Most U.S. Miners Heed By Lewis
NEW YORK, Friday: Operations were virtually back to normal in the U.S. soft coal mines yesterday, with over 85 per cent, of the miners…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Northern Rivers · Mining & the mines
Mining & the mines, 1948
521 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 9 of 27
Black Sand Mining No Menace Home Owners Assured
BRISBANE, Monday: South Coast home-owners had nothing to fear from the mining of black sands…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →No Aid in Gold Production
CANBERRA, Tuesday.--The Prime Minister (Mr. Chifley) today denied a report that the Commonwealth Government contemplated a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Objection to Mining[?]on Kingscliff Beachfront
Tweed Shire Council will vigorously oppose an application for a mining lease on a strip of beach along Marine Parade, Kingscliff. This recommendation from…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Local Coal for Koolkhan likely
GRAFTON, Tuesday.--Operations at Nymboida coalmine have been started by Amberley Colliery Ltd., of Ipswich. The company hopes…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →£16,000 in Gold Ore, But "Broke"
BRISBANE, Tuesday : Because lack of rain has prevented the crushing plant at Miclere working…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Gold-plated Sheep's Tooth Starts Rush
CAPETOWN. Wednesday: A sheep's head has started a gold rush in the Vosburg district, states the Associated…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Gympie Goldfields May Be Reopened
SYDNEY, Wednesday: Reopening of the Gympie goldfields is planned by a new mining company, International Minerals Ltd,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Diesel Train for Miners
The first diesel train for taking miners to and from the coal face pulled out from the station .at Nook Colliery, Lancashire, recently. Hauled by a 50 h.p., flameproof diesel locomotive, it carries 144 men 1900 yards to the coal face. It saves the miners one hour each per shift with a consequent increase in man hour production. Photo shows the afternoon shift coming off…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mine Host, Tidal For Randwick
SYDNEY, Friday.--Mine Host and Tidal have bright prospects of achieving the ''hattrick'' at Randwick tomorrow, the former in the Flying Handicap and the filly in the Juvenile…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Miners to Receive Uni. Preference
In view of the continued pressure on universities in the United Kingdom, men and women who have served in the Armed…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Ddt to Aid Search for Fabulous Mines
NEW YORK:-- The fabulous gold deposits once worked by Mexico's Toltec emperors is being sought by a Swedish expedition. These, jungle-hidden mines…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Wants Partners in Exploiting Gold Field
SYDNEY, Sunday: A retired 66-year-old Sydney business man, Louis Brodsky, of Bondi, wants six men to join him in…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Proving a "Land of Gold"
BANGKOK (Siam), Monday: Prospectors have found large deposits of gold ore in the bandit[?]fested jungles around…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →No Transport By Sea For Lismore Coal
Because of difficulties confronting the North Coast Steam Navigation Company, coal for Lismore's gas works cannot be brought by sea…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Shire Objection to Using Lake Water For Sand Mining
Formal objection against the proposal to use the waters of Lake Ains worth at Lennox Head, for the treatment of mineral hearing sands was approved at a meeting of Tintenbar Shire…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Strike Threat By Miners
SYDNEY. Wednesday: Strike action was threatened by the Miners' Federation Central Council today unless the Central…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Gold Production Decreases
CANBERRA, Wednesday.--Australia's gold production during March decreased by 8 per cent, compared with the figure for…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Nimbin Coal Quality Much Improved
The Electrical Engineer, Mr Theo Flynn informed Tweed Shire Council meeting on Wednesday that the type of coal…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Ship Runs Close to Two Mines
AUCKLAND, Wednesday: Two floating mines were sighted by the Union Company's freighter,…
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