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

Mining & the mines, 1951

163 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 5 of 9

Third of Water Pumped From Frogmore Mine Workers Huts Under Construction

Boorowa News · Friday 25 May 1951 · page 1

ABOUT ONE-THIRD OF THE WATER HAS BEEN PUMPED OUT OF THE FROGMORE WOLFRAM MINE AND ERECTION OF WORKERS' HUTS HAS COMMENCED. CONSIDERABLE PROGRESS HAS BEEN MADE…

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Mine Manager Resigns

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 28 May 1951 · page 1

The resignation is announced of Mr. W. Tyler, who, for nearly five years, has been general manager at Captain's Flat…

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Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 28 May 1951 · page 6

"The man who asked you to marry him, and whom you promised to marry, appears to be in Australia," he said. "This…

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Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 29 May 1951 · page 6

"I mustn't," Gladya said. "I daern't." "We pay for letters and pictures like that, if we make…

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Hopes of Saving Men in Mine Vanish

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 30 May 1951 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday: Hopes of saving more than 60 miners entombed behind a 1000 foot thick wall, following the explosion early yesterday morning in Easington Colliery, Durham, were practically gone last night…

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Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 30 May 1951 · page 8

The accompanying letter-press made Eve wonder if she were hot still in the grip of night mare. The reporter had…

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No Beer—No Coal

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 31 May 1951 · page 4

"No beer—no coal,'" recently said the secretary of the Wonthaggi branch of the Miners' Federation, Mr…

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Hope Now Abandoned for Durham Miners

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 31 May 1951 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday: Hope was officially night for the sixty miners entombed by the ton colliery at Durham early on Tuesday The revised casualty list issued last…

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Northern Coal to Be Used at Gasworks

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 31 May 1951 · page 4

Instead of making better gas at Yass, as was expected, Wallera-wang coal left several feet of clinker in the retorts, it was…

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Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 31 May 1951 · page 8

"They say our goldmine is a dust heap." Mrs. Medlicott said, in her gentle, cooing fashion. "We've got to prove that it is all…

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Mines to Re-open

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 1 June 1951 · page 4

The ancient silver, lead and zinc mines of Lavrion, from which Athenians got their wealth 2500 years ago, will…

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Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 1 June 1951 · page 3

Eve checked herself on the verge of crying out that it was easy for Frankie because she did not really care…

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Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 4 June 1951 · page 8

"I Know all that I want to know," Eve said loftily. "Nonsense, my dear," replied this astonishing woman…

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Mines, Ports Idle

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 5 June 1951 · page 5

SYDNEY: A round-up of Australia shows that 28 mines were idle to-day, while only three ports—Fremantle,…

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Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 5 June 1951 · page 8

"He'll turn up again, I expect," Mrs. Medlicott said, in her placid way. "He's not the man to hide away when there…

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Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 6 June 1951 · page 8

Cairns tells me that I have no ground for a libel action But Dn[?] is another matter. Westerby has only to…

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Explosives Shortage Hits Mines

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 7 June 1951 · page 1

An acute shortage of explosives threatens to seriously affect coal production on the western field and…

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Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 7 June 1951 · page 8

It won't hurt him to know that there's all the capital needed for working the mine, eh?"…

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Coal Position In South "Chronic"

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 8 June 1951 · page 1

The coal shortage is so acute that men at Goulburn Loco have had to wash out the coal bins in an endeavour to obtain sufficient fuel to keep train services running…

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Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 8 June 1951 · page 2

Not only that. Dan had launched his fortunes on the waterless desert in a ram-shackle motor-car which had to…

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