2200-Ton Coal Loss In North
Two mines in the North were idle and another worked partially manned yesterday for a coal production loss of 2220 tons…
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Mining & the mines, 1950
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Main Street Mine Gives 2 More Nuggets
MELBOURNE, Wednesday.—A 1½oz. gold nugget worth £23, and a smaller one worth £2/5/ were found to-day by Mr. Bert Wilson in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Coal Imports To "Keep Steel Works Going"
CANBERRA, Wednesday.—The Government was importing coal only to keep steel works going at full capacity, the Minister for Fuel…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Gold Reef Located At Monday Morning Hill
MELBOURNE: The centre of interest in Victoria's modern "gold rush" moved today from Wilson-st., Wedderburn, to Monday Morning Hill at Kurraca, nine miles away, where a new gold reef has been found. The strike was made by 85…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →B.H.P. Coal Intake Reduced By John Darling Stoppage
Operations at the B.H.P. Steel Works in Newcastle are recovering slowly from the drastic output cuts imposed because of coal shortage but the plant's intake of fuel was again reduced today by a partial stoppage…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Industry 'Needs More Coal"
Many people in Victoria were working only half time because of short supplies of coal, the Federal President of the Australian Clay…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Pumper Struck by Falling Coal
Mark Wilson, 30, of Ann-street, Cessnock, pumper, at Bellbird colliery, suffered lacerations and abrasions to the face yesterday when…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Four Mines Idle In North Today
Idleness of four mines en the North today caused a loss of coal production of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Migrants Join Gold Rush At Wedderburn
MELBOURNE: English migrants are among the latest fortune hunters to join the Wedderburn gold rush. "There are about a dozen of them, mostly young men and…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Coal Shipments Cut By N.S.W. Losses
SYDNEY, Thursday.—The Joint Coal Board had had to reduce the export of coal to other States because of the heavy losses…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →No Miners Seek White Gold
With yesterday's price rise, milk rates as white gold. It costs the consumer more than he has ever paid. It returns the producer the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wedderburn Gold Land Limited
MELBOURNE, Friday.—Gold finds at Wedderburn were apparently on grounds which previously had not been worked and were very…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Week's Coal Exports Show Increase
Coal exports from Newcastle this week show a big increase over last week's figures. In all 71,100 tons were…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Workers Drowned in Uranium Mine
BERLIN, March 26. A.A.P.—The United States High Commission newspaper, "Neue Zeitung," claimed yesterday that 29 workers…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Only One Mine Idle in North
The high coal output rate struck on the northern coalfields last week was maintained today, with only one pit out of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →In Brief "Nerve War" In Melbourne Strike Sightseers Crowd Gold-Rush Town
More than 6000 people and 2000 cars jammed Wilson St., Wedderburn, yesterday, main scene of the feverish search for gold. Diggers still believe there is a "mint of gold" to be won in…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Coal Output Near Peak
Production of coal throughout the State yesterday was almost at peak level. The output loss was 960 tons…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →MacArthur Moves In Coal Strike
TOKYO, March 27. A.A.P.—General MacArthur to-day ordered compulsory mediation in the nation wide strike of 300,000 Japanese…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Coal Board Aid For Adamstown Library
THE JOINT Coal Board advised Newcastle Council Library Committee last night that it would contribute 15 per…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Roads Damaged By Big Coal Lorries
The Joint Coal Board will be asked by Cardiff Urban Area Committee to contribute toward the upkeep of roads in the…
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