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Mining & the mines, 1943

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Nz Gold Dredging

The Sun · Friday 1 January 1943 · page 5

Returns for December: Barrytown, 201,000 cubic yards for 528oz. bullion: Kanierl. 231,000 cubic yards, for 685 oz. bullion; Arahura, 174,000 cubic…

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More Coal From British Pits American's Proposal Our Staff Correspondent

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 1 January 1943 · page 6

LONDON, Dec. 31 (A.A.P.).— Harold R. Wheeler, an American mine mechanisation expert from Pittsburg, who joined the…

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NANCY--Scrap Mine!

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 2 January 1943 · page 9

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Bombers Lay Mines

The Sun · Saturday 2 January 1943 · page 2

LONDON, Saturday. -- RAF bombers raided western Germany on Friday night and laid more mines in enemy waters…

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Smashed By Mine But Lives

The Sun · Saturday 2 January 1943 · page 2

Blown up by a land mine Lieut.-Col. R. Ogle lived with these wounds: A broken left ankle,…

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Army Reopens Tin Mines in Cornwall

Daily Mirror · Saturday 2 January 1943 · page 5

LONDON.--A detachment of Royal Canadian Engineers is reopening Cornish tin mines, whose history goes back to the ancient Phoenicians…

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Army Reopens Tin Mines in Cornwall

Daily Mirror · Saturday 2 January 1943 · page 5

LONDON.--A detachment of Royal Canadian Engineers is reopening Cornish tin mines, whose history goes back to the ancient Phoenicians…

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secret history of the day Gold Laid on

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 2 January 1943 · page 10

MANY old hands believe that somewhere in the hills at the back of…

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Miners Improve Figures

Daily Mirror · Monday 4 January 1943 · page 8

The secretary of the Northern Colliery Proprietors' Association (Mr. R. W. Davie) said today that at 10 large Maitland collieries, with a normal…

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Miners Improve Figures

Daily Mirror · Monday 4 January 1943 · page 8

The secretary of the Northern Colliery Proprietors' Association (Mr. R. W. Davie) said today that at 10 large Maitland collieries, with a normal…

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Miners Improve Figures

Daily Mirror · Monday 4 January 1943 · page 8

The secretary of the Northern Colliery Proprietors' Association (Mr. R. W. Davie) said today that at 10 large Maitland collieries, with a normal…

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Famous Hotel a Rest Centre for Miners

Daily Mirror · Monday 4 January 1943 · page 5

LONDON, Monday. -- Scotland's famous golfing hotel, Glenagles, will open next Monday as a rehabilitation centre, with latest methods and…

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Coal Mine Conference

The Sun · Tuesday 5 January 1943 · page 2

Complaints that deputies at southern mines absented themselves on New Year's Day in defiance of National Security…

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Miners' Holiday Ends

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 5 January 1943 · page 5

Coalminers' finished their 10 days' annual holiday on Sunday. No work was done at four mines yesterday because of disputes…

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Yesterdays Finance, Investment, Mining and Produce Markets 40,000,000 will Pay U.S. Taxes In 1942-43

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 5 January 1943 · page 14

Changes in regular income tax and imposition of a Victory Tax are expected to increase the number of U.S. taxpayers next year to 40,000,000. At present, 20,000,000 are…

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Miners to Rebuild Lidice

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 6 January 1943 · page 3

LONDON, Tuesday.--British miners have launched a £1,000,000 fund to rebuild the Czech mining village of Lidice,…

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Threw Bomb Down Mine

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 6 January 1943 · page 2

LONDON, Tuesday.--Because he "got sick of his job" a 15 year-old colliery apprentice threw a live Mills bomb down a…

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4100 Idle At Mines

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 6 January 1943 · page 8

About 4100 miners are idle at nine N.S.W. collieries today, including many of the largest mines in the State…

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4100 Idle At Mines

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 6 January 1943 · page 2

About 4100 miners are idle at nine N.S.W. collieries today, including many of the largest mines In the State…

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4100 Idle At Mines

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 6 January 1943 · page 8

About 4100 miners are idle at nine N.S.W. collieries today, including many of the largest mines in the State…

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