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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1953

1,237 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 7 of 62

100M. Tons Of Coal In Collie Basin

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 7 February 1953 · page 3

PERTH, Friday.—The recently discovered coal basin near Collie would yield 100 million tons when tapped, the…

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Miners Join Coal Talks

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 9 February 1953 · page 1

SYDNEY: The miners' Central Council has accepted a suggestion from the Joint Coal Board for monthly conferences between the board and the miners' Central Executive on…

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Coal Agreement "Not Honored"

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 9 February 1953 · page 9

J. and A. Brown Abermain-Seaham Collieries Ltd. had twice failed to honor an agreement to contribute to a fund for dependants of deceased employees of Abermain No. 2 Colliery,…

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LETTERS To The Editor Miners' Protest

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 9 February 1953 · page 2

IT IS significant that two correspondents ("N.M.H.," 5/2/'53) choose to make personal attacks under the cloak…

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Australian Coal Trade Reviewed Oversea Sale "Dubious"

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 9 February 1953 · page 2

SYDNEY, Sunday.—The market for export of Australian coal remained a dubious one, at best, states a report by "Research Service."…

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Coal Problems

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 10 February 1953 · page 2

By its nature, the problem of unbalance in coal production—too much of one type and not enough of…

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Lithgow Mine Again Idle

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 10 February 1953 · page 3

LITHGOW, Monday.—Six hundred employees of the State mine at Lithgow were idle again to-day over a…

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5850 Tons Coal Loss

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 10 February 1953 · page 3

Idleness of Australia's biggest mine, Burwood, to-day helped swell the northern field's loss of output…

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More Coal For Japan

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 10 February 1953 · page 2

The sixth ship to load coal for Japan in Newcastle is due on Friday. She is the Usa Maru, which…

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Mine Loco Breaks Man's Legs

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 10 February 1953 · page 1

A surveyor had both legs broken by a locomotive and to miners were injured by talls of stone and coal in…

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Less Coal From Open Cuts

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 10 February 1953 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday.—Opencut coal production in New South Wales during January was 50,000 tons less than for…

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Mine Idle On Death Fund Issue

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 10 February 1953 · page 2

Abermain No. 2 colliery employees took the day off because the company failed to contribute to a fund for…

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Korea Mines Claim

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 11 February 1953 · page 8

HONG KONG. Wednesday (A.A.P. - Reuter). — North Korean naval detachments have laid mines…

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Heavy Coal Loss Again

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 11 February 1953 · page 2

The heavy drop in coal output on the northern field since the beginning of this week continued…

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Northern Coal Loss 6300 Tons

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 11 February 1953 · page 2

Coal production loss in the North yesterday was about 6300 tons. Aberdare and Cessnock No…

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Accident at Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 12 February 1953 · page 7

Len Geat[?]es, 33, of Aberdare-road, Aberdare, loader hand at Aberdare colliery, suffered severe lacerations to the…

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Coal Sales on Credit

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 12 February 1953 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Wednesday.—The Joint Coal Board has offered to sell coal on credit to Government authorities. The object is to secure a…

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Hunter Coal Board Team

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 12 February 1953 · page 7

Players selected to represent Hunter River against Cessnock in the Coal Board Cup cricket match at Maitland Sports…

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U. Hunter Coal Problems

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 12 February 1953 · page 4

Problems of the coal industry which vitally affected the Branxton, Muswellbrook and Singleton areas could be…

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Brown Coal Conversion 'Too Costly'

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 12 February 1953 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Wednesday. —A large-scale process of converting brown coal into black coal would be so costly that…

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