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Mining & the mines, 1949

6,231 stories in Sydney's papers · page 60 of 250

UK Miners Grievance

Daily Mirror · Thursday 7 April 1949 · page 14

LONDON.--Gleaming official automobiles at the pit-heads of many North Britain coal mines are…

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Gold Yields

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 7 April 1949 · page 6

BURBIDGE: Four weeks ended Mar. 29, treated 1,645 tons, for 146¾oz. bullion, value £1,502. G.M. OF KALGOORLIE: Four weeks…

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First Hit Gold

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 7 April 1949 · page 6

First Hit Gold Mine (1934) N.L., which proposes to wind up, has sold its leases for £350. Part of the assets has also been sold. Plant on hand at…

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Invincible Miners Ordered to Resume

Daily Mirror · Thursday 7 April 1949 · page 4

The Coal Industry Tribunal (Mr. Gallagher) late this afternoon ordered miners on strike at Invincible colliery, western field, to resume tomorrow morning on pre-strike conditions…

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Invincible Miners Ordered to Resume

Daily Mirror · Thursday 7 April 1949 · page 4

The Coal Industry Tribunal (Mr. Gallagher) late this afternoon ordered miners on strike at Invincible colliery, western field, to resume tomorrow morning on pre-strike conditions…

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Managers In Mines "Not Bad"

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 7 April 1949 · page 7

NEWCASTLE, Wed. -- Most of the miners whom Senator Ashley saw this…

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Gold Coy. Passes Dividend

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 7 April 1949 · page 6

Eldorado Tennant Creek Ltd. is passing the dividend for the quarter ended March 31. Recent quarterly dividends…

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The Looming Winter Coal Famine

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 7 April 1949 · page 2

Coal supplies will be so precarious over the next few weeks owing to holidays, and thereafter owing to the…

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Miner Killed By Coal Fall

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 7 April 1949 · page 5

LITHGOW, Wednesday.— Falling tons of coal and rock in Edgecombe colliery, Hartley Valley, instantly killed Alvin…

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Coal Stocks for Easter "Uncertain"

The Sun · Thursday 7 April 1949 · page 7

Coal supply for Easter was described today as "very uncertain" by a Coal Board spokesman. Adequate supplies for Easter…

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Last Minute News Order to Miners

The Sun · Thursday 7 April 1949 · page 44

The Coal Industry Tribunal (Mr. Gallagher) late this afternoon ordered striking miners at Invincible to…

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Absentees in Czech Mining

Daily Mirror · Thursday 7 April 1949 · page 9

PRAGUE.--Absenteeism in the Ostrava coal mining region of Czechoslovakia increased by three per cent. in March,…

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Absentees in Czech Mining

Daily Mirror · Thursday 7 April 1949 · page 9

PRAGUE.--Absenteeism in the Ostrava coal mining region of Czechoslovakia increased by three per cent, in March,…

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Miners to toast old King Coal

The Sun · Friday 8 April 1949 · page 3

SINGLETON, Friday. --Miners will hold a celebration in Singleton tonight…

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Colliery Resumes

Daily Mirror · Friday 8 April 1949 · page 6

Miners at Invincible colliery, near Lithgow, who have been on strike since Monday, resumed work…

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Colliery Resumes

Daily Mirror · Friday 8 April 1949 · page 6

Miners at Invincible colliery, near Lithgow, who have been on strike since Monday, resumed work…

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Colliery Resumes

Daily Mirror · Friday 8 April 1949 · page 6

Miners at Invincible colliery, near Lithgow, who have been on strike since Monday, resumed work…

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Colliery Resumes

Daily Mirror · Friday 8 April 1949 · page 3

Miners at Invincible colliery, near Lithgow, who have been on strike since Monday, resumed work…

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Colliery Resumes

Daily Mirror · Friday 8 April 1949 · page 6

Miners at Invincible colliery, near Lithgow, who have been on strike since Monday, resumed work…

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Colliery Resumes

Daily Mirror · Friday 8 April 1949 · page 6

Miners at Invincible colliery, near Lithgow, who have been on strike since Monday, resumed work…

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