Nine Dead After Explosion in Mine
LONDON, Sunday: Nine miners are reported killed, seven injured and 11 entombed without hope of rescue after an explosion in the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Northern Rivers · Mining & the mines
Mining & the mines, 1948
521 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 27 of 27
Sun Affecting Coal Miners
Ipswich coal miners holidaying on the Queensland South Coast are getting badly sunburnt…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Open-cast Coal-winning
ELEVEN million tons of open-cast coal wilt have been won during 1948 in Great Britain. The coal is dug by private firms working under contract to the Ministry of Fuel and row r; the National Coal Board is concerned only with allocating the coal when it has been dug. This picture…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →100 Years of Gold: Story of Bendigo
Gold is a great magnet. A gold rush attracts men from the ends of the earth, and raises the fiercest lusts in the heart of man. The City of Bendigo, which, according to the last…
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