Australian newspapers
1803 – 1954
Old Local Papers
Every story
read free on Trove

These are historical newspapers. Some stories use language and express views that are offensive today.

← Mining & the mines, all years

Sydney · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1948

4,740 stories in Sydney's papers · page 63 of 237

Mine Host Keeps Dash

Daily Mirror · Thursday 29 April 1948 · page 16

Last-start winner Mine Host this morning dashed over five furlongs on the course proper--30ft. out--in…

Continued on Trove, page 16 →

Victorian Gold Yield

Daily Mirror · Thursday 29 April 1948 · page 12

GOLD produced in Victoria during March totalled 5810 ozs.--a decline Of 1124 ozs. on figures for March, 1947…

Continued on Trove, page 12 →

Victorian Gold Yield

Daily Mirror · Thursday 29 April 1948 · page 12

GOLD produced in Victoria during March totalled 5810 ozs.--a decline of 1124 ozs. on figures for March, 1947…

Continued on Trove, page 12 →

Victorian Gold Yield

Daily Mirror · Thursday 29 April 1948 · page 12

GOLD produced in Victoria during March totalled 5810 ozs.--a decline of 1124 ozs. on figures for March, 1947…

Continued on Trove, page 12 →

Victorian Gold Yield

Daily Mirror · Thursday 29 April 1948 · page 12

GOLD produced in Victoria during March totalled 5810 ozs.--a decline of 1124 ozs. on figures for March, 1947…

Continued on Trove, page 12 →

Victorian Gold Yield

Daily Mirror · Thursday 29 April 1948 · page 12

GOLD produced in Victoria during March totalled 5810 ozs.--a decline of 1124 ozs. on figures for March, 1947…

Continued on Trove, page 12 →

Victorian Gold Yield

Daily Mirror · Thursday 29 April 1948 · page 12

GOLD produced in Victoria during March totalled 5810 ozs.--a decline of 1124 ozs. on figures, for. March, 1947…

Continued on Trove, page 12 →

Victorian Gold Yield

Daily Mirror · Thursday 29 April 1948 · page 12

GOLD produced in Victoria during March totalled 5810 ozs.--a decline of 1124 ozs. on figures for March, 1947…

Continued on Trove, page 12 →

Switch To Gold Shar[?]

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 29 April 1948 · page 16

LONDON, Wednesday (A.A.P.).--Western Australians have had most of the meagre trading in mining shares on the…

Continued on Trove, page 16 →

Victoria's Gold Yield Falls

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 29 April 1948 · page 16

Victoria's gold yield for March was 5810oz. fine, a fall of 1124oz on that of March, 1947. The yield for the first three…

Continued on Trove, page 16 →

Palestine Gold Sent to Britain

The Hebrew Standard of Australasia · Thursday 29 April 1948 · page 5

It is learned from official sources that £11,000,000 of gold has been removed by air to Britain from Palestine…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Coal Costs Soaring Big Awards Bill

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 29 April 1948 · page 6

The cost of concessions awarded to the mining unions, including the recent additions, assumed staggering…

Continued on Trove, page 6 →

Mine Host tires at end of fast trial

The Sun · Thursday 29 April 1948 · page 23

A heavy fog hampered training on most tracks today, but at Moorefield, where the atmosphere was clear, Mine Host ran five furlongs in 1.4¾, tiring at the finish…

Continued on Trove, page 23 →

Only one N.S.W. coal mine idle

The Sun · Friday 30 April 1948 · page 6

Only one coal mine was idle in NSW today for a loss of 800 tons. Miners have to work today…

Continued on Trove, page 6 →

Mine Men Fined

The Sun · Friday 30 April 1948 · page 5

WOLLONGONG, Friday.-- Two former colliery employees were each fined 10-, and a third £1, at Bulli Court…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Gold Production

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 30 April 1948 · page 13

PRIME MINISTER (Mr. Chifley) denied a report that the Commonwealth Government contemplated a subsidy to promote gold production…

Continued on Trove, page 13 →

Coal Is Important British Export

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 30 April 1948 · page 6

RECENTLY concluded trade agreement with the Argentine and Denmark have emphaised that coal is a vital export…

Continued on Trove, page 6 →

Gold Facts About Power Rationing Editorial

The Sun · Friday 30 April 1948 · page 3

Whatever excuses and palliations may be offered for the rationing of electricity, the cold fact remains that Sydney is doomed to shiver without radiators during the coming…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Gold Mining Costs

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 1 May 1948 · page 6

Reduced working hours and a new award had increased the cost of gold production, states the annual report of the Australian…

Continued on Trove, page 6 →

Small Coal Loss

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 1 May 1948 · page 5

Only one N.S.W, mine was idle yesterday, a strike at the Elrington mine on the northern field resulting in a loss of 818…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →