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

Mining & the mines, 1952

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Tungsten Mine Dam Bursts

Boorowa News · Friday 28 March 1952 · page 1

Sunday's rain was so heavy and consistent that water which banked up behind the walls of the new dam at the…

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Petrol From Coal

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 7 April 1952 · page 3

A process which makes production of petrol, fuels and chemicals from coal hydrogenation economically feasible for the…

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Good Day at the Mines

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 10 April 1952 · page 5

SYDNEY: All N.S.W. mines were working today, and the production of coal was expected to be 63,000…

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£100,000 Company May Mine Wolfram, Scheelite, at Rye Park

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 10 April 1952 · page 1

Following drilling of 40 test bores on a property at Rye Park, prospects for extensive mining of scheelite and wolfram appear to be very bright. It is probable if further tests disclose deposits of…

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Sport News Gold Cup Meetings At Two Country Centres: First Soccer On

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 17 April 1952 · page 6

Plans for two of the biggest country race meetings—the Albury and Wagga Gold Cups— are being made and many Goulburn bookmakers and racing followers are expected to attend…

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£100,000 Company May Mine Wolfram, Scheelite At Rye Park Prospects Appear To Be Very Bright

Boorowa News · Friday 18 April 1952 · page 1

Following drilling of 40 test bores on a property at Rye Park, prospects for extensive mining of scheelite and wolfram appear to be very bright. It is probable, if further tests disclose deposits of the two…

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13 Mines Idle

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 22 April 1952 · page 5

SYDNEY: Thirteen N.S.W. mines were idle to-day for a loss of 10,000 tons of coal. Most of them were idle for…

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Nine Bars of Gold

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 23 April 1952 · page 8

PERTH: Police have seized gold worth £3,500 near New Norcia. They charged two men,…

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Coal Strike

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 30 April 1952 · page 3

NEWCASTLE: Men at northern mines went on strike today in protest against a Wage decision by the Coal Industry…

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Kangaira Mines May Be Re-opened

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 5 May 1952 · page 1

There is a strong rumour going the rounds that the Kangiara copper and lead mines may be opened up…

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Qld. Mine Strike

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 6 May 1952 · page 3

BRISBANE: A State -wide strike of coalminers is expected to follow the refusal to-day, to work by 130 Scottsville miners…

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Gold Water

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 7 May 1952 · page 4

Nobody's drinking any water in Como, Italy, just now. Nor is used water thrown away. It's been discovered that the town's…

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Kangiara Mines

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 8 May 1952 · page 4

Regarding the report from our Kangiara correspondent that there is a possibility of copper and lead mining at that centre being…

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Shortage of Gas Coal

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 22 May 1952 · page 5

Principally because 1951 was a record coal year, they approached the coming winter with a great deal more coal in the…

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£45,000 Stolen in Gold Bars

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 23 May 1952 · page 3

MONTREAL, Thursday: Thieves used a blow torch to open a vault from which they stole four gold bricks…

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Western Mines Resume

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 5 June 1952 · page 3

LITHGOW: All western mines resumed work to-day. The men were ordered to return by the western branch of the Miners'…

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Work at Kangiara Copper Mines

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 5 June 1952 · page 4

Four men are working two shifts at the Kangiara copper and lead mines. They are operating a boring machine which is down…

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Kangiara Mines May Be Re-opened

Boorowa News · Friday 6 June 1952 · page 1

There is a strong rumor going the rounds that the Kangiara copper and lead mines may be opened up…

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Back to the Gold Standard in France

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 13 June 1952 · page 1

PARIS: The French take a pride in the artistic appearance of their paper money, but the only French currency that has their unswerving, faith is the little gold coin about the size of sixpence…

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Miners and Glen Davis

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 18 June 1952 · page 4

SYDNEY: Fifty-three mines were idle on the southern and western fields to-day in protest against the decision of the…

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