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

Mining & the mines, 1952

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Mining Projecct At Reid's Flat

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 9 January 1952 · page 1

Broken Mill Proprietary may shortly take over an area of land at Reid's Flat for the mining of valuable…

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Good Year for Miners

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 11 January 1952 · page 3

In addition to creating new production records during 1951 western miners enjoyed their most successful year gaining…

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Mining Project at Reid's Flat Broken Hill Proprietary To Carry Out Tests

Boorowa News · Friday 11 January 1952 · page 1

Broken Hill Proprietary may shortly take over an area of land at Reid's Flat for the mining of a valuable mineral ore. The ore, which contains 11 ozs. of silver, 10 per cent. copper, two per cent. lead and two per cent. zinc per ton, was…

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Many Killed in Mine Explosion

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 15 January 1952 · page 3

STELLARTON, NOVA SCOTIA, Monday: An explosion ripped through the McGregor coalmine here yesterday, killing between 16 and 19 miners…

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British Coal Quiz

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 24 January 1952 · page 3

LONDON: The National Coal Board want to know how much coal firms will want in 1955, 1960, and 1965…

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Tungsten: Local District Mines Nation's New Wealth

Boorowa News · Friday 8 February 1952 · page 3

In the Boorowa district two mines, Frogmore and Rye Park, are mining the ores of tungsten—new found wealth for Australia. What are these tungsten ores? Primarily they are…

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Explosion in Red Uranium Mine

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 11 February 1952 · page 3

BERLIN, Monday: An explosion in a Soviet zone uranium mine last Wednesday is reported to have killed 162 members of…

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Two Houses In Two Weeks At Frogmore Mine

Boorowa News · Friday 22 February 1952 · page 1

The Frogmore Tungsten mine is a hive of activity as work of preparation continues at an increasing pace. Two houses have been erected in a fortnight One of the houses was a ready-cut home made in…

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Atom, Not Cheaper Than Coal

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 26 February 1952 · page 3

MELBOURNE: Nuclear power will never be much cheaper than coal power, Professor M. L. Oliphant, director of physical…

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Coal and Recovery

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 27 February 1952 · page 5

LONDON: Experts set the task of devising means to surmount our desperate financial difficulties say that Mr. Churchill has…

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Frogmore Mine Topics Darts Challenge

Boorowa News · Friday 29 February 1952 · page 3

A team of six darts players from the Tungsten mine has issued a challenge to all and any comers at darts…

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Tin Mine Opening Near Rye Park

Boorowa News · Friday 29 February 1952 · page 1

Ten miles cast of Rye Park a tin find has been discovered and will shortly be in production…

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Big Increase in Coal

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 3 March 1952 · page 8

SYDNEY: The Minister for National Development, Senaior W. H. Spooner, yesterday announced that New…

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Money in Gold

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 4 March 1952 · page 6

LONDON: A new method for the precision casting of precious metals has been adopted by one of Britain's…

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Politics on the Gold Coast

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 6 March 1952 · page 5

ACCRA, Thursday: A Gold Coast African politician, Kwame Nkrumah, who was released from prison only last month,…

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Reid's Flat Mine Lease Challenged Non Compliance With Labour Coalitions Mines Minister to Decide

Boorowa News · Friday 7 March 1952 · page 1

In the Warden's Court held at Boorowa last week, all evidence in the case brought against William Cowan for non-compliance with labour conditions on the Mark's Mine at Reid's Flat is to be forwarded to the Minister for Mines…

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Gold Hoarding In France

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 13 March 1952 · page 8

PARIS :The French people have hidden away so much gold that the total hoard is now estimated to be second…

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Nine Mines Are Idle

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 24 March 1952 · page 5

NEWCASTLE: Nine northern mines to-day struck in sympathy with Richmond Main colliery which has been idle since March…

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11 Mines Idle

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 25 March 1952 · page 4

NEWCASTLE: Eleven mines were idle on the northern coalfields to-day for a loss of 5400 tons of coal…

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Goose Was Gold Digger

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 27 March 1952 · page 1

Miss El ma Smith, a Blakney Creek resident, claims to have killed a descendant of that well known character…

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