Coal Deposit Near Sulphide Works
Boring tests indicated some 2 million tons of poor quality open-cut coal between Austral Main colliery and the Sulphide Corporation's…
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Mining & the mines, 1951
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Coal Shipments
Coal shipments from Newcastle to Sydney and interstate ports during the week totalled 68,950 tons. Victoria received 27,300 tons in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Australian-made Mine Shaft Hook Approved
An Australian mine shaft detaching hook, approved by the Standards Association, would be produced at 50 per cent. below the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →About 7000 Tons Of Coal Lost
Industrial disputes caused a production loss of about 5000 tons of coal in the North yesterday, and 2000 tons were lost through other…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →U.K. Firm Would Build Homes, Develop Mines
SYDNEY, Friday. — A British firm hopes to develop open-cut areas on the Northern coalfields, and to build houses in New South…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Letters To The Editor New Coal Mines
IT would be a great asset to start a State mine at Greta, where there are millions of tons of first-class coal to be won, but another…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Four Mines May Resume
Lodge officers of four collieries idle on Friday broadcast last night that the mines would work to-day. The mines are Stockrington No. 2,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Five Northern Mines Idle
The loss of coal production on the Northern field today was 3480 tons, five mines being idle…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Surface Crack Over Heated Mine Is Sealed
Using a bulldozer, men worked today to seal a crack in the surface over a section of Bellbird…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →N.S.W. Lost Coal Trade Strikes "Main Factor"
Constant and expanding strikes in the coal industry in New South Wales in the past 50 years have caused other States to try to become independent in supplies and resulted in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Miners Disregard Work Direction
The Stockrington No. 1 Colliery was idle again today, despite a direction by the Northern Board of Management that work be resumed pending an inspection of the timbering method in the mine, which…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Miners To Vote on "No" Grants
The rank and file of the Northern district of the Miners' Federation from now till September 5 will be asked to approve a grant of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Idle Miners Ordered to Work To-day
Stockrington No. 1 miners' lodge was ordered by the Northern Board of Management yesterday to resume work to-day to permit an inspection…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Collieries Fined Over Pit Ponies
LITHGOW.—Three collieries were fined in Lithgow Court for failing to provide proper shelter for pit ponies…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Coal Output Near Peak
Coal production was near its peak on the northern field today. The loss was only 1000 tons…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Coal Board Stops Council Grant
Newcastle Council Finance Committee was advised by the Joint Coal Board last night that the grant it had been making towards the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Gold Bullion Seized In Ship
BANGKOK, August 21. A.A.P.-Reuter.—One hundred bars of gold bullion, estimated to be worth about £12,000, were found hidden under…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Letters To The Editor Greta Coal
THE Cessnock Council is to be commended for its action in focussing attention on the dying state of the South Maitland…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →"Coal Lift" Called "Ballyhoo"
Repeated postponement of Cessnock Council's wheelbarrow "coal lift" to Sydney supported charges that the scheme was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Cessnock's "Coal Lift" Postponed
The proposed "coal lift" to Sydney by Cessnock aldermen has been postponed for an unspecified period. The council decided this last…
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