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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1954

1,307 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 7 of 66

Cardiff Mine Damage Move

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 8 February 1954 · page 5

The Cardiff Progress Association would be in order in asking that a mine subsidence area be proclaimed in Cardiff…

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Coal Shipments Below Average

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 8 February 1954 · page 2

The total of coal shipments from Newcastle last week— 66,000 tons—was below the weekly average…

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Mr. McDougall In Miners' Ballot

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 8 February 1954 · page 2

Mr. G. McDougall, Chairman of Wallarah miners' lodge, will contest the ballot to elect a district president for…

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Mineworker Hit by Coal

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 9 February 1954 · page 7

Colin Craft, 40. of Daniel-street, Cessnock, tophand at Bellbird colliery, received a wound over the right eye…

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All Mines Work In North

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 9 February 1954 · page 2

All Northern mines worked yesterday. There will be no work on the coalfields to-day because…

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More Coal Ordered For Korea

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 9 February 1954 · page 2

An order for 120,000 more tons of New South Wales coal had been placed by the U.S. Army authorities in Korea, the…

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Coal Test Bores at Lake

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 9 February 1954 · page 2

Test bores for coal would be sunk in the Blackalls-Stoney Creek area, a spokesman for Newstan Colliery Pty. Ltd. said…

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LETTERS To The Editor Miners' Federation

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 9 February 1954 · page 4

IN the interest of the rank and file of the Miners' Federation it is time the people elected to the Board of…

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Ancient Gold Mine Found

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 10 February 1954 · page 11

SALISBURY (Southern Rhodesia).—Extensive traces of a vanished native culture that…

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One Mine Idle In North Today

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 10 February 1954 · page 2

Only one mine, Mine open cut, was idle in the north today and the hold-up was due to weather…

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Coal Board Man For Mine Job

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 11 February 1954 · page 2

The Cessnock District Engineer of the Joint Coal Board (Mr. W. Seward) has accepted a position with J. and A…

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Legendary Mines Produce Copper

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 11 February 1954 · page 5

JERUSALEM: Israel's Minister for Development Dr. Joseph said here recently that Israel hoped to be exporting copper from the legendary Bang Solomon's mines, in the…

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No Disputes at Mines

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 11 February 1954 · page 22

There were no stoppages of work due to industrial disputes on the northern coalfields today…

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No Mine Strikes In North

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 11 February 1954 · page 2

Northern coalfields were free from strikes yesterday for the second time this week. Yesterday was the second…

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Coal Leaves For Korea Next Week

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 11 February 1954 · page 2

When the Pacific Dragon completes loading a 9000-ton cargo of coal for Pusan next week about 250,000 tons will…

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Miners' Pay Rise

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 12 February 1954 · page 2

LONDON, Thur. (A.A.P.)—British miners have accepted wage rises varying from 7s to 8s 6d a week…

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Three Northern Mines Idle

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 12 February 1954 · page 9

Stoppages of work at three mines on the northern coalfields today cost 1400 tons of coal output…

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Private Talks On Pillar Coal

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 12 February 1954 · page 2

SYDNEY: The Coal Industry Tribunal (Mr. F. H. Gallagher) held today's conference on the introduction of machines for the extraction of pillar coal in a specially-selected…

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Output Of Mines Up For Month

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 12 February 1954 · page 2

Coal production at New South Wales pits in the first working month this year was 922,000 tons (826,000 tons…

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Misreport Claim On Mining

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 12 February 1954 · page 4

SYDNEY, Thursday.—A statement by Mr. H. Cockerill on miners' conditions overseas had been misreported, Mr…

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