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Mining & the mines, 1946

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Rehabilitating Gold Mining

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 16 February 1946 · page 15

ANNOUNCEMENT by the Minister for Post-war tion, Mr. Dedman, that the Federal Government has decided to grant loans to assist in the rehabilitation…

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Cuthbert's Misima Gold

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 16 February 1946 · page 23

Mr. L. A. Westcott, former general manager of Mt. Morgan, Ltd., has joined the board of Cuthbert's Misima Goldmine, Ltd., and will also be mining consultant…

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Buys Gold Area

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 16 February 1946 · page 23

Harrietville (Tronoh), Ltd., has agreed to purchase from Adelong Gold Estates, N.L., the whole of that company's areas in the Ovens Valley…

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Adelong Gold Sells Property

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 16 February 1946 · page 9

Adelong Gold Estates N.L. has sold its leases and remaining freehold properties in the Ovens Valley (Victoria), to Harrietville (Tronoh) Ltd., for £4,000…

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Miners' leaders refuse high pay

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 17 February 1946 · page 2

LONDON, Sat.--At least five miners' leaders have rejected the offer of a £5000 a year position on the new…

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Miners play leapfrog PERTH

The Sun · Sunday 17 February 1946 · page 1

BEER flowed, and men played leapfrog in the streets of the old goldfields town of Peak Hill yesterday after the oldest inhabitant found a 66oz. nugget worth £700…

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The Nation He would ginger them up on coal

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 17 February 1946 · page 26

Amiable Fred Daly, 33-year-old leading light in Labor's recently formed "Ginger Group," was looking unusually…

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Returned Man's Job Stops Mine

The Sun · Monday 18 February 1946 · page 3

Objection by a section of the men to a returned soldier being employed as a shiftman caused a…

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Strong Trend in Shares Wallsend Coal Gain

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 18 February 1946 · page 5

A strong trend persisted in a wide range of investment share business on the Stock Exchange on Saturday…

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Finance, Commerce, Mines And Markets World Monetary Plan Australia's Position by the Financial Editor

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 18 February 1946 · page 5

This week's projected departure of Mr. L. G. Melville to attend the first sittings of the World Bank's Board of Governors, merely as an…

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Balmain Mine May Reopen for Coal

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 19 February 1946 · page 13

Natural Gas and Oil Corporation Ltd., owner of the Balmain Colliery, is considering the possibility of reopening the mine for coal production…

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5200-Ton Coal Loss at Seven N.s.w. Collieries

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 19 February 1946 · page 5

SEVEN mines are idle in N.S.W. today an estimated loss of 5200 tons In the north. Hebburn No: 2…

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Gas Flow at Colliery

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 19 February 1946 · page 3

Tests carried out at Balmain Colliery have shown that 100,000 cubic feet of methane gas can be drawn in each 24 hours…

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Gold Yields

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 19 February 1946 · page 13

Norseman, weekend Feb. 5, 3498 ions (Inc. 118 tons trlbutors' ore), 916oz. bullion. 329 oz. fine; despatched 1870 tons concentrates, 472 crushed; total, £10,650…

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Miners Strike Over Soldier

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 19 February 1946 · page 3

Northern Extended Colliery was idle yesterday because a returned soldier, a former, miner, had secured a job as a shift worker…

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Germans Warm When Miners Share Control

Tribune · Tuesday 19 February 1946 · page 3

LONDON.—Coal-mines in Saxony, Soviet occu[?] zone, are being operated by worker-management committees under strict State…

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Finance, Commerce, Mines And Markets Relief for Liberated Sound Trade Promotion

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 19 February 1946 · page 6

Considering the many other demands upon Australia's resources, this country has every reason to be satisfied with its…

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Six N.s.w. Mines Idle, Coal Loss 5200 Tons

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 20 February 1946 · page 4

ABOUT 5200 tons of coal will be lest to stocks today because of stoppages at six N.S.W. mines. In the north. Aberdare. Stanford…

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Six N.s.w. Mines Idle, Coal Loss 5200 Tons

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 20 February 1946 · page 4

ABOUT 5200 tons of coal will be lost to stocks today because of stoppages at six N.S.W. mines. In the north, Aberdare, Stanford…

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Six N.s.w. Mines Idle, Coal Loss 5200 Tons

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 20 February 1946 · page 11

ABOUT 5200 tons of coal will be lost to stocks today because of stoppages at six N.S.W. mines. In the north, Aberdare. Stanford…

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