Horsedriver Injured in Mine
Raymond Tweedie, 18, of Adam-street, Heddon Greta, horsedriver at Richmond Main colliery, probably broke his right fool when…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines
Mining & the mines, 1950
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Australia's Future Rests On Coal
Reports of new mines to be opened up, old mines to be given new and more productive life, and of new machines to win coal…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mechanics' Claim On Coal Leave
The Executive of the Federated Mining Mechanics' Association, following the instructions of many lodges, has filed a claim with the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Coal, Steel Ships Still Lack Crews
Two colliers and one ship with steel for Melbourne are held up in Newcastle because of crew short-ages…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Heroic Rescue Bid Fails In Blazing Mine
LONDON, Wed. (A.A.P.)—Heroic efforts by hundreds of volunteers failed to save the lives of 80 miners trapped yesterday in a fire at Cresswell pit in Derbyshire…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Big Coal Loss In North Today
Loss of coal output on the northern field today rose to 7000 tons, with seven mines idle. Australia's biggest colliery, Burwood was among the [?]its…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Coal Reserves For 1000 Years And More
The most recent estimate of probable reserves of coal in Australia—made in 1947—was 13,649 million tons of anthracite and bituminous coal and 38,567 million tons of sub-bituminous and brown (lignite) coal…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Nine Northern Mines Idle
With nine mines idle, coal output loss on the northern field today due to stoppages was 4200 tons. A retaliatory strike by wheelers was reported to have…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Gold Output Falls
CANBERRA, Wednesday.—Gold production in Australia during July, 1950, was 64,496 fine ounces, valued at £A999.152…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fatal Fall Into Mine Shaft
KALGOORLIE.—The mother of two young children, Mrs. W. D. Leeder, was fatally Injured yesterday when she fell down…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Unsafe Bridge "Coal Firm's Responsibility"
The unsafe condition of the railway bridge at Whitebridge was the responsibility of the New Redhead Estate and Coal Co., Lake…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Miners' Protest On Leave Issue "Belated"
CANBERRA, Wednesday.—The Minister for Labour (Mr. Holt) said in the House of Representative to-day that at no time prior…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Open-cut Mines Idle in West
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—A stopwork meeting of all members of the Federated Enginedrivers and Firemen's Association and Miners' Federation employed in open-cut mines on the Western Coalfields…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →7800-Ton Coal Loss; Five Strikes
Five mines were on strike in the North yesterday for a coal production loss of about 7800 tons. The position was—…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Freighter Sails With Coal Cargo Short
Excessive silting in Newcastle Harbor resulted in the freighter Firby sailing for Port Adelaide yesterday with its holds only part full of coal. A spokesman for the agents…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →R.s.l. Protest on Miners' Leave
It was a "crying shame" that miners who enlisted should be debarred from having the military service included in the…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →N.S.W. Move On Free Hand For Two Coal Acts
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Proposals for the Commonwealth to give the New South Wales Government a free hand in carrying out…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Six Miners Trapped
BERLIN, Fri. (A.A.P.).—Six miners were trapped yesterday when a pit collapsed in the Emscher-Lippe mine near…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Five Mines In North Idle
Mine stoppages on the northern coalfields today cost 4850 tons of output. Five mines were idle and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Coal Output Down 6000 Tons
Seven mines were idle in the North because of disputes yesterday for a coal loss of about 6000 tons…
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