Heating Closes Neath Mine
Neath colliery has been closed because of heating in underground workings. The Northern President of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines
Mining & the mines, 1951
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Sydney Coal Lift Hits Traffic Lag
The emergency rail lift of gascoal for Sydney had put Northern railway districts back a day in clearing accumulated goods traffic, the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Search For Skeleton In Mine Shaft
SYDNEY, Monday.—The State Public Solicitor (Mr. R. W. Hawkings) went to West Wyalong to-day to inspect a disused mine shaft…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mine Subsidence Bill Tabled
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—A bill to eliminate payment of insurance for mine subsidence in safe areas passed through all stages in the Legislative Assembly to-night…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Coal Output Near Peak
Rain prevented peak coal production in the North yesterday, but output was down only about 1000 tons…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mine Regulations To Be Tested
SYDNEY, Tuesday.— The validity of the Defence (Transitional Provisions) Act insofar as it purports to continue in force the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Deputation To Coal Board Sought
A committee representing all unions at Killingworth colliery decided at a meeting to ask the Joint Coal Board to receive a deputation…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →"Possibilities" In Piped Gas Coal
The idea of piping coal gas from the coalfields to Newcastle had boundless possibilities, but a great deal still had to be learned about it, Mr. W. H. Brook told Newcastle Council's Smoke Abatement…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →"Anomalies" In Mine Bonuses
Members of the Miners' Federation on work covered by craft unions were seeking clearances because of anomalies in the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Coal Production Continues High
Coal production was at a high peak again yesterday. There were strikes at two mines, causing a coal production loss of about 2000 tons,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Federation To Watch Miners' Case
A case to decide whether a mine-worker was entitled to sick pay because he was unfit for work through loss of sleep would be…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Good Working Day Ar Mines
The northern coalfields had a comparatively good working day today with a production loss due to stoppages of only…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Drugs In Pit For Miners Hurt In Fall
A miner and wheeler injured in a coal fall at Pacific colliery, Teralba, yesterday, were given a drug by a doctor to relieve their…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Gold Find Near Tamworth Claimed By Prospector
Sixty-six-year-old Bill Webster, one of a small group of "old-timers" who have spent most of their lives searching for a fabled river-bed of gold in the rugged mountains about Tamworth, believes he may have found the secret to its location…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →12,000 Miners Given Test
The Chief Medical Officer of the Joint Coal Board (Dr. W. E. George) addressed the Northern Board of Management of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Miners' Tribute to Mr. Chifley
The Northern Miners' Board of Management observed a minute's silence out of respect for Mr. Chifley. It was decided to send a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Coal Loss By Rain, Strikes
Coal production was down about 2000 tons in the North yesterday, about half of it because of rain. There were strikes at Northern…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Hall Debentures At Coal Point
Officers of Coal Point Progress Association were pleased with the response to the issue of debentures for the association hall, the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →N.s.w. Mines "Not Fully Equipped"
New South Wales coalmines arc not yet fully equipped. Mr. K. A. Cameron, the former Chairman of the Joint Coal…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →New Roofing Method For U.S.A. Coal Mines
NEW YORK, Fri. (O.S.R.): The highlight of a machinery exhibition at the American mining congress was a simple steel rod to "pin up coal mine roofs."…
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