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Mining & the mines, 1945

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Gold Yields

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 10 July 1945 · page 12

Boulder Perseverance, four weeks to June 26, 7208 tons, 1755oz. Kalgoorlie Enterprise, four weeks to June 26. 3310 tons. 1034oz…

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Councillor Urges Mine Nationalisation

Tribune · Tuesday 10 July 1945 · page 6

RATIONALISATION of the Lake George Mine at Captain's Flat was urged this week by Communist Councillor L. Stevens, of the…

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Stay-in Strike at Mine

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 10 July 1945 · page 2

NEWCASTLE, Tuesday. -- About 180 underground workers at Stockrington No. 2 colliery did not return to the surface…

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Nine Mines in State Held Up

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 10 July 1945 · page 9

With nine N.S.W. mines idle through stoppages, today is the worst in coal production this month…

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3300 Tons of Coal Lost in 3 Strikes

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 10 July 1945 · page 7

Strikes at three mines in New South Wales yesterday caused the loss of 3300 tons of coal Two of the three idle mines were…

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Finance, Commerce, Mines and Markets Volume of Exports Variations in War Years

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 10 July 1945 · page 6

Though the total value of Australian exports has been maintained because of higher prices, the volume of most…

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Four Mines Idle

The Sun · Wednesday 11 July 1945 · page 2

Four NSW mines are idle today and a fifth is only partly manned, involving a total production loss of 3800 tons…

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Miners Stay-in Strike Shortlived

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 11 July 1945 · page 4

ASSURED by the local coal authority (Mr. J. Connell) that he would hear their claim for additional watering of dusty coal today,…

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Coal Prices Sure To Rise

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 11 July 1945 · page 4

Coal prices were sure to rise once subsidy payments ceased and controls were lifted, said the Commonwealth coal…

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Stote Gold Yield Still Falling

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 11 July 1945 · page 5

Gold production of New south Wales for the first five months of 1945 amounted to 17,239oz. fine. valued at £182,780, compared with 28,648oz fine…

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Night Too Cold for Stay-in Strikers Left Mine After 11½ Hours

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 11 July 1945 · page 3

NEWCASTLE, Tuesday.—The 160 underground workers at Stockrington No. 2 colliery, who began a stay-in strike to-day, lost their enthusiasm in the chill evening and emerged about 6.30 p.m. They had been…

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Coal Cost Higher After War Rise After Controls Lifted, Govt. Subsidies Withdrawn

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 11 July 1945 · page 7

Coal prices would rise as soon as Government controls were lifted and subsidies to mining companies were withdrawn after the war, the Coal Commissioner (Mr. Mighell)…

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Miners' Turn To Be "Black"

Daily Mirror · Thursday 12 July 1945 · page 7

Miners at Invincible colliery, western field, having declared the mine deputies "black" on July 4, resumed this morning,…

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"Black" Ban On Miners, Pit Idle

The Sun · Thursday 12 July 1945 · page 2

Invincible Colliery (west) is idle because local Deputies' Association members (safety…

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Deputies Ban Miners; Colliery Idle

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 13 July 1945 · page 11

Invincible Colliery in the western districts was idle yesterday because the deputies had declared…

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Ban on Miners Keeps Mine Idle

The Sun · Friday 13 July 1945 · page 5

Invincible Colliery (West) is idle again today, because the deputies have declared the miners "black."…

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Revival of Gold Mining

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 13 July 1945 · page 8

KALGOORLIE, Thursday.—Problems concerning the rehabilitation of the gold-mining industry in Western Australia were discussed at a…

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Gold Yields

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 13 July 1945 · page 16

Victoria Gold Dredging, fortnight to July 10, 58,364 yards, 130oz. fine. Wattle Gully, 920 tons; 309oz…

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Pit Thrown Idle Deputies, Miners Both "Black"

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 13 July 1945 · page 3

Invincible colliery, where miners and deputies have declared each other "black," was idle again yesterday, and there…

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Toast Of The Week to the Miners, Corrimal Colliery, Bulli, NSW

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 14 July 1945 · page 12

OUT of sympathy with the lamented loss of the Prime Minister miners stopped work. At Corrimal this mark of respect added to a loss for the day of…

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