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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1953

19 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers

Lake George Mines Profit Warning on Dividend

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 27 January 1953 · page 1

Lake George Mining Corporation Ltd. shows consolidated net profit of £stg389,727 for the year ended June 30, 1952, an increase of £17,178…

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Mine Company Gives Rooms to C.w.a

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 20 March 1953 · page 2

The annual meeting of the Captain's Flat branch of the Country Women's Association was held last week, when Mrs. S. Bannerman was elected…

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Mine Chief Reassuring Not Much Danger of Captain’s But Freight Cut Needed

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 12 May 1953 · page 1

A reassuring statement was made today by the general manager of Lake George Mines Ltd., Mr. J. M. Ireland, when he commented on a radio broad statement by Mr. O. Kemp that closure of the…

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Lake George Mine Stops Work Miners on Strike Over Dismissal of Storeman; Dispute at Captain’s Flat

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 22 May 1953 · page 1

All mining operations at Captain’s Flat have suspended following the decision this morning of all AWU employees of the Lake George Mine to go out on strike “indefinitely.”…

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Court Told of Mine Strike Union Leader Reviews History of the Dispute

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 29 May 1953 · page 1

Main development in the strike of about 250 AWU men at the Lake George Mine, which last week resulted in the suspension of all mining operations at Captain’s Flat, is that the Arbitration Court has been…

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Prospecting For Gold Council Careful Before [?] Authority to Enter

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 2 June 1953 · page 2

At last Shire meeting [?] asked if it had any objection [?] prospecting operations being [?] out in the parish of Jerricknora, [?]…

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Miners Back at Work

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 9 June 1953 · page 1

Striking AWU men at Lake George Mine, Captain’s Flat, returned to work at midnight on Sunday when the management agreed to a Union…

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Snowy Project Sidelights on the Snowy Gold: One problem the Snowy

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 19 June 1953 · page 4

Mountains Authority has not been able to solve, is what will happen if a gold seam is discovered when the tunnel is being blasted from Tumut…

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Captain’s Flat Mine ldle Miners on Strike after Dismissal of Union Leader

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 17 July 1953 · page 1

The big Lake George mine at Captain’s Flat has been idle since Monday, when all union labor was withdrawn following the dismissal of the president of the local AWU branch, Mr. T. Kerr…

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Mine Strike Over Men Resume Tomorrow

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 21 July 1953 · page 1

Miners who have been on strike since last Monday will return to work at the Lake Georg Mine at Captain’s Flat tomorrow…

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Gold Carpet for Coronation

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 7 August 1953 · page 4

Some of the world's most impressive carpets will cover the ancient stones of Westminster Abbey at the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II. Altogether…

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Recipes From California Cake of Gold with Ambrosia Icing

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 14 August 1953 · page 4

Beat the yolks of five eggs until thick and then beat in a cupful sugar. Add one cupful of flour, sifte[?] before it was measured, and fold in…

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Four Men Hurt in Mine Mishaps at Captain’s Flat

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 25 September 1953 · page 1

Lake George mine at Captain’s Flat, early this week was the scene of a series of minor accidents involving four employees…

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Trouble Brewing at Captain’s Flat? More Stoppages at Big Mine

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 27 November 1953 · page 1

Union versus management strike seems to be brewing a[?] at the Lake George Mine at Captains Flat, according to a story told to a staff reporter of The Age this week by a prominent AWU member…

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Man Injured in Mine

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 1 December 1953 · page 1

The man was injured while working underground in.the Lake George! Mine at Captain's Flat last night. He is M. Lacy of Braidwood Road…

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Gloomy Xmas Forecast for Captain’s Flat Union Leader Critical of Mine Management

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 18 December 1953 · page 1

“A black Christmas and a blacker New Year is my forecast for the people of Captain’s Flat,” said Shire Councillor. T. J. Kerr this week. Cr. Kerr, who is president of Captain’s Flat…

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Safety Men Strike Over Wages Mine Shuts Down at Captains Flat

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 22 December 1953 · page 4

Because of a strike of skipmen, the maintenance program normally carried out during the Christmas shutdown is not being undertaken this year at the Lake George Mine at Captain’s Flat…

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“Misrepresented the Position” Mine Manager Replies To Union Criticism

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 30 December 1953 · page 1

In a letter to the Editor of The Age Mr J. M. Ireland, general manager of Lake George Mines at Captain’s Flat, replies to charges by A.W.U. President (Mr T. J. Kerr) that the management was…

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