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

Mining & the mines, 1953

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Miners Strike

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 28 April 1953 · page 3

Miners stopped work at 26 northern colleries yesterday. Coal lost through the stoppage was 18,490 tons. The one-day…

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Gas Coal Problem

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 28 April 1953 · page 1

SYDNEY: Gas companies will be prevented from, building up big winter reserves, because of a sharp drop in gas coal…

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18 Mines Idle

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 29 April 1953 · page 3

SYDNEY Wednesday: Eighteen coal mines are idle in N.S.W. to-day causing a loss of about 8000 tons of coal…

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Sydney's Gas Coal

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 4 May 1953 · page 3

Sydney gas companies have sufficient coal to maintain gas supplies for at least two weeks…

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Heavy Coal Losses

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 4 May 1953 · page 3

SYDNEY: All mines in the northern field are idle to-day because cause of the May Day holiday. Recent stoppages on the field…

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U.k. Coal Exports

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 4 May 1953 · page 3

United Kingdom exports of coal in the first quarter of the year, at 3.18 million tons, were about a million tons higher than…

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More Miners On Strike

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 8 May 1953 · page 3

SYDNEY: Mineworkers at the Ayrefield Colliery to-day went out in a sympathy strike with John Darling mineworkers…

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Coal Tribunal's Clash with Official

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 15 May 1953 · page 1

SYDNEY, Friday: Miners' Federation officials and representatives of the B.H.P. to-day went into private conference in an attempt to settle the John Darling dispute. They decided on this action…

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Coal Losses

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 18 May 1953 · page 1

NEWCASTLE: Twenty mines with a total production less of 18,680 tons are idle on the northern fields to-day. This…

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Coal Threat

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 20 May 1953 · page 3

SYDNEY: A threatened stoppage of the privately - owned South Maitland railway to-night could stop the movement of…

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Strikes at C. F. Mine

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 20 May 1953 · page 1

Captain's Flat miners have agreed on a plan for rolling strikes as a protest against the alleged refusal of Lake…

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Rugby League Round-up Yass and ‘Flat’ Miners in Important Clash

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 21 May 1953 · page 5

SUNDAY’S clash with last season’s premiers, Captain’s Flat, is expected to be the toughest match to date for the local first…

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Operating Costs At Frogmore Mine Now £1,500 Per Week Additional Underground Miners Being Employed Plant Capacity Increased To Handle 300 Tons Of Ore

Boorowa News · Friday 22 May 1953 · page 1

Operating costs of the Frogmore Tungsten Mines at present is about £1500 per week. This was disclosed by the chairman…

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B.h.p. Will Sack Over 700 Miners: Warning by Coal Tribunal

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 25 May 1953 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday: A.B.H.P. representative announced to-day that all employees of John Darling Colliery, except those needed for essential maintenance, would receive dismissal notices next Friday. The colliery employs 750 men…

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Gold Crown Lies Hidden In Bag

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 1 June 1953 · page 3

LONDON, Monday: The hoop of solid gold, crisscrossed with pearl-set arches—the Crown of England— yesterday lay in its velvet bag, hidden and under heavy guard, ready for the Coronation ceremony to-morrow…

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29 Mines Idle in N.s.w

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 5 June 1953 · page 3

SYDNEY: Twenty-nine mines are idle in N.S.W. for the loss of 15,000 tons of coal. Workers at 28 of the pits were…

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78 Tons of Ore Treated at Frogmore Mine

Boorowa News · Friday 5 June 1953 · page 2

For the week ended May 27, a quantity of 78 tons of ore were treated at Frog-more Tungsten Mine for…

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Flat Miners Return To-day

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 8 June 1953 · page 3

The fortnight-old strike of miners at the Lake George Mine at Captain's Flat ended to-day when 200…

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Evictions Cause Coal Loss

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 10 June 1953 · page 3

SYDNEY, Wednesday: Twenty mines were idle on New South Wales coalfields to-day for a total coal loss of 10,620 tons…

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Sideughts on the Snowy Gold

Boorowa News · Friday 12 June 1953 · page 3

One problem the Snowy Mountains Authority has not been able to solve, is what will happen if a gold seam is…

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