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Mining & the mines, 1950

4,021 stories in Sydney's papers · page 11 of 202

Youth Rescues Calf In Mine

Daily Mirror · Thursday 19 January 1950 · page 9

LONDON, Thursday. -- A newly born calf recently disappeared down the shaft of an iron-ore mine that has…

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Mine Host And Riptide For Sale

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 19 January 1950 · page 7

Prominent owner Mr. A. T. McLauchlan has decided to reduce his team of horses to two. He said yesterday he would keep only Brighton's Bonzer…

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More Gold for Melbourne Mint

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 19 January 1950 · page 30

The Melbourne branch of the Royal Mint received 146,489 fine oz. gold in 1949, against 135,825oz. in 1948…

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Pillar mining is favored

The Sun · Thursday 19 January 1950 · page 26

The Joint Coal Board favored introduction of mechanical methods to extract pillar coal from mines, Mr. W…

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5000 tons lost in eight coal Strikes

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 19 January 1950 · page 17

Strikes and stoppages yesterday caused a loss of more than 5000…

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Heavy drop in N.S.W. coal output

The Sun · Thursday 19 January 1950 · page 18

Heaviest coal loss on the NSW coalfields since last October occurred today. Wet weather made five…

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Coal Production In N.S.W. Falls Below 1948 Figure

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 19 January 1950 · page 4

Coal production in New South Wales last year was 10,737,224 tons, or 984,222 tons less than in 1948, when the output was 11,721,446 tons. These official figures…

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Task For Mining Authority Survey Plan on Coal Needs

Daily Mirror · Friday 20 January 1950 · page 5

THE Joint Cool Board would make a Commonwealth-wide survey of probable coal needs over the next few years and of estimated production for that period, the Minister for Fuel…

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Task For Mining Authority Survey Plan on Coal Needs

Daily Mirror · Friday 20 January 1950 · page 5

THE Joint Cool Board would moke a Common- wealth-wide survey of probable coal needs - over the next few years and of estimated production for that period, the Minister for Fuel…

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Task For Mining Authority Survey Plan on Coal Needs

Daily Mirror · Friday 20 January 1950 · page 5

THE Joint Cool Board would make a Commomwealth-wide survey of probable coal needs over the next few years and of estimated production for that period, the Minister for Fuel…

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Task For Mining Authority Survey Plan on Coal Needs

Daily Mirror · Friday 20 January 1950 · page 5

THE Joint Coal Board would make a Commonwealth-wide, survey of probable coal needs over the next few years and of estimated production for that period, the Minister for Fuel…

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Gold Output Rises

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 20 January 1950 · page 7

PRODUCTION of gold during October, 1949, was 76,163 fine ounces, valued at £1,179,740. Output during tho 10 months ended October, 1949,…

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Dr. T. Kaiser Told To Leave Colliery

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 20 January 1950 · page 1

NEWCASTLE, Thursday. —Dr. T. Kaiser, who was dismissed from the Commonwealth Scientific…

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Survey of Coal Future

Daily Mirror · Friday 20 January 1950 · page 2

The Joint Coal Board will make a Commonwealth-wide survey of probable coal needs…

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Survey of Coal Future

Daily Mirror · Friday 20 January 1950 · page 2

The Joint Coal Board will make a Commonwealth-wide survey of probable coal needs…

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Heavy Coal Losses Strikes—Rain

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 20 January 1950 · page 4

Heavy losses in New South Wales coalmines continued yesterday when 10 mines were idle because of strikes and…

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Attack on pillar coal law

The Sun · Friday 20 January 1950 · page 9

Certain State coal legislation prevented the mechanical extraction of 240,003,000 tons of pillar coal in NSW…

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There is gold in Paris attics

Le Courrier Australien · Friday 20 January 1950 · page 4

ABOUT 56,000 students from some fifty different countries flooded into…

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Minister asks for survey of coal needs

The Sun · Friday 20 January 1950 · page 8

The Joint Coal Board has been asked by the Federal Government to make a Commonwealthwide survey of the nation's probable coal needs over the next few years…

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Task For Miming Authority Survey Plan on Coal Needs

Daily Mirror · Friday 20 January 1950 · page 5

THE Joint Coal Board would make a Common-wealth-wide survey of probable coal needs over the next few years and of estimated production for that period, the Minister for Fuel…

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