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Mining & the mines, 1948

4,740 stories in Sydney's papers · page 58 of 237

Four Collieries Idle

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 20 April 1948 · page 5

ALL southern and western mines are working today, but four are idle in the north. Northern stoppages are at…

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Four Collieries Idle

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 20 April 1948 · page 5

ALL southern and western mines are working today, but four are idle in the north. Northern stoppages are at…

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Mine Reports

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 20 April 1948 · page 8

Takuapa Valley Tin Dredging N.L.--For the first half of April, No. 1 dredge worked 318 hours, turning over 75,000 cubic…

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Mine Reports

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 20 April 1948 · page 8

Takuapa Valley Tin Dredging; N.L.--For the first half of April, No. 1 dredge worked 318 hours, turning over 75,000 cubic…

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Rising Sun Mine

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 20 April 1948 · page 5

Weabers Rising Sun, N.L., is being formed in Adelaide to acquire options over the Rising Sun and Weabers Find Mines at…

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Rest Home for Miners

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 20 April 1948 · page 7

The Joint Coal Board will begin soon a scheme to rehabilitate disabled New South Wales…

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20 Dead In Mine Blast

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 20 April 1948 · page 4

PARIS, Tuesday.--Twenty miners were killed, 30 gravely injured and 100 others have been…

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20 Dead In Mine Blast

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 20 April 1948 · page 4

PARIS, Tuesday.--Twenty miners were killed, 30 gravely injured and 100. others have been…

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20 Dead In Mine Blast

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 20 April 1948 · page 4

PARIS, Tuesday.--Twenty miners were killed, 30 gravely injured and 100 others have been…

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20 Dead In Mine Blast

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 20 April 1948 · page 4

PARIS, Tuesday.--Twenty miners were killed, 30 gravely injured and 100 others have been…

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20 killed in mine explosion

The Sun · Tuesday 20 April 1948 · page 7

LILLE, Tuesday.--Twenty miners were killed and 30 gravely injured in an explosion in the…

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20 Dead In Mine Blast

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 20 April 1948 · page 4

PARIS, Tuesday. -- Twenty miners were killed, 30 gravely injured and 100 others have been…

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Aust. Gold Yield Drops

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 20 April 1948 · page 14

Australian gold production for the three months ended February 29 last fell 21.700oz., worth about £233,500, compared…

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Fall in Gold Production

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 20 April 1948 · page 3

CANBERRA, Monday.— Gold production of 205,819 fine ounces for the three months ended February was…

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Miners at Seaside Scheme For Disabled

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 20 April 1948 · page 3

The Joint Coal Board has decided to launch a scheme to rehabilitate disabled N.S.W. mine-workers…

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High cost of leave for miners

The Sun · Tuesday 20 April 1948 · page 5

Granting miners' claims for long service leave would cost the coal industry £716,000 a year, and would…

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Caledonian Coal Output Up, Profit Recedes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 20 April 1948 · page 5

Net profit of Caledonian Collieries Ltd. at £36.205 for the year ended December 20 is a recession of £25.969 from the…

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Coal Profit Down 41 p.c

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 20 April 1948 · page 14

After charging £50,971 depreciation, Caledonian Collieries, Ltd., earned £36,205 net profit for the…

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Gold Gift to Britain "Marshall Plan" In South Africa

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 20 April 1948 · page 3

LONDON, April 19 (A.A.P.).—The South African Federated Chamber of Industries yesterday suggested that…

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20 DEAD, 50 Trapped in Mine Explosion Urgent Call For Blood Plasma Flames Leap From Pithead

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 20 April 1948 · page 3

PARIS, Tuesday. -- Twenty miners were killed, 30 gravely injured and 30 others have been trapped underground in a terrific explosion in a coal…

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