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Hunter Valley · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1950

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Gold Find By Snowy River Engineers

The Scone Advocate · Friday 31 March 1950 · page 6

Engineers on the Snowy River scheme are believed to have found a lost gold reef. Men working on the scheme are reported to have…

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Interstate Coal Shipments

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 1 April 1950 · page 2

A total of 49,600 tons of coal was taken from Newcastle to Interstate ports this week. Victoria received 26,600 tons…

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Mining Applications at Singleton

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 1 April 1950 · page 4

SINGLETON Friday.—Mr. L. Duncan, Mir[?]ing Warden, heard 13 application in the Mining Court at singleton over the past…

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All Maitland Mines Working

Maitland Mercury · Monday 3 April 1950 · page 3

CESSNOCK, Monday. — There were no idle mines on the South Maitland coalfields to-day, but rain interfered with the workings…

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Rain Cuts Coal Production

Maitland Mercury · Monday 3 April 1950 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday.—Rain and flooding slashed the State’s coal production by nearly a third to-day…

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British Coal Production Still Rising

Singleton Argus · Monday 3 April 1950 · page 3

British coal miners last month maintained the increase recorded in January with a total output of 21,650,000 tons. This…

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Homes for Miners Progres of Building Societies

Singleton Argus · Monday 3 April 1950 · page 2

The membership of Miners' Co-operative Building Societies subsidised by the Joint Coal Board is now growing so…

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Estimated Coal Production

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 4 April 1950 · page 6

Estimated coal production in New south Wales for the week enede March 25 was-Cessnock underground 90,052, open…

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'Your Job and Mine

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 4 April 1950 · page 6

Of all sad words of tongue or pen, the saddest are "whatimight have been."-Whittler. When 1 ask you to make a gift…

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Growth of Miners', Building Societies

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 4 April 1950 · page 3

THE membership of the Miners' Co-operative Building Societies subsidised by the Joint Coal Board is now growing so…

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Dispute Throws Two Mines Idle

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 4 April 1950 · page 1

CESSNOCK, Tuesday. — Production is down on the South Maitland field to-day by 1800 tons as a result of the idleness of…

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Model Mining Centre

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 5 April 1950 · page 6

Six delegates to the International Labour Organisation, which met in Sydney last week, have been visiting…

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Rise in Britain's Gold and Dollar Reserves Gratifying Results

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 5 April 1950 · page 5

Britain's gold and dollar reserves rose by 296 million dollars during the first quarter of this year…

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All Mines Work

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 6 April 1950 · page 5

CESSNOCK, Thursday:—All collieries on the[?] coalfield worn at work [?] order to qualify at [?]…

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Contracts for Coal Imports

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 6 April 1950 · page 2

ADELAIDE, Thurs.—A conference of Commonwealth, Victorian and South Australian authorities in Adelaide decided to…

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Miners Look to Co-operatives. Home Building Activity

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Thursday 6 April 1950 · page 5

The membership of Miners' Cooperative Building Societies, subsidised by the Joint Coal Board, is now growing so rapidly that two new…

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Big Effort to Cope with Migrants Call For More Coal, Steel, Homes and Shipping

Maitland Mercury · Monday 10 April 1950 · page 2

CANBERRA: The Minister for immigration, Mr. H. E. Holt, said in a broadcast that the Government’s immigration policy was bound to impose great strain on Australia’s economic and social structure…

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Maitland Mines

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 11 April 1950 · page 3

CESSNOCK, Tuesday. — All the mines on the South Maitland field are at work to-day, It is a condition that before miners can…

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Ship Hits Mine

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 11 April 1950 · page 1

ROTTERDAM, April 11.—A ship, the Fort Nisqually. struck a mine 12 miles north of the Dutch island of Terschelling on…

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Another Big Gold Nugget

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 11 April 1950 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Tues.—Members of the Butterick family have found a gold nugget worth £1300 at Wedderburn…

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