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Mining & the mines, 1946

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Gold Yields

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 15 April 1946 · page 7

AT CONSOLIDATED: April 11, treated 450 tons for 667oz 14dwt…

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"Newcastle Coal Inferior"

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 15 April 1946 · page 1

ADELAIDE, Sunday.—Coal from Newcastle was described by industrialists here as "dirty, dusty, and, in some instances, full of sandstone."…

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Finance, Commerce, Mines And Markets Solving the Gold Mystery Evidence in the Case by the Financial Editor

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 15 April 1946 · page 7

One result of official secretiveness is that surprising deductions are apt to he marie from the wisps of information vouchsafed to the…

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Coal Miner Tells of Hardships

Daily Mirror · Monday 15 April 1946 · page 5

Contract coal miners suffered heavy losses of earnings by training inexperienced miners, and one Western district miner…

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Beauty Giving Way to Coal

Daily Mirror · Monday 15 April 1946 · page 3

LONDON, Monday.--Whether Wentworth Wood House, a Yorkshire beauty spot, is to be sacrificed for coal, will be…

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Coal Miner Tells of Hardships

Daily Mirror · Monday 15 April 1946 · page 5

Contract coal miners suffered heavy losses of earnings by training inexperienced miners, and one Western district miner…

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Coal Miner Tells of Hardships

Daily Mirror · Monday 15 April 1946 · page 5

Contract coal miners suffered heavy losses of earnings by training inexperienced miners, and one Western district miner…

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Industry Turning From Coal to Oil

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 15 April 1946 · page 1

Leading industrialists believe that Australia, like Great Britain, may have to change from coal to fuel oil as its main power source, unless it is made possible for the coal industry to meet consumers' demands…

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ANOTHER 30,000 IDLE U.S. Coal Strike

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 15 April 1946 · page 3

NEW YORK, April 14 (A.A.P.). —Fuel shortages resulting from the strike of 400,000 mine workers, which is now entering its third week,…

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Spanish Galleon With Aztec Gold Found OH Florida

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 15 April 1946 · page 1

NEW YORK, April 14 (A.A.P.). —Divers yesterday re-located off Key West, Florida, the sunken Spanish galleon Santa Rosa, which,…

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Three Mines Idle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 16 April 1946 · page 3

Three New South Wales mines were idle yesterday because of indusiual disputes. Loss of coal output was about 1,500 tons…

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Miners’ Leader Warns British Government

Tribune · Tuesday 16 April 1946 · page 2

British Government LONDON.—The British Labor Government must be careful not to strain the loyalty of miners to the breaking-point, warned Mr. Arthur…

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Miners' Claims Heard Decision Reserved

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 16 April 1946 · page 4

Evidence before the Coal Board ended unexpectedly yesterday when representatives from the Collieries' Association stated that they…

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Strange Demand for Coal Dust

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 16 April 1946 · page 10

LONDON, Tuesday.--Thousands of tons of formerly useless coal dust are being shipped from Tyneside to Europe…

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Aid for Coal Industry No Decision Yet

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 16 April 1946 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Monday.— Although plans for the rehabili[?]tion and modernisation of t[?]e Australian coal industry are being…

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SCIENCE for the PEOPLE Geology Helped By Gold Discoveries

Tribune · Tuesday 16 April 1946 · page 5

The discovery of gold in large quantifies in Victoria in the early 1850’s had important scientific consequences as well as economic and political effects…

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Finance, Commerce, Mines And Markets General Price Level Production Effects by the Financial Editor

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 16 April 1946 · page 6

Although the Australian policy of price stabilisation was comparatively successful in meeting war-time requirements, it may…

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Coal Resources of Australia

Construction · Wednesday 17 April 1946 · page 5

The Standards Association of Australia announces the issue for public critical review of a draft supplement dated 1946 to its report, “The Coal Resources of Australia,” No. PS. 3-1929…

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1527 Dead in Mine Disaster

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 17 April 1946 · page 17

TOKIO, Wednesday. -- News of the world's worst mining disaster, withheld by the Japs since 1942, has .just been…

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Gold Property Shows Promise

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 17 April 1946 · page 23

The rich ore on the south side of the drive in the Edna Beryl property is four feet wide and 15 feet long, and continues above and below the drive,…

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