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New England · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1952

108 stories in New England's papers · page 1 of 6

Mines Inspector's Experience in Gold Mining Industry

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 14 January 1952 · page 5

Mr. G. R. Rainsford, recently appointed Department of Mines inspector at Armidale, has had wide…

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Drop In Gold Output

Warialda Standard and Northern Districts' Advertiser · Monday 14 January 1952 · page 4

Australian gold production for the 10 months ended last October dropped, by 46.3 per cent. compared with the same period in…

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Mines Inspector's Experience In Gold Mining Industry

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 16 January 1952 · page 2

Mr. G. R. Rainsford, recently appointed Department of Mines inspector at Armidale. has had wide experience in the gold…

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Miners Strike in Protest Against Blackouts Newcastle

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 16 January 1952 · page 2

Seven small collieries on the northern coalfields are idle today in protest against the mines being blacked out…

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W.a. Wants Tingha Miners

The Inverell Times · Monday 21 January 1952 · page 4

At present visiting Inverell with the purpose of finding skilled mining labor for Western Australia is Mr. Woolco[?]…

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Filmland "King Solomon's Mines"

Guyra Argus · Thursday 24 January 1952 · page 5

As big and thrilling as the vast stretches of Dark Africa in which it was filmed os M-G-M.'s "King Solomon's…

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Practical Miner and Geologist's Impression Big Coal Deposits In Coolatai District

The Inverell Times · Monday 28 January 1952 · page 4

I have known the Ashford coal mine for well over 50 years and when I Saw the sandstone formation around Coolatai, I formed the opinion…

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Two Fined Over Fire Which Destroyed Mine, Burnt Bush, Menaced Village

Glen Innes Examiner · Friday 1 February 1952 · page 1

In the Emmaville Court of Petty Sessions yesterday, a man who it was started lit a fire which destroyed a £4,000 tin mine and 16,000 acres if Crown land, was fined £30. He was Harry James Counter,…

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Drought Halts Tin Mining at E'ville; No Sluicing Water

Glen Innes Examiner · Friday 1 February 1952 · page 1

The prolonged drought has seriously disrupted the tin mining industry in the Emmaville district. Operations have ceased in almost every mine…

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First Car to Mountain Mine

Glen Innes Examiner · Monday 4 February 1952 · page 2

ARMIDALE: On Thursday Armidale taxi driver Stan Skinner became the first to take a car to the Point Lookout…

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Expressions of Producer Views Miners Want Discussions With Minister

The Inverell Times · Monday 4 February 1952 · page 4

A deputation, from the New England Mineral Producers' Association will wait on the Minister for Mines to discuss, mining matter in general…

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Practical Miner and Geologist's Impression Big Coal Deposits in Coolatai District

Warialda Standard and Northern Districts' Advertiser · Monday 4 February 1952 · page 2

I have known the Ashford coal mine for well over 50 years and when I saw the sandstone formation around Coolatai I formed the opinion that the Ashford coal mine was on the outside edge of the main coal measures and that larger bodies of…

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Mining Disrupted by Drought at Emmaville

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 6 February 1952 · page 7

The prolonged drought has seriously disrupted the tin mining Industry in the Emmaville district…

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Uranium Mine Blast Reported

Glen Innes Examiner · Monday 11 February 1952 · page 1

BERLIN, Monday.—An explosion in a Soviet zone uranium mine last Wednesday is reported to have killed 162 members of…

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Sharp Rise in Price of Coal

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 11 February 1952 · page 4

Coal authorities have advised Armidale City Council of a further increase in the price of coal…

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Seeks Direction Following Sharp Coal Price Rise

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 13 February 1952 · page 8

Armidale City Council Will seek a direction from the Local Government Department as to…

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Further Decline in Tin Mining

Glen Innes Examiner · Wednesday 13 February 1952 · page 4

The Minister for Mines and Immigration, Mr. J. C. Arthur, to-day released preliminary estimates of…

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GRAGIN - Coolatai Coal Seams Gypsum, Too ?

The Inverell Times · Friday 15 February 1952 · page 10

Further evidence of the existence of coal deposits in the. Gragin-Coolatai area has come to light. In a letter to Mr. R. E. Singleton, of Old Mill, an…

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NWCC Is Providing Power For Howell Mine

The Inverell Times · Friday 15 February 1952 · page 8

D. Hetherington's gong is now stationed at Tingha and is working on teh Howell extension. The are also attending to further extensions at Tingha including Sutherland's Water area…

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Gragin--coolatai Coal Seams

Warialda Standard and Northern Districts' Advertiser · Monday 25 February 1952 · page 1

Further evidence of the existence of coal deposits in the Gragin Coolatai area has come to light. In a letter to Mr. R. Singleton of Old Mill, an old resident tells of a young man from Newcastle coal mines who claimed to have discovered coal in the…

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