Coal Production Up
Coal preduction this year, to August 28 is estimated by the Joint Coal Board to be 628,124 tons greater than for the…
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Mining & the mines, 1954
557 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 21 of 28
Minister Calls for Report on Miners Homes'
Replying to Mr. G. Booth, M.L.A., in the Legislative Assembly yesterday, the Minister for Housing…
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If the commonwealth Government was as sympethetic to the coal Industry as it.[?] to be it…
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When he was struck by falling coal at Aberdare Extended colliery yesterday. Robert Plunkett, 30, a miner, of Margaret…
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A new mine to be sunk in File, Scotland, will, by 1960, be yielding 5,000 tons of coal a day—from the waters of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Pillar extraction of coal likely on
Increased attendance allowances for mechanical extraction of coal pillars are expected to operate in…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fishing Spoilt by Mining, Says Council
The granting of mineral mining leases on N.S.W. beaches now before the Mines Department would spoil many…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Two Miners Injured
CESSNOCK: Edward Collins 53, Chapman-street, Cessnock, employed at Aberdare Extended colliery, suffered an…
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CESSNOCK: All the mines on the South Maitland field to-day are in production…
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Two miners were injured when they were struck by pieces of coal at Aberdare Extended colliery yesterday…
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Work was resumed at the open cut mine yesterday after a two days' stoppage. The stoppage resulted over…
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SYDNEY: A miner was killed and four others injured to-day when girders, earth and rocks crashed…
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The Premier of South Australia (Mr. Playford) said in Adelaide yesterday that South Australia was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Ankle Injured By Coal
Francis Arthur Russell, 42, of Second-street, Weston, a miner at Rathluba colliery, injured his ankle…
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SYDNEY: Coal [?]duction in New South Wales for the first seven months of 1954 was 8,594,000 tons, compared with…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Retired Miners' Protest Cost Of Necessary Commodities
A resolution, protesting against the increased prices in tea, meat and other commodities has been sent to the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →New Industry For Muswellbrook Coal Company to Establish Brickwords
Mr. H. C. McDonald (chairman of directors of the Muswellbrook Coal Co. Ltd.) stated yesterday that the company proposed to expend upwards of £20,000 in establishing brickworks at…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Coal Company's Higher Profit Ten Per Cent. Dividend Maintained
Despite lower prices for coal during the year, Muswellbrook Coal Co. Ltd. showed an increased profit compared with the previous year. Profit was £90,033, compared with £86,652 in the previous…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Second Man Killed at State Mine
SYDNEY: A [?]years-old miner was killed to-day when a half-ton steel girder crashed down a 700-foot shaft at the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Intensive Gold Raid Hunt
LONDON: Flying Squad police hunting the gang which snatched £46.000 sterling in gold in a daring, split-second…
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