Britain Has Coal for Two Hundred Years
Britain has enough workable coal to last more than two hundred years, assuming it is mined at the rate of 250 million tons a year. This…
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Mining & the mines, 1950
9 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers
U.K. Coal Output LONDON, Thursday (A.A.P.)
British coal miners exceeded their 1949 target of 210 million to 215 million tons. The Fuel Ministry announced last…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Lake George Mine
Operations of Lake George Mining Corporation Ltd., of Captain’s Flat, N.S.W., were seriously affected last year by the prolonged strike at the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →All Electric Coal Mine
Work has recently begun in Central England on a new all-electric model pit with a shaft of 24 feet in diameter—the largest in the West…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Hume Power Plan Will Save Much Coal
During his second reading speech on the Hume Hydro Electric Development (Construction?) Bill on Wednes-night, the Minister for Works and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Belgian Mining Disaster Many Killed and Injured BRUSSELS, Friday (A.A.P.)
Belgium’s worst mining disaster since 1932, which occurred yesterday, killed 14 miners, injured four seriously and trapped 18 others in a mine near…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Soviet Uses Slave Labour at Uranium Mines
Soviet authorities in pwt Germany have built up a vast uranium mining project manned by slave labour, according to an…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Miners’ Trapped London, Monday (A.A.P.)
Cave-in of a flooded field last Thursday in Knokshinnock Colliery, Ayrshire, trapped the night shift, but rescuers on Sunday brought 116 miners…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →80 Miners Die in Fire LONDON, Wednesday (A.A.P)
Me[?]sages of sympathy from the King and Queen and the Prime Minister, Mr. Atlee, have been received by t[?]e relatives of the 80 miners…
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