Coal Loss From Rain
Heavy rain on the northern coalfields yesterday caused a loss of more than 1,000 tons of coal…
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What Are Coal Pillars?
Approximately two[?] thirds of the underground coal in New South Wales lies in the hundreds of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Gold Company Holds Grimly
At the annual meeting of South Virginia Gold Mining Co., N.L., yesterday, the mine manager (Mr. H. B. Clarke)…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Dispute threatens big coal holdup
A general stoppage of NSW coal mines is threatened from March 21, on a demarcation…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Union Warns On Drift From Mines
The president of the Southern district of the Miners' Federation (Mr. W. Parkinson) said yesterday that the south coast would be without…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Miners Defys ‘Lib’ Provocation: Point Way Forward
“Liberal” inspired provocation won’t win more coal but is likely to cause a general coal stoppage if not soon halted. THE demand of Australia’s…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Another Communist-Miners' Federation Plot Captain's Flat New Victim of Commos
"Common Cause" of February 12 reports that the Central Council of the Miners' Federation has accepted an application for affiliation by the workers of Captain's Flat…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Australia Is Slowly Losing 18 Years' Supply Of Good Coal
While Australian industry is being stunted through lack of coal, enough coal to supply Australia's present needs for 18 years is slowly deteriorating in mine pillars…
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LONDON.--A £500,000 excavator, which will shift earth at the rate of 24 tons a grab, has been installed at Ewart…
Continued on Trove, page 24 →Huge Coal Grab
LONDON.--A £500,000 excavator, which will shift earth at the rate of 24 tons a grab, has been installed at Ewart…
Continued on Trove, page 24 →Attitude on Pillar Coal
"Any attempt to extract pillar coal by mechanical means in the big Maitland seams would be deliberate…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Attitude on Pillar Coal
"Any attempt to extract pillar coal by mechanical means in the big Maitland seams would be deliberate…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire In Mine Threatens Plant
CESSNOCK, Wed. -- Safety men equipped with respirators will try to enter the burning No. 2 tunnel of Ayrfield No. 3…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →One-day Stop Coal Threat
A general hold-up in New South Wales coal mines on March 21 is threatened over a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Talks on threat of coal strike
The Coal Industry Tribunal (Mr. F. Gallagher) will call a conference in Sydney next Wednesday to…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →No Tea--Coal Loss 75 Tons
Neath mine was partly idle yesterday when a number of miners went home at 11 a.m…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Gold Output Down 46 p.c
CANBERRA, Wed.--Australia's gold production had fallen by 46 per cent. since 1939, the Acting Commonwealth Statistician (Mr. S. R. Carver) announced tonight…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Predicts End Of Large Gold Yield
Addition of the Free State gold mines to present producers may check the fall in South African gold output till about 1960, says the Government Mining Engineer…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →Coal Strike Threat Unions Fight On Membership
An inter-union dispute threatens to cause a stoppage at most New South Wales coalmines on March 21. The Deputies and…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Gold Output Shrinks Fall Of 5.2 p.c
Australian gold production for the year ended December 31 declined by 5.2 per cent, compared with the previous…
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