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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1951

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A.c.t.u. and Miners

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 20 February 1951 · page 3

SYDNEY: The meeting between the A.C.T.U. emergency committee and the Miners' Federation set down for to-day has…

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Law And The Miners

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 22 February 1951 · page 3

CANBERRA: The Commonwealth Government is "likely to introduce emergency legislation to deal with the…

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Miners and the Strike

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 28 February 1951 · page 3

SYDNEY: Only 749 miners out of a total of 5,000 voted yesterday at meetings on the western and southern coalfields, which…

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Gaoling of Roach Mines' Stop As Protest

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 2 March 1951 · page 5

SYDNEY: The gaoling of Edward Roach, assistant secretary to the Waterside Workers' Federation,…

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Coal Crisis

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 6 March 1951 · page 2

The state of mind of the N.S.W. Cabinet is easy to understand. Ever since they took office, the way they…

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Miners To Stop On Tuesday Next Week

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 7 March 1951 · page 5

SYDNEY: The Miners' Federation Central Council to-day recommended, to the northern miners that they hold their weekly strike on Tuesday instead of Monday. The miners' stoppage will now coincide with the 24-hour strike being held by the northern coalfield F.E.D.F.A. and will avoid an extra day's…

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Miners' Next Act

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 8 March 1951 · page 3

SYDNEY: Miners' officials are silent on the outcome of to-morrow's meeting of the Central Council of the Miners'…

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Coal Position

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 9 March 1951 · page 5

SYDNEY: The Miners' Federation Central Council is meeting to consider proposals to end the present industrial trouble…

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Mine Under City

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 16 March 1951 · page 1

South Australia is the only source of salt in Australia. streets busy the below For of the American city of Detroit,…

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Wolfram Mine To Re-open At Frogmore Pumping Machinery to Be Set Up Shortly the Wolfram Mine, Two and a Half Miles North of Frogmore Is to Again Re-open, After a Period of Inactivity of Almost Nine Years

Boorowa News · Friday 16 March 1951 · page 1

During 1932, when this mine was in full operation, it was rated as second in the State, in regard to wolfram production, to Torrington, which centre still possesses its thriving industry…

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Council Truck for Carting Coal Would Save 50% of Cartage Cost

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 19 March 1951 · page 4

The Deputy Mayor, Aid. K. Meagher, asked at the meeting of the Municipal Council on Monday night, whether the council’s own…

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Council to Cart Coal For Gasworks

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 22 March 1951 · page 1

The gas manager, Mr. J. Wagner, reported to a Municipal Council meeting that 15 tons of coal was carted by the Council’s…

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Ore From the Frogmore Mine Expected to Yield £200,000 Per 100 Ft

Boorowa News · Friday 23 March 1951 · page 1

"If the quantity of ore in the next 100ft. depth is the same as the quantity obtained in the last 100ft. to be mined, an expected return, on present prices, would be approximately £200,000."…

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Wagga Gold Cup Races

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 2 April 1951 · page 5

Prizemoney of 2500 and a cup valued at 100 guineas will be offered at the Commonwealth Jubilee Wagga Gold Cup…

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Wolfram Mine To Re-Open At Frogmore

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 4 April 1951 · page 6

Thus the "Boorowa News" The Wolfram mine, two and a half miles north of Frogmore is to again re-open after…

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For Gold Celebrations

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 6 April 1951 · page 3

A four-seater sociable on of those fabulous conveyances our grandparents tell us about, has arrived in Bathurst. It was…

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Frogmore Wolfram Mine

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 9 April 1951 · page 4

A wolfram mine, three miles from Frogmore, near Boorowa, is to be re-opened after nine years of inactivity. It is hoped that…

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New Serial On Gold "Find" To-Morrow

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 11 April 1951 · page 1

"Rainbow Gold," written by E. C. Buley, author of "Sea Urchin," "Calcutta Luck" and other adventure…

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Published by Special Arrangement. Copyright. Rainbow Gold Chapter One

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 12 April 1951 · page 2

"This about finishes the water." said Dan Prescott to his mate, Gordon Wetherby, as he painfully scooped the…

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Published by Special Arrangement. Copyright. Rainbow Gold

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 13 April 1951 · page 3

Next day they measured out the reward claim to which, as first discoverers, they were entitled. They drove in the…

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