“Black gold” thefts increasing
DARWIN, Tues.: Thefts of wol[?]ram, called “black gold,” are increasing in the Tennant Creek area…
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Knight’s two-point plan for winning more coal
SYDNEY, Tues.: A general profit-sharing scheme for the coal industry and the working of two shifts instead of one was advocated today by Sir Colin Davidson. Sir Colin, a former…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Gold Yield Up Slightly
CANBERRA, Wed.: Australian gold production for the ten months ended last October dropped by 46.3 per cent, compared with the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →WAKOOL C.W.A Green and Gold Revue
Favoured with a lovely night on December 11, 1951, the Wokool Hall was packed to the doors when local artistes presented a…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Trapped Miners Rescued
GLESENKIRCHEN (The Ruhr), Wed.: Rescue teams today dug out 12 miners trapped since yesterday in a collapsed gallery of the…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Landslides Kill Miners
NEW YORK, Wed.: Landslides near the Tipuani Mines, in north-west Bolivia, killed at least 29 gold miners…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →£235,000 worth of gold for France
SYDNEY, Thurs.: More than £235,000 worth of gold in 15 boxes left Sydney for France by Pan American Stratoclipper today. It…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Australia needs over 17m. tons of black coal this year
SYDNEY, Sunday, N.S.W. coal miners could meet Australia’s estimated coal requirements in 1952 if they produced at the same rate as for the week ending December 15, 1951, Mr. E. E. Warren said today…
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STELLARTON (Novice Scotia), Tues.: All 19 miners who were trapped in the McGregor coal mine by an explosion of gas yesterday were killed…
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SYDNEY, Mon.: Plans are being made for using Sydney as a loading port for coal shipments for Victoria and South Australia…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Callide colliery sold
BRISBANE, Tues." Callide Open Cut Collieries Pty. Ltd. has been sold to Theiss Bros. for about £90,000…
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NEW YORK, Tues: An Israeli diamond dealer was held yesterday on a charge of smuggling gold worth 20.000 dollars from Canada…
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CANBERRA, Thurs.: The Minister for Shipping (Senator McLeay) said today that arrangements have been made for…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Richest uranium mine in the world ?
DARWIN, Thurs.: The Rum Jungle uronium field, 65 miles from Darwin, may be one of the richest in the world, preliminary surveys reveal. The field is expected to…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Vital coal talks
SYDNEY, Tues.: Vital talks on the future [?] production in NSW will be held in Sydney on Friday…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →South African gold for the Sterling area?
CAPE TOWN, Tues.: The South African Minister for Finance (Mr. N. Havenga) yesterday received that South…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Bad Coal Blamed
SYDNEY, Wed.: Inferior quality coal has robbed the Railways department of “an appreciable percentage of its…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Not Federal Matter Homes for Miners
SYDNEY, Fri.: Provision of houses on the coalfields was the responsibility of tire NSW Government, not the Federal…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Mine Fire Still Smouldering
MELBOURNE, Sun.: Firemen at Bacchus Marsh are still hosing down the brown coal open cut mine which was swept by fire…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →6 Miners Killed in Explosion
GREENSBERG (Pennsylvania), Sun.: Six men were killed in an explosion 300 feet underground in a coal mine…
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