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

Mining & the mines, 1952

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Lost Gold Watch

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 19 June 1952 · page 3

Mr. David Bullman always seems to be around to lend a helping hand when the pressure is on…

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Interesting Geological Formations at Mine

Boorowa News · Friday 20 June 1952 · page 7

Geological formations in and near the mine are interesting and belong to an ancient period of rock…

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Location of and Access to Mine

Boorowa News · Friday 20 June 1952 · page 4

The mine is situated on Mining Leases 1 to 9, Parish of Alton, County King, 21 miles north-north-east of Boorowa…

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Mine's Canteen Committee Provides Many Amenities One Of Best Mess Houses In Country

Boorowa News · Friday 20 June 1952 · page 4

The mine's canteen committee has done a particularly fine job since its inauguration on January 3 this year. On that day, the first day of work, following the Christmas-New Year break, the mess house, declared one of the best in Australia,…

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Frogmore Mine to Again Go Into Production Valuable Ores of Tungsten to Be Mined Nearing Production Stage

Boorowa News · Friday 20 June 1952 · page 4

The stage where actual steady production of the valuable ores tungsten (wolfram and scheelite) is almost reached and mechanical equipment for their treatment is nearing its final stages of installation. Frogmore tungsten mine, an active mining centre in days gone by,…

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Big Possibilities In Tin Mining At Rye Park

Boorowa News · Friday 27 June 1952 · page 1

A revival of the roaring mining days of last century, seem to be coming back to the Boorowa district, where a number of important mines are in various stages of development among a large number of other less important deposits, but with…

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Good Prospects for Kangiara Mines

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 3 July 1952 · page 1

The bores which are being put down at the Kangiara lead and copper mines are showing very favourable and satisfactory…

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Improvement In U.K. Gold - Dollar Funds

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 3 July 1952 · page 3

LONDON, Thursday: Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr. Richard Butler, told, the House of Commons yesterday there had been a "considerable improvement" in the nation's gold…

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Miners Wanted

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 4 July 1952 · page 5

SYDNEY: To-day a coal authority revealed that there were about 150 vacancies, mostly for underground…

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Big Coal Loss

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 7 July 1952 · page 3

Protest stoppages over the closures of Glen Davis shale oil plant caused a total loss of 69,000 tons of coal, according to…

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Miners Want More Pay

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 9 July 1952 · page 3

The Miners' Federation yesterday lodged claims for substantial wage increases and a shorter working week for its…

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Coal Output Up 22 Per.cent

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 10 July 1952 · page 3

SYDNEY: N.S.W. coal production for the first six months of 1952 rose. by 22 per cent., compared with…

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Good Prospects for Kangiara Mines

Boorowa News · Friday 11 July 1952 · page 2

The bores which are being put down at the Kangiara lead and copper mines are showing very favourable and…

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No Unemployment For Miners — Spooner

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 14 July 1952 · page 3

SYDNEY: Mine workers did not have the "slightest need" to fear unemployment, the Minister for National Development, Senator Spooner, said last night. Senator Spooner was commenting on a report that the…

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U.k. Coal Export

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 17 July 1952 · page 7

For the third time in four months Britain has raised her coal export target. The new figure will be 12.5 million tons…

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Coal Record

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 18 July 1952 · page 1

SYDNEY: The Minister for National Development, Senator Spooner, announced to-day that N.S.W. had…

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Good Coal Output

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 22 July 1952 · page 3

Miners produced an average of 70,000 tons of coal a day during the week ending July 12, this being the highest output for…

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Rye Park Tungsten Mine Not A New Discovery First Commenced In 1914

Boorowa News · Friday 1 August 1952 · page 1

During the past the year so much publicity has been given the Rye Park tungsten mine, now in active stages of prospecting and preparation for production has caused considerable speculation. What this…

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“The Pot of Gold”

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 4 August 1952 · page 2

Last Friday the Cowra “Guardian” entered the arena and poured some oil on the troubled waters, or did it?…

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U.S. Won Forty Gold Medals: Six To Aust

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 4 August 1952 · page 8

HELSINKI Monday: The United States won 40 gold medals out of a possible 155 at the Olympic Games…

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