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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1951

1,574 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 79 of 79

Road Coal Lift In Holiday

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 22 December 1951 · page 3

SINGLETON, Friday.—One of the biggest road lifts in the State will move 60,000 tons of…

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Century's Central Figure In Coal

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 22 December 1951 · page 4

Mr. John Brown was born 100 years ago yesterday. At his death in Newcastle in 1930 he was head of the…

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5/ Coal Levy Again Urged

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 22 December 1951 · page 7

SYDNEY, Friday.—The New South Wales Minister for Mines (Mr. Arthur) again urged the Federal Government to impose a 5/- a ton excise on coal to rehabilitate the…

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U.S. Coal Export Record

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 22 December 1951 · page 7

Next year, the United States plan to export 45 million tons of coal—a record—to Europe, the Far East and South…

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1952 Hopes on Pillar Poser Cochran Praises Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 22 December 1951 · page 7

SYDNEY, Friday.—Mr. Cochran said to-day he hoped the coal pillar extraction problem would be solved next year. Mr. Cochran, Chairman…

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Two Disputes On Coal In Ship Settled

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 22 December 1951 · page 2

Disputes In which wharf-labourers and seamen were involved over unloading coal from the freighter Macedon…

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Hoarders Hold £5000M. Worth Of Gold "Herald" Special

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 22 December 1951 · page 7

NEW YORK, Dec. 21.—More than £5000 million worth of gold is tucked away in private hoards around the…

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Coal Chemicals Pollute River

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 24 December 1951 · page 2

A complaint by Newcastle Chamber of Commerce that chemicals from coal chitter between Singleton and Muswellbrook were polluting the Hunter River is receiving the…

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LETTERS To The Editor Miners, Pensioners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 24 December 1951 · page 2

MR. WESTCOTT tries to ridicule miners and pensioners. Hats off to both pensioners and coalminers…

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59 Bodies Taken From U.S. Mine

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 24 December 1951 · page 1

NEW YORK, Sun. (A.A.P.) — Fifty-nine bodies have been recovered from the New Orient mine in West Frankfurt (Illinois) following the disastrous gas explosion on…

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£650,000 Gold Goes By Air

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 24 December 1951 · page 2

SYDNEY: Forty cases of gold, valued at nearly £650,000, left Sydney by Pan-American…

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Big Coal Lift Under Way

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 27 December 1951 · page 3

A start has been made on the northern coalfields on the holiday lift of coal which accumulated at dumping points in the closing weeks of the year because of transport…

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American Town Mourns Mine Disaster Dead

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 27 December 1951 · page 2

NEW YORK, Wed.)—Hymns and organ music resounded throughout West Frankfort (Illinois) today, as the coalfield area buried its dead. On Christmas Day there…

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10-Day U.S. Mine Stop Forecast

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 27 December 1951 · page 2

WEST FRANKFORT (Illinois), Dec. 26. A.A.P.—The President of the United Mine-workers' Union (Mr. John L…

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EDITORIAL Coal Industry Must Guard Its Markets

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 27 December 1951 · page 4

ROUNDING off a statement on the year's coal production, the Minister for National Development gave a warning which everyone associated with the…

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Huge Cobalt Mine Plan

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 29 December 1951 · page 6

Uganda may replace Northern Rhodesia as the world's largest producer of cobalt when mining starts soon in the Ruwenzori Range…

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