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Murray · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1951

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Soviet opens new uranium mine

Border Morning Mail · Friday 17 August 1951 · page 2

WASHINGTON, Thurs.: Russia has opened a new uran[?] mine in Czechoslovakia and had started vigorous prospecting of…

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Record Lead Bonus for Mine Workers

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 18 August 1951 · page 3

BRISBANE, Fri.: A record Mount Isa lead bonus of £17/5/ per week will be paid to employes at Mount Isa Mines Ltd…

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Gold Worth £12,000 Seized

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 22 August 1951 · page 2

BANGKOK, Tues.: One hundred bars of gold bullion, estimated to be worth about £12,000, were found hidden under [?]…

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Coal at £19/10/ a Ton

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 23 August 1951 · page 1

MELBOURNE. Wed.: Customers at a city store today queued half a block to get Welsh anthracite coal —at £19/6/6 a ton…

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Coreen Shire Council Coal Carting From Oaklands Prohibited Speed Limits to Be Enforced

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 24 August 1951 · page 1

The monthly meeting of the Goceen Shire Council was held on Monday, when the following were present, viz:--Cr. H. Ball (president in chair), Crs. T. C. Sanger, R. Norman, J. Purtie, E. Bott, T. C. Lewis, A. E. Mitchell and J…

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Siam to send coal experts here

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 28 August 1951 · page 7

MELBOURNE, Monday: Siam would soon send its leading coal experts to Victoria to learn the technique of handling brown coal…

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Miners strike in protest

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 29 August 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tues.: Miners at two northern mines stopped work today as a protest against the butter shortage. The mines…

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Roads Closed to Oaklands Coal

The Berrigan Advocate · Wednesday 29 August 1951 · page 10

At the last meeting of the Coreen Shire Council, on the motion of Crs. Sanger and Bott, it was decided to prohibit all trucks carting coal and…

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Mine Stops Over Butter

Border Morning Mail · Friday 31 August 1951 · page 3

SYDNEY, Thurs.: One of the largest mines in NSW—Burwood, on the northern field—was idle today as a protest against the…

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Too Few Miners, Minister Says

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 1 September 1951 · page 4

SYDNEY, Fri.: Reason given by Senator Spooner for the coal shortage was what the Miners’ Federation had been trying to…

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Fox Gold Has New Trains

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 1 September 1951 · page 20

SYDNEY, Fri.: Fox Gold, who has been well supported for the Ep[?] has had a change of trainers. Formerly trained by W. Cregan, for the…

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Britain's Coal Output Exceeds Estimate

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 7 September 1951 · page 2

Britain's coal output last month averaged 3,442,000 tons a week, compared with 3,922,000 in July, 1950. Total production for the…

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N.S.W. miners likely to establish production record

Border Morning Mail · Friday 7 September 1951 · page 5

SYDNEY, Thurs.: N.S.W. miners this year will establish a new production record if present output is marinated. It is estimated that if the production rate of the last…

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Alleges big waste of coal

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 8 September 1951 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Fri.: For every [?] of coal being produced at the [?] and [?] coalfields, seven tons…

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No price rise in gold likely

Border Morning Mail · Monday 10 September 1951 · page 9

WASHINGTON, Sun.: Mr John Snyder, Secretary of the Treasury, said today he did not consider there would be any action on a…

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Mining Laws Claimed Obsolete Gypsum Company Seeks Amendments

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 11 September 1951 · page 2

Mr. P. Pocock, S.M., sitting as Mining Warden at Hay on Thursday, rejected a suggestion made by the representative of a…

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Mine forced to close

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 18 September 1951 · page 2

SYDNEY, Mon.: Workers at Millfield Greta mine, on the northern coalfield, today received seven, days’ notice of dismissal, because…

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Five Mines Idle As Protest

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 25 September 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY, Mon.: Five mines were idle in NSW today as a protest against a decision of the Coal Industry Tribunal…

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Fabulous Tale of Gold, Pirates and Romance

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 28 September 1951 · page 1

"Smuggler's Island," which is billed for the Majestic Theatre next Tuesday and Wednesday, is set in the sinful and fabulous…

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£33 million a year gold smuggling ring uncovered

Border Morning Mail · Monday 1 October 1951 · page 2

NEW YORK, Sun.: Federal agents yesterday arrested three men whom the Government alleges were members of a £33 million a year gold smuggling ring which is menacing the…

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