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Mining & the mines, 1949

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Ample Coal For Christmas Period

Glen Innes Examiner · Friday 16 December 1949 · page 1

SYDNEY, Friday.—Sufficient coal has been produces to provide light and power over Christmas and to maintain industry at the…

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Fire in Tunnel at Bellbird Mine Cessnock

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 19 December 1949 · page 2

Damage estimated at nearly £20,000 was caused by a fire which severely damaged the haulage of No..2 tunnel of…

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Conrad Mine Now Is Half Awake

The Inverell Times · Friday 23 December 1949 · page 4

Even the dark-wooden tower over the Conrad mine at Howell—darkened with age—seems to know , there is again activity in the shaft beneath it. Freshly-cut timber slats, yellow in their, newness,…

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Britain Has Coal for Two Hundred Years

The Inverell Times · Friday 23 December 1949 · page 8

Britain has enough workable coal to last more than two hundred years, assuming it is mined at the rate of 250…

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