Green Threads Among the Gold Worry Parents
Another out-cropping of green hair among Olympic swimming pool devotees has local parents puzzled and intrigued…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra) · Mining & the mines
Mining & the mines, 1952
28 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 1 of 2
New British Machine Trebles Coal Output
Increased coal output following the installation of a revolutionary new machine is reported from a big English mining area…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →More Digging at McPHAIL MINES
There is fresh activity at the McPhail mines, between Narromine and Peak Hill, but it is not generally appreciated…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Large Indian Coal Output
Indian miners are now hewing more coal than ever before in the country's history. The current output of 34,000,000 tons a year…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Europe Cuts Coal Deficit, But Not Enough, Says Ece
Europe's apparent coal deficit for the first quarter of 1952 has been estimated at 8.8 million tons, it was announced by the United…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →"Gold War" Going in Country Primary Production Could Fall to Starvation Level
Has any other free country in the world a provisional tax system like ours here in Autralia. That question is asked by wellknown…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Coal Improving
The chairman of the Joint Coal Board, Mr. S. F. Cochran, said that in the last nine months there had been a "marked…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Late Mr. 'Scotty Gosper was a Popular Identity of Goldfields
Mr. Alexander Reid ("Scotty") Cooper who passed peacefully away on Thursday morning last, was one of the oldest and most popular identities of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Big Rise in Coal Output
Coal production from New South Wales mines this year totals nearly 200,000 tons more than production up to February…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Beechworth To Celebrate 100th Anniversary of Discovery of Gold
A particularly interesting period of festivities has been arranged to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the discovery of gold and the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Power May Be Extended to Fifield Mines To Be Supplied
The Mid-Lachlan County Council is giving serious consideration to a proposal to build a 22,000 volt transmission line to Derriwong and thence to Fifield. If the Council decides to go on with the scheme work will commence as…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Big Expectations of Ardleihan Tin Mines
The continued presence of mining drillers and workmen on the Yithan tin mines field. 4 miles north of Ardlethan has been the cause of considerable comment, and the latest information gives rise…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Could Forbes Gold Industry Be Revived?
FORBES was once, at the beginning of its story, a goldmining town. All indications suggest that there is still a good quantity of reef gold, with some deep alluvial gold to back it, in an area adjacent to the town…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Opal Mining in N.s.w
Australia has been getting a good deal of publicity from the B.B.C. of late. Captain Leechman recently…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Duke Visits Coal Mine
His Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh, paying a visit to the Mosley Common Colliery in Lancashire recently, talked with miners at the coal face, 3,000 feet below the ground, during his tour of the colliery…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Power for Mineral Hill Mine
The County Clerk and Engineer of the Mid-Lachlan County Council, as directed by Council, interviewed Mr. H. Collier in regard to the supply of electricity to the Mineral Hill Mine…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →U.k. Coal Stock Rise
The rising stocks of coal in Britain, as well as the increase in manpower, is an encouraging omen for next winter…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →New Effort To Raise Gold From Treasure Ship
Further attempts are to be made to salvage the wreck of the Spanish gallean, Duque de Florencia, lying in Tobermory…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Replacing Coal As Power Means
Power stations using nuclear energy as an alternative to coal may become a possibility in Britain by 1960…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Six Gold Medals to Australia Conclusion Of Olympic Games
Australia won six gold medals, two silver medals and three bronze medals at the Olympic Games, which concluded at…
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