31, 1949, North Broken Hill mine mill treated 27,528 tons of crude ore with a head grade…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Nationalists Claim Mine Laying British Investigate
Hong Kong (AAP-Reuter. January 5. —British shipping interests are investigating a report that the Nationalist Navy claims it has strengthened the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →U.k. Gold Reserve Increase
London, January 5.—Britain's gold reserves at the end of 1949 are believed to have been better than at any time since the drain,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Drilling for Coal in South Aust
Adelaide.—Drilling showed promise that the Moorlands coal deposits would justify development in the near future the Mines…
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Geneva. January 6.—An Increase in coal exports from Britain will help Europe regain its pre-war self-sufficiency according to a review…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →North Mine Resumes Today
The North Mine commenced operations for 1950 last midnight following the return of hundreds of holiday makers yesterday by plane, train and road…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →North Mine Opens for New Year
North mine's first shift for the year started at 12 o'clock last night. Taxis were busy yesterday catering for the mine's returning employees, who came by special…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Japanese Pay Siam in Gold
Tokio, January 8.—First shipments of Japanese gold in part payment for Siam's wartime services…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Northern Coalies Resume Today First Coal to Be Rushed South
Sydney, January 8.—The Joint Coal Board has issued instructions for cool produced from Northern N.S.W. mines tomorrow to be rushed to Sydney, Melbourne and Adelaide for use by essential services. The first coal will be on the way to…
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Melbourne.—Eleven members of the company of the play "Edward, My Son," who took out gold prospectors' licences last week…
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