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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1937

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Lake George Mine Huge Profits Expected

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 2 April 1937 · page 3

If ruling metal prices hold when Lake George Mining Corporation reaches its anticipated production of 1000 tons daily, an annual profit of…

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Captain's Flat Mines Huge Profits Expected

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 9 April 1937 · page 1

If ruling metal prices hold when Lake George Mining Corporation reaches its anticipated production of 1000 tons daily, an annual profit of…

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Skip Wheels and Axles For Mine Use

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 13 April 1937 · page 4

The Standards Association of Australia announces the issue of a new standard specification, No. M.1 for “12-Inch Steel Skip Wheels and Axles…

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Increased Gold Production

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 16 April 1937 · page 2

Since 1933 the value of gold production in Australia increased from £650,000 to £10,123,724. In 1934 there were 31,000 men employed in…

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Captain’s Flat Mine

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 30 April 1937 · page 2

Wonder is daily expressed by many people, especially those with business interests, as to the probability of the continued working of the mineral lode…

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Captain's Flat Mines Plans for Production

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 30 April 1937 · page 2

The revived plans for the working of the Lake George silver-lead-zinc mines at Captain's Flat, entailed the formation of a new company in…

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Captain's Flat Mines

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 4 May 1937 · page 5

Mr. T. M. Owen, general of Lake George Mines, Ltd., accompanied by Mr. Pryor, consulting engineer for the Wilcannia Mining…

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Miners to Return to Work

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 14 May 1937 · page 2

Wonthaggi miners, after a stormy meeting, decided by 284 votes to 181 to accept the terms proposed at the round-table conference in Melbourne…

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Captain's Flat Electricity From Burrinjuck Developing Mine Leases

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 1 June 1937 · page 3

The Minister for Works and [?] Government (Mr. Spoo[?]er) has informed the Yarrowlumla Shire that he would constitute a committee to…

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The Coal Mining Trouble

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 9 July 1937 · page 2

Miners' officials, reviewing reports of aggregate meetings on the various coalfields of New South Wales, expressed the opinion that every…

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Support for Miners' Strike

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 16 July 1937 · page 3

According to an official Central Executive statement all interstate branches of the Miners' Federation have now agreed to give the N.S.W…

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Miners Determined to Enforce Log

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 30 July 1937 · page 2

Mr. W. Orr, secretary of the Miners' Federation, said to-day the unanimous decision of the recent aggregate meetings of mine-workers was…

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Maddened Convicts in Salt Mines

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 30 July 1937 · page 4

Protesting against the food supplied them in Targuocna Salt Mine, 300 convicts attacked the guards 2800 feet underground with picks and shovels,…

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Mass Demonstration of Miners NEWCASTLE

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 30 July 1937 · page 1

The stay-in strike at the John Darling mine is still unsettled, and 1400 other miners to-day participated in a mass demonstration…

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Stay in Strike At John Darling Mine NEWCASTLE

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 30 July 1937 · page 1

Another stay-in strike began to-day when between 180 and 190 employees at the John Darling mine, near Belmont, declared their intention of…

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Miners Cease Work

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 3 August 1937 · page 2

There was an unexpected development to-day when, as the result of a misunderstanding, work ceased at the Aberdare Central Colliery, one…

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Coal Industry Hopes for Peace SYDNEY

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 3 August 1937 · page 1

There appears a more hopeful outlook for peace in the coal industry, although neither side is yet prepared to make any statement on the position…

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The Miners' Strike

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 10 August 1937 · page 7

Although there is still a feeling in some quarters that the threatened strike on the coalfields may be averted, miners are leaving nothing to…

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Captain's Flat Mines

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 10 August 1937 · page 3

In his speech at the opening of the State Parliament the Governor stated that negotiations had been concluded between Ministers and the…

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The Miners' Strike

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 13 August 1937 · page 2

The Abermain No. 1 colliery, which employs 350 men, was idle today as a protest against the delay in coming to terms on the log of claims…

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