Costly Access Roads To Mine
The Lake Shire Engineer (Mr. Webb) estimates that it will cost £16,475 to reconstruct and tar-seal two access roads…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines
Mining & the mines, 1951
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Bill For Rail Link To Burragorang Mine
SYDNEY, Thursday.—A bill to authorise the construction of a railway line to link the State coalmine in Burragorang Valley wit…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Big Fall In Dollar, Gold Reserve
LONDON, Oct. 4. A.A.P.—A sterling area gold and dollar deficit of 638 million dollars in the third quarter—the first for…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Coal Shipments
A total of 70,100 tons of coal was shipped from Newcastle to interstate ports and Sydney this week…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →100,000 Tons Coal At Grass
LITHGOW: More than 100,000 tons of open-cut coal is stacked at grass on the western field…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mines Idle On Wednesday For Pit-Top Meeting
Heavy losses of coal in the north are certain to follow the miners' Board of Management direction to lodges to hold pit-top meetings next Wednesday. About 100 mines, producing…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Coal Point Hall: Start Soon
Construction of a community hall at Coal Point would begin in a few weeks, the trustees of Coal Point Progress Association told a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Coal Production High In North
The northern coalfields had a good production day today, with only two mines idle for a loss of 1600 tons of coal…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Coal Substitutes Used In U.S.A.
SYDNEY.—Increasing use of coal substitutes in the United States was a warning to militant Australian mine leaders,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Convention Of Miners Next Month
SYDNEY, Monday.—The National Convention of the Miners' Federation will begin in Sydney on November 13. It will last at…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Victorian Miners Join In Meetings
SYDNEY, Monday.—Victorian miners will join with Northern New South Wales in holding pit-top meetings on Wednesday to discuss…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →New Mine Stowage Plan Urged
A new technique in stowage to save valuable coal would have to be developed and applied, the Minister for Mines (Mr. Arthur)…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Coal Production At High Level
Coal production throughout the State was high again yesterday. Losses in the North were about 1900 tons as a result of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Letters To The Editor Miners' Meetings
AS REPORTED ("N.M.H.," 6/10/'51), the intelligentsia of the Northern District of the Miners' Federation has spoken. We are…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Miners Attack Leaders Over Long Service Decision
Maitland Main mine workers at a pit-top meeting this morning criticised the Northern Board of Management "for failing to give a definite lead" on the questions of long service leave and outstanding…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Special Miners' Board Talks On Greta Seam Report
A special meeting of the miners' Northern Board of Management is to be called to discuss a report by the South Maitland Coalfield Coal Conservation Committee on the future of the Greta seam. Northern president of the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Committee's Report On Greta Seam Five Main Ways to Save Coal
Five main conclusions were reached by the South Maitland Coalfield Coal Conservation Committee on its investigations on best methods to save Greta Seam coal. The committee conducted a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mine Tunnel To Prove Outcrop Of Coal
The Manager of Buchanan Borehole Collieries Pty. Ltd. (Mr. J. Johnstone) advised Cardiff Urban Area Committee last night that his…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Miners' Board To Discuss Report
The Northern Miners' Board of Management is to meet next week to consider the report of the South Maitland Coalfield Coal…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Higher Levy For Mine Pension
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The Minister for Mines (Mr. Arthur) said to-night he would ask Cabinet to approve legislation to increase miners' contributions to their superannuation…
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