Fluorescent Lights in Mines
LONDON, Monday (AAP). — Fluorescent lights will be installed in British mines, says the…
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Mining & the mines, 1947
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Finding Mines with Helicopter
NEW YORK (A.P.): Helicopters, carrying the flying magnetic prospecting devices used by the Admiral Richard Byrd-United…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →France to Receive German Coal
MOSCOW, Monday: The Foreign Ministers have negotiated an agreement on allotments of German coal to France, thereby removing one of the chief stumbling blocks to German peace settlement, it is revealed…
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MOSCOW, Monday (AAP). —The Big Four Foreign Ministers have negotiated an agreement on allotments of German coal to…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Ship Hits Mine
LONDON, Tuesday: The Associated Press representative at Singapore says: The Straits Steamship Company's Empire…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Payment to Miners for Public Holidays
SYDNEY, Tuesday: "The Central Coal Reference Board has reached a decision which will mean a costly charge upon…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →U.S. Coal Production After "Safety Strike"
WASHINGTON, Wednes. (AAP). —The Coal Mines Administrator announced that 26 per cent. of coal mines reported soft coal production…
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NEW YORK (AP): Utah's bitumenous coal mines are about to produce resin from trees of 300,000,000 years age to…
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CESSNOCK, Thursday.—A mass meeting of the Amalgamated Engineering Union yesterday decided there would be no immediate…
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SYDNEY, Thursday.—Dr. Thomas David Jones, of Wales, told the Miners' Central Council in Sydney yesterday that there was no dust in…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Miners' Federation Policy
SYDNEY, Tuesday: Outlining the policy to the Central Council of the Miners' Federation today, the new president (Mr I…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Coal Dust Expert's Views
CANBERRA, Tuesday: Free medical examination of miners for dust conditions both before they are allowed to enter the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Military Train Blown Up by Mine in Palestine
LONDON, Tuesday: The British United Press representative in Jerusalem says: A military train from Egypt was blown up near Rehoboth (Palestine). Casualties are not yet i known but are…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Paid Holidays for Miners
SYDNEY, Wednesday: The general secretary of the Miners Federation (Mr G. W. Grant)said today that the Coal Industry…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Queen Goes Down a Mine
The Queen, wearing a long, white coat and protective helmet, is seen chatting to some of the experts who accompanied the Royal Family underground on their visit to the Crown Mines, Johan-nesburg. After descending more than 7000ft. by lifts, the Royal…
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MALARTIC, Quebec, Friday: Eleven men were trapped alive in the rich East Malartic goldmine…
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QUEBEC, Friday (AAP).—Rescue squads equipped with special mind fire-fighting apparatus are working round the clock shifts in an effort to…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Grim Fight to Save Trapped Miners
QUEBEC, Friday (AAP).—Rescue squads equipped with special mine fire-fighting apparatus are working round the clock shifts in an effort to…
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MALARGI (Quebec) Sunday (AAP).—All hope was abandoned yesterday for the 11 men who have been trapped in a smoke-filled mine since…
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MALARTIC (Quebee), Sunday: All hope was abandoned yesterday for 11 men who had been trapped in the burning,…
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