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Hunter Valley · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1953

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Coal Board Plans More Mines Closures

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 1 January 1953 · page 2

SYDNEY: A number of open-cut mines will be closed by the Joint Coal Board during the year. Production from other open-cuts and some underground mines will be Curtailed…

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More Mines to Close Coal Board Plans For 1953

Singleton Argus · Friday 2 January 1953 · page 1

A number of open-cut mines would be closed during 1953 and production from other open-cuts would have to be curtailed, the chairman of the Joint Coal Board, Mr. S. F…

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Loss On U.K. Coal

Maitland Mercury · Friday 2 January 1953 · page 1

LONDON: A loss of over £5,000,000 sterling on colliery working in the third quarter of 1962 is recorded by the…

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Ships to Take Coal to Japanese

Singleton Argus · Monday 5 January 1953 · page 3

The first of four ships to take coal to Japan is expected in Newcastle Monday week…

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Mines To Resume, On

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 6 January 1953 · page 2

Mineworkere to New South Wales will resume work next Monday after their annual holidays…

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Shipment of Coal for Japan

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 6 January 1953 · page 5

A spokesman for the Joint Coal Board said that the British freighter, Denmark Hill. will take the first load of a…

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Mining Office Will Be Closed

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 6 January 1953 · page 6

SINGLETON: N.S.W. Mining Company officials in Singleton to-day supported cla[?] made yesterday…

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Gas Coal Reserves 15-Million Tons in Cessnock-Muswellbrook Area

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 6 January 1953 · page 2

According to a report issued by the Bureau of Mineral Resources, proved reserves of 25½ million tons of commercially…

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Still Digging For Buried Miners

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 7 January 1953 · page 3

PERTH: At dawn to-day exhausted men were still digging into a treacherous moving heap of dirt in which…

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Great Greta Mine May Be Re-opened

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 7 January 1953 · page 2

SINGLETON: Great Greta colliery at Glendonbrook is almost certain to resume production…

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Count of U.s. Gold Stores

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 8 January 1953 · page 5

WASHINSTON: A Republican member of the House of Representatives Mr. Carroll D. Kearns (Penbaylvania)…

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Mine Conference

Singleton Argus · Friday 9 January 1953 · page 2

A conference in Maitland this afternoon of the Board of Management of the Great Greta Mine at Glendon Brook…

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State Mine In Queensland

Maitland Mercury · Friday 9 January 1953 · page 5

BRISBANE: Machinery worth £500,000 to £600,000 would be working at the Collinsville State Coal Mine…

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Britain’s Coal Production

Maitland Mercury · Friday 9 January 1953 · page 4

LONDON: Britain produced [?]09,800 tons more coal last year than in 1951. Total 1[?]2 output was…

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Talks on Coal Mechanisation Problem

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 9 January 1953 · page 1

The chairman of the Joint Coal Board, Mr. S. F. Cochran, announced on Wednesday that a conference would be held soon…

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Conference To Discuss Coal Industry Issues

Singleton Argus · Friday 9 January 1953 · page 6

SYDNEY, A conference between coalowners and mining, unions would be called as soon as possible…

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Back to Work Miners Resume Next

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 9 January 1953 · page 1

Muswellbrook should liven up in the next week or two, when most holiday makers return to their usual tasks. Work at the…

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Gas Coal Reserves 15-Miliion Tons In Cessnock-Muswellbrook Area

Singleton Argus · Friday 9 January 1953 · page 5

According to a report issued by the Burcau of Mineral Resources, proved reserves of 25½ million tons of…

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Coal Ships for Hexham Soon First For More Than Two Years

Singleton Argus · Friday 9 January 1953 · page 1

Coastal colliers may begin loading at Hexham in a few weeks. Coal loading stopped at…

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Ruling On Miners’ Holidays

Maitland Mercury · Monday 12 January 1953 · page 1

SYDNEY: Miners ore nol entitled to he paid for public holiday’s accruing during their long service, leave…

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