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Mining & the mines, 1950

4,021 stories in Sydney's papers · page 57 of 202

Coal for Spain

The Sun · Tuesday 21 March 1950 · page 17

LONDON, Tuesday. -- Reporting the arrival at Malaga of 4000 tons of Polish coal, a Daily Telegraph…

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World Gold Increases

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 21 March 1950 · page 18

LONDON, Mon. (A.A.P.).-- The Financial Times says that world gold production last year was 24,900,000 fine oz.--an…

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World Output of Gold

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 21 March 1950 · page 6

LONDON, March 20 (A.A.P.). —World gold production last year amounted to 24,900,000 fine oz, an increase of 700,000 oz,…

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Warning on Gold Rush

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 21 March 1950 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--Geologists and mining experts are warning people against joining in the gold…

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Warning on Gold Rush

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 21 March 1950 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--Geologists and mining experts are warning people against joining in the gold…

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All B.H.P. Mines Working

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 21 March 1950 · page 4

NEWCASTLE, Tuesday. Today should be the best for coal inflow to the B.H.P. works for some…

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All B.H.P. Mines Working

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 21 March 1950 · page 4

NEWCASTLE, Tuesday. Today should be the best, for coal inflow to the .B.H.P., works for some…

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BHP mines work, save steel jobs

The Sun · Tuesday 21 March 1950 · page 6

NEWCASTLE, Tuesday. -- Three hundred men at the BHP steelworks, who had temporaily lost their jobs…

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Gold Fever Sweeps Victorian Town

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 21 March 1950 · page 3

Backyards and a street are being dug up at Wedderburn, Victoria, in a feverish search for gold. Two townsmen, Albert Smith and Reg Chapman, are racing to find a reef which they believe runs under one of the streets. This picture shows the street where the various claims have been made. (Story on page 1.)…

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Gold rush by lanterns' light

The Sun · Tuesday 21 March 1950 · page 1

Gold fever is mounting in Wedderburn as scores of prospectors and fossickers invade Victoria's newest "gold…

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Warning by Experts on Gold Rush

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 21 March 1950 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--Geologists and mining experts are warning people against joining in…

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Warning by Experts on Gold Rush

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 21 March 1950 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--Geologists and mining experts are warning people against joining in…

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Another Nugget Gold Fever In Town

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 21 March 1950 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Monday.—News that a 75-ounce nugget was found at Wedderburn to-day is…

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Warning by Experts on Gold Rush

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 21 March 1950 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--Geologists and mining experts are warning people against joining in…

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'Paddock of gold' yields big nugget

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 21 March 1950 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Mon. -- The Butterick family's paddock at…

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2457 oz. rise in gold output

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 21 March 1950 · page 12

CANBERRA, Mon.--Australian gold mines production last year was 2457 fine oz. more than in 1948, but 45.7 per cent, below…

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Warning by Experts on Gold Rush

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 21 March 1950 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--Geologists and mining experts are warning people against joining in…

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Tribunal To Hear Miners' New Log Of Claims

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 21 March 1950 · page 5

The Coal Industry Tribunal, Mr. F. Gallagher, will begin the hearing of the Miners' Federation new log of claims at Wonthaggi, Victoria, on a date to be fixed…

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Ample Coal "In A Year Or Two"

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 21 March 1950 · page 5

Councillor J. O. Cramer, M.P. told the Sydney County Council yesterday that the Federal Government "is doing much that we are not hearing about" to increase production of coal in all…

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