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Mining & the mines, 1946

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Mine Fight to Close Tunnel

Daily Mirror · Thursday 25 April 1946 · page 17

ESSNOCK, Thursday.--Fearing an explosion, fire-fighters are today working feverishly to list in the earth and close off number one innel from number two tunnel at Cessnock…

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Mine Fight to Close Tunnel

Daily Mirror · Thursday 25 April 1946 · page 17

CESSNOCK, Thursday.--Fearing an explosion, fire-fighters are today working feverishly to blast in the earth and close off number one tunnel from number two tunnel at Cessnock…

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Mine Fight to Close Tunnel

Daily Mirror · Thursday 25 April 1946 · page 17

CESSNOCK, Thursday.--Fearing an explosion, fire-fighters are today working feverishly to blast in the earth and close off number one funnel from number two funnel at Cessnock…

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Perils Remain In Difficult Battle For Mine

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 25 April 1946 · page 3

CESSNOCK, Wednesday.—The battle to subdue the fire at the old workings at Cessnock No. 2.colliery is being fought with grim…

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Two More S.a. Gold Strikes

Daily Mirror · Thursday 25 April 1946 · page 14

JOHANNESBURG, Thursday. -- Two more gold strikes are reported a few miles from Odendaals Rust, Orange Free…

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Two More S.a. Gold Strikes

Daily Mirror · Thursday 25 April 1946 · page 14

JOHANNESBURG, Thursday. -- Two more gold strikes are reported a few miles from Odendaals Rust, Orange Free…

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Two More S.a. Gold Strikes

Daily Mirror · Thursday 25 April 1946 · page 14

JOHANNESBURG, Thursday. -- Two more gold strikes are reported a few miles from Odendaals Rust, Orange Free…

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Rich Prospects in New Gold Find

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 25 April 1946 · page 1

DARWIN, Wednesday.--The gold strike about 60 miles south of Darwin might prove one of Australia's richest finds, a senior official of the Northern Territory mining branch said today…

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Two More S.a. Gold Strikes

Daily Mirror · Thursday 25 April 1946 · page 14

JOHANNESBURG, Thursday. -- Two more gold strikes are reported a few miles from Odendaals Rust, Orange Free…

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Two More S.a. Gold Strikes

Daily Mirror · Thursday 25 April 1946 · page 14

JOHANNESBURG, Thursday. -- Two more gold strikes are reported a few miles from Odendaals Rust. Orange Free…

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Two More S.a. Gold Strikes

Daily Mirror · Thursday 25 April 1946 · page 14

JOHANNESBURG, Thursday. -- Two more gold strikes are reported a few miles from Odendaals Rust. Orange Free…

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Hope for Resumption at Fired Mine Aberdare Men Back At Work

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 25 April 1946 · page 9

CESSNOCK, Wednesday.--There was a good chance that the workable section of the burning Cessnock No. 2 coalmine would be producing again in about a week, said the…

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Burning Colliery Blocked

Daily Mirror · Friday 26 April 1946 · page 2

CESSNOCK, Friday.--Surface of the airway between the two tunnels in the burning Cess nock No. 2 mine was blown in…

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Burning Colliery Blocked

Daily Mirror · Friday 26 April 1946 · page 2

CESSNOCK, Friday.--Surface of the airway between the two tunnels in the burning Cess nock No. 2 mine was blown in…

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Burning Colliery Blocked

Daily Mirror · Friday 26 April 1946 · page 2

CESSNOCK, Friday.--Surface of the airway between the two tunnels in the burning Cess nock No. 2 mine was blown in…

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Burning Colliery Blocked

Daily Mirror · Friday 26 April 1946 · page 2

CESSNOCK, Friday.--Surface of the airway, between the two tunnels in the burning Cess nock No. 2 mine was blown in…

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Colliery Fire Under Control

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 26 April 1946 · page 10

NEWCASTLE, Thursday.--A change of color in the smoke pouring from the craters above Cessnock No. 2 Colliery tonight indicated that the week-old…

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Fire in Mine Being Subdued

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 26 April 1946 · page 6

CESSNOCK, Thursday.—Although the week-old fire is still burning over a large area in the old workings of Cessnock No. 2…

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Cessnock Mine Fire Now Under Control

The Sun · Friday 26 April 1946 · page 2

Present methods to control the fire at Cessnock No. 2 Colliery appear to be having some success, said the manager (Mr. W…

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New Gold Strikes in South Africa

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 26 April 1946 · page 4

JOHANNESBURG, Thursday.--Three more rich gold strikes in Odendaalstrust area of the Orange Free State were announced today. A borehole sunk by the…

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