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Hunter Valley · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1951

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Loss By Gold Fields Company

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 2 June 1951 · page 1

LONDON : Gold Fields Australian Development Co in London and Australia spent £[?] stg. more than it spared during the…

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Points Switched On Coal Line

Maitland Mercury · Monday 4 June 1951 · page 3

SYDNEY: Police are investigating a report that a strking employee of Richmond Tale railway had switched points on the…

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11,760 Tons of Coal Lost

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 5 June 1951 · page 3

CESSNOCK: Several mines are idle on the South Maitland field today as a protest against the prosecution launched against…

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Some Miners Are Different

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 6 June 1951 · page 6

LITHGOW: When 20 miners at ClanduIIa colliery were asked to carry a motion of protest against the summons on Mr…

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Miner Injured ln Fall Of Coal

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 6 June 1951 · page 1

CESSNOCK: Thomas Hunter, 20, of Catherine-street, Cessnock, a miner employed et Aberdare Extended colmery, received a…

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Big Loss Of Coal

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 7 June 1951 · page 5

SYDNEY: Strikes and plant breakdowns on N.S.W, coalfields this week resulted in the loss of about 43,000 tons of coal…

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Mine Disputes On Maitland Field

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 7 June 1951 · page 5

CESNOCK.—Production is down on the South Maitland coalfield to-day by [?] tons Abermain No. 1 and No. 3 are…

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Coal Loss

Maitland Mercury · Friday 8 June 1951 · page 5

CESSNOCK: The lose in production to-day on the South Maitland coalfield amounts to 2500 tons…

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Minister Inspects Mine

Maitland Mercury · Friday 8 June 1951 · page 5

The Minister for Mines (Mr. Arthur) made an inspection of Abormain No. 2 colliery this morning. He was accompanied…

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British Coal Board Surplus

Maitland Mercury · Friday 8 June 1951 · page 5

LONDON : The National Coal Board earned a [?]phus of £8,300,000 in 1950 compared with £9,500,000 in [?]…

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Staff Shortages at Gasworks Coal Increases Raises Production Costs

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 8 June 1951 · page 1

In his report to the Municipal Council on Wednesday, Mr. G. Willott (gasworks manager) reported that since 13th April the…

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Neath Colliery Closed

Maitland Mercury · Monday 11 June 1951 · page 2

Neath colliery has been closed because of heating in underground workings. The northern president of the…

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No Collieries Idle To-day

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 12 June 1951 · page 3

CESSNOCK: There are no idle collieries on the South Maitland. coalfield to-day. Caledon open cut was unable to work, because…

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Mine Workers Injured

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 12 June 1951 · page 3

CESSNOCK; Dave Burgoline 45, of Toma[?]-street, Kearsley, [?] miner at Aberdare colliery fell while at work to-day…

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Mine Accident

Singleton Argus · Friday 15 June 1951 · page 4

Singleton and District Ambulance had to be summoned, when a miner met with an accident at Liddel Coliery,…

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Coal Production High

Maitland Mercury · Friday 15 June 1951 · page 5

CESSNOCK: The South Maitland coalfield has, been very free of indusial disputes this week and production has been…

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Work in the Mines

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 15 June 1951 · page 5

With the exception of the open cut collieries, Cessnock No. 2 and Caledon, all mines worked on the South Maitland…

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Shipment Of Coal

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 16 June 1951 · page 1

Cold appointments from non[?] to interested port had [?] fell [?] that [?] only 21000 town were sett in…

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Miners’ Wives Do Picket Duty

Maitland Mercury · Monday 18 June 1951 · page 3

SILVER CITY (New Mexico): Wives of striking [?] miners manned the picket line yesterday after their release from gaol…

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