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Mining & the mines, 1952

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Mine Investments

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 1 January 1952 · page 1

BELGRADE, Mon.: Yugoslavia is preparing to invite private capital from the West to inves: in Yugoslav mines…

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Two shifts in mines urged

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 2 January 1952 · page 2

SYDNEY, Tuesday: A general profit-sharing scheme for the coal industry and the working of two shifts instead of one was advocated today by Sir Colin Davidson…

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Thefts of "black gold" in N.T.

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 2 January 1952 · page 1

DARWIN, Tues.: Thefts of wolfram, called "black gold" by prospectors, are increasing in the Tennant…

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Gold output falls

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 3 January 1952 · page 2

CANBERRA, Wed.: Australia gold production is the 10 months ended 1st October dropped by 46.3…

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Record U.k. Gold, Dollar Losses

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 9 January 1952 · page 1

LONDON, Tuesday (A.A.P.): Britain's losses in gold and dollar reserves in the fourth quarter of 1951 amounted to 934-million dollars — the highest loss on record. Reuter's financial correspondent describes the losses as "a staggering level." It follows losses totalling…

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Wyalong Man Risked Life to Save Dog Descended Snake-Infested Mine Shaft

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 10 January 1952 · page 2

Although he knew a snake was waiting at the bottom of a shaft. Cecil Snowden, of West Wyalong, risked his life to save a small clog from a lingering death. Mr Snowden, who is a…

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Big Gold Export

Daily Advertiser · Friday 11 January 1952 · page 2

SYDNEY, Thursday: than £235,000 worth of in 16 boxes left Sydney France by Pan-America…

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Explosion in Nova Scotia Coal Mine Many Killed

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 15 January 1952 · page 1

STEELARTON (Nova Scotia), Tuesday—An explosion ripped through the McGregor coal mine here yesterday, killing up to 16…

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More Coal This Year?

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 15 January 1952 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday: About [?] million tons additional [?] was expected to be pro[?] during this year, the…

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19 miners die in coalmine blast in Canada Three Escape

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 16 January 1952 · page 1

STELLARTON (Novia Scotia), Tuesday (A.A.P.): All 19 miners who were trapped in the McGregor coalmine by an explosion of gas…

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New British Machine Is Raising Coal Output

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 17 January 1952 · page 2

Increased coal output following the installation or a revolutionary new machine is reported from a big English mining area…

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Coal Board selling big building

Daily Advertiser · Friday 18 January 1952 · page 6

SYDNEY, Thursday: Frazer Home, Bridge Street, resumed by the Joint Coal Board for administrative offices at a…

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Fools' Gold

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Tuesday 22 January 1952 · page 3

Have you ever heard the saying "All that glitters" is not gold?" It was the great Shakespeare who made this wise…

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Royal Couple to See Mine at Broken Hill

Daily Advertiser · Friday 25 January 1952 · page 3

SYDNEY, Thursday: When Princess Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh visit Broken Hill on March 12 they…

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Mine Explodes

Daily Advertiser · Friday 1 February 1952 · page 2

ANCONA (Italy), Thursday (A.A.P.): Six Italian fishermen had their 30-ton boat blown from under them when…

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Compensation to miners' widows

Daily Advertiser · Monday 4 February 1952 · page 3

SPRINGFIELD (Illinois) Sunday (A.A.P.): The State Industrial Commission reported yesterday that workers'…

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Reds still control mine union

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 5 February 1952 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday : Communists today re­tained control of the Central Executive of the…

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Proposed Power House to Use Oaklands Coal

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Tuesday 5 February 1952 · page 2

Amongst business dealt with at the last meeting of the Coreen Shire Council were the following items:—…

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miners [?]ped harmed

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 6 February 1952 · page 1

[?] Tuesday six are trapped 600 feet surface by an ex[?] at the Lithgow…

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Increase in coal production in N.S.W.

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 9 February 1952 · page 1

SYDNEY, Friday: Coal production in N.S.W. was almost 200,000 tons higher for the period ended February 2…

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