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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 8 of 9

Zinc Mining Project at Peelwood

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 19 September 1951 · page 1

Extensive surveys and samples reveal a most promising showing of lead and zinc on the property of Mr. H. M. Fardy,…

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Goldfields Drew Post Office To Teuna

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 19 September 1951 · page 6

After alluvial gold was worked out around Abertrombie in the early fifties of last century the gold diggers moved on to…

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Work Progress At Frogmore Wolfram Mine

Boorowa News · Friday 21 September 1951 · page 1

Work is still progressing at the Frogmore Wolfram Mine, although a labour shortage still…

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Coal Excise

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 27 September 1951 · page 3

Mr. Frie J. Harrison last night introduced in the House of Representation [?] a proposal to increase excise…

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New Coal Cutter

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 1 October 1951 · page 2

A remarkable performance in coal cutting has been recorded by one of Britain's most modern mining machines—the 'ACE":…

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Patent Fuel From Coal Dust

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 2 October 1951 · page 1

A patent fuel plant which has just been opened in the Aberdare Valley, Wales, may help to revolutionise the use of fuel and…

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Coal Production Record in Sight

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 8 October 1951 · page 2

Gilbert Mant in his Sunday “Sun” column, “The Way I See It,” wrote yesterday: “COALMINERS are used to…

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49 Mines Idle on Northern Fields

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 10 October 1951 · page 3

NELWCASTLE: Forty-nine mines on the northern coalfields were idle to-day for a total production loss of 30,000 tons of coal. The Stoppage was the result of general pit-top meetings…

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Coal Awards

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 12 October 1951 · page 1

Mr. Justice Fullagar yesterday gave the Commonwealth Government until October 29 to defend awards…

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Frogmore Wolfram Mine Active

Boorowa News · Friday 12 October 1951 · page 4

FROGMORE.—In the past week or so Frogmore Wolfram mine has seen quite some activity. Farther heavy…

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Objection to Local Mining

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 12 October 1951 · page 5

Goulburn City Council last night decided to object to an application for mining within the municipality…

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Mine Stoppages

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 15 October 1951 · page 5

SYDNEY: Twenty-four of the 35 mines in western. New South Wales worked to-day, despite pit-top meetings which had been…

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Rye Park Mining Activity Extensive Developments In Wolfram And Sheelite Mining

Boorowa News · Friday 19 October 1951 · page 1

The Rye Park mine which was discovered and worked on a small scale by Mr. G. Hardiman many years ago has lately been reopened by Messrs. H. Gordon and the Edgerton Bros., and is being…

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Fight For 1,000,000 Tons of Coal

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 23 October 1951 · page 3

SYDNEY: Mine workers to-day are fighting to save 1,000,000 tons of coal at Aberdare Extended…

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Black And Gold Annual Ball

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 7 November 1951 · page 7

Between four and five hundred people attended the Goulburn Rugby League's Black and Gold Ball at the Recreation Area on…

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Red Atrocities: 1100 Left to Die in Gold Mine Shaft

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 15 November 1951 · page 3

OKYO: Eleven hundred civilians, who were murdered by Communists in Korea late last year, met their fate by being bound and gagged, then dropped down a vertical shaft of a gold mine, near Haeju, and left to die. Seven hundred met their end…

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Rye Park Wolfram Mine Activities Production Speedily Progressing

Boorowa News · Friday 16 November 1951 · page 2

RYE PARK. Production at the wolf ram mine at Rye Park is speedily progressing, and three large semi-trailers…

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All Major Equipment At Frogmore Mine Great Progress Achieved In Past Month

Boorowa News · Friday 16 November 1951 · page 1

AT THE MOMENT ALL MAJOR EQUIPMENT NECESSARY FOR THE FROGMORE WOLFRAM AND SHEELITE MINE'S WORKING IS ON THE LEASE IN THE COURSE OF ONLY FIVE WEEKS TERRIFIC PROGRESS…

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Pillar Coal

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 21 November 1951 · page 4

The men who lead the miners have refused to allow the extraction of pillar coal. Just why a community…

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Gold Find at Gundagai

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 23 November 1951 · page 5

Two Gundagal men have discovered what they believe to be a good, if riot outstanding, gold deposit in the hills north-west…

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