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Mining & the mines, 1951

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[?] gold goes to France

Border Morning Mail · Friday 21 December 1951 · page 15

SYDNEY, Thurs.: Gold bullion [?]lued at £120,000, which arrived [?] Melbourne by TAA aircraft [?] night, was today loaded on to…

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Miners to Get Record Xmas Pay

Border Morning Mail · Friday 21 December 1951 · page 13

SYDNEY, Thurs.: About 12,000 northern mineworkers this year will get a record Christmas pay of nearly £1 million…

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U.S. coal for Europe plan

Border Morning Mail · Friday 21 December 1951 · page 6

WASHINGTON, Thurs.: A new plan to send more and cheaper American coal to European industries has been put…

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20,000 Miners on Holidays

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 22 December 1951 · page 2

SYDNEY, Fri.: Following record production during the past fortnight. When 460,000 tons of coal were won on the northern…

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Bandits seize mines after killing employes

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 22 December 1951 · page 18

RANGOON, Fri.: Karen rebels and Siamese bandits combined to seize the Namyin tin mines on the Burma-Siam border after killing…

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Denial of massacre of miners

Border Morning Mail · Monday 24 December 1951 · page 7

LONDON, Sun.: The Hungarian radio last night broadcast a denial of the BBC report that 80 Hungarian miners had been shot as a…

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Over 100 Miners May Be Dead Big Blast After Fire

Border Morning Mail · Monday 24 December 1951 · page 7

WEST FRANKFORT (Illinois), Sun: Grimy rescue teams searched deep underground today for victims of the New Orient Mine fire and explosion…

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Record U.s. Coal Exports

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 26 December 1951 · page 11

WASHINGTON, Tues.: United [?]ates coal exports may reach a [?]cord of about 78,000,000 tons [?]xt year, the Secretary of the…

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Survivor’s Graphic Story of Mine Explosion Prayed and sang hymns: 119 died

Border Morning Mail · Friday 28 December 1951 · page 3

WEST FRANKFURT (Illinois), Thurs.: The lone survivor of the terrific explosion which killed 119 miners in the Orient coal mine last Friday night yesterday said that his survival was the “work of Almighty God.”…

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