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

Mining & the mines, 1952

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Rye Park Mine Shares Over-subscribed

Boorowa News · Friday 7 November 1952 · page 6

In the Sydney newspapers last week it was disclosed that shares in the newly-formed Mininig Company. Rye Park…

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High Potential of Frogmore Tungsten Mine Yield Steadily Increasing Each Week

Boorowa News · Friday 7 November 1952 · page 1

A report received from the Secretary of Tungsten Consolidated Ltd., the Company controlling the Frogmore Mine, indicates that the present production is one ton per week, and that the production figures is increasing each week…

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History and Development of Rye Park Mine Considered Great 'Tungsten Producer' Optimistic Claims by Company

Boorowa News · Friday 7 November 1952 · page 6

It is considered that the Rye Park Tungsten Mine, 12 miles from Boorowa, may be regarded as a tungsten producer of considerable magnitude and accordingly arrangements have been made for its development as such…

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Mining at Rye Park in 1915 Many Subsequent Attempts at Development

Boorowa News · Friday 7 November 1952 · page 6

The Rye Park mine was apparently first worked for wolfram in 1915 by G. Stevenson, of which production…

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Coal Profit

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 12 November 1952 · page 3

SYDNEY: The State Coal Mines at Awaba and Lithgow made a surplus of £5,912/15/ for the year ended June 30…

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Cobar in State of Suspense Big Mine Expected To Close Down

Boorowa News · Friday 14 November 1952 · page 4

With water scarce and its very existence threatened, the town of Cobar is facing what residents claim will be the…

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Golf H. Mine Wins Patron's Knockout Competition

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 19 November 1952 · page 5

Club champion, Harold Hine produced brilliant golf to win the final of the Patron's knockout competition from his rapidly improving opponent, Keith Rowe, on Saturday…

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Miners Return

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 20 November 1952 · page 7

SYDNEY: A number of mines on the northern field, which were on strike yesterday following inspection by a local coal…

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Over 1000 Miners on Strike

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 24 November 1952 · page 3

SYDNEY: More than a thousand men in mine northern coalmines to-day struck in sympathy with the 27 stay-in miners at Great Greta colkery. Most of the idle mines are…

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Mines Idle

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 25 November 1952 · page 1

SYDNEY: Twelve N.S.W. coal mines wore idle to-day in protest against dismissals at Great Greta colliery on the northern…

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Progress at Rye Park Scheelite Mine

Boorowa News · Friday 28 November 1952 · page 1

A tender has been accepted for the drilling of an additional 3000 feet of cored holes in order to further delimit the ore bodies at Rye Park Scheelite Mine. Work is also proceeding concerning the best methods of…

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59 Bags of Ore Valued at £2,500 Production Figures At Frogmore Tungsten Mine

Boorowa News · Friday 28 November 1952 · page 1

Since production commenced at Frogmore Tungsten Mine 59 bags of ore valued at approximately…

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Straight Talk By Tribunal Coal Problems

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 2 December 1952 · page 3

SYDNEY: Reluctance of some mine owners to confer on a genuine basis with employees would suggest an indifference to the fate of small collieries, the Coal Industry Tribunal, Mr. Gallagher, said to-day…

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Optimism on Future of Coal

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 3 December 1952 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wednesday: Caol will not be displaced by atomic energy either within the next ten years or in the foreseeable future if the N.S.W. coal…

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Lake George Mine's £500 For Party

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 4 December 1952 · page 1

A committee headed by Mr. J. C. Gardner, representing the Lake George Mine, met on Tuesday, to…

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Lease of Dam Site for Mining

Boorowa News · Friday 5 December 1952 · page 3

Permission was granted Messrs. J. L. Edgerton, L. A. C. Edgerton, and H. J. Gordon at the Warden's Court at…

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Chaplin Awarded Gold Ribbon

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 23 December 1952 · page 3

ROME, Tuesday:. Charlie Chaplin yesterday received the highest award of the Union of Italian Film Critics—Its Gold…

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Plans to Develop Aust. Coal Field

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 29 December 1952 · page 3

NEW YORK, Sunday: American and Australian enterprise plan to spend more than 60,000,000 dollars (about £26, 785,000) on the development of Blair Athol coalfield in Queensland, says the New York Times. The development making…

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