Singleton Mining Applications
The Mining Warden, Mr. L. Duncan, heard 18 applications at Singleton. They included 10 from the Joint Coal Board and three from Swansea…
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Mining & the mines, 1950
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Good Day’s Coal Production
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Only one mine was idle because of an industrial trouble In N.S.W. today. The mine Is Metropolitan…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Holidays For Mineworkers' Children Joint Coal Board's Scheme
School term camps conducted by the National Fitness Council in association with the Department of Education give schooldays a new meaning and a new pleasure for the children lucky enough to go to them…
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MELBOURNE, Tuesday.—The Butterick family, of Wedderburn, which has found two gold nuggets valued at £2600, intends…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Winter Coal Shortage Likely Imports Necessary To Avert Crisis En Industry
SYDNEY, Tuesday—Coal will have to be imported soon if severe rationing of coal, power and light are to be avoided in the coming winter, said a coal industry authority. When the miners returned to work this warning…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Greyhound Racing C. Pheeney's Dual Win with Sunken Gold and Red Tawny. Favorites Meet with Sucesss Our Oska Assists Fielders
A dual win was registered by C. Pheeny (Lismore) at Saturday night's meeting of the Muswellbrook Mechanical Coursing Club. Sunken Gold…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →More Gold at Wedderburn
On Monday the Butterick family found a 5½lb. gold nugget in its paddock goldmine at Wedderburn, 150 miles north of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wedderburn’s New Gold Rush
MELBOURNE, Wed—A rush of gold prospectors has set in at Wedderburn, following the discovery of valuable gold nuggets…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Coal Authority Says Imports Are Likely to Be Needed
A coal industry authority said last night that it was practically certain that winter coal reserves could not be built up unless the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Grant To Council From Joint Coal Board
The Joint coal Board advice meeting of Lower Hunter S[?] Council that the board has male a grant of £130/4/8 town is…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Tribunal Decision on Pillar Coal Mechanical Extraction Permitted
SYDNEY, Thursday.—The Coal Industry Tribunal, Mr. Gallagher, to-day granted coal owners permission to extract pillar coal mechanically from mines in N.S.W., Victoria and Queensland…
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Coal, one of the world's most valuable mineral deposits, is a basic factor in the economic life of the United States…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Pillar Coal Extraction Miners Will Continue Opposition To Plan
SYDNEY, Friday. — Decision of the Cool Industry Tribunal, Mr. Gallagher, to permit mechanical extraction or coal may create trouble. . The Miners’ Federation win j continue to oppose the use of machinery for this work. The…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Miners May Appeal to State Government Federation Opposed to Extracting Pillar Coal
The Central Council of the Miners' Federation to-day will consider asking the State Government to intervene to prevent coalowners from extracting coal by pillar means…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Coal Miner
He's what they call a miner, In other words a mug: The guy with pick and shovel, Wherever coal is dug…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Miners Adjourn Vital Talks
SYDNEY, Friday.—The meeting of the central executive of Miners’ Federation, called to discuss the mechanical extraction…
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CESSNOCK, Friday—All mines on the South Maitland coalfield were working to-day. Apart from yesterday when three pits were…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Extraction of Pillar Coal by Machines Coal Industry Tribunal's Decision
When he granted coalowners permission to extract pillar coal by mechanical means, the Coal Industry Tribunal (Mr. Gallagher) said the Miners' Federation had no sound ground for its assertion that such extraction constituted a hazard to…
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Continued on Trove, page 12 →Full Time Worked By 28 Mines
Good Friday reduced the available working time at northern mines by one day in the fortnight, and full time of nine days was worked by at least 28…
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