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Mining & the mines, 1950

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Capital for Mining Venture

The Sun · Tuesday 17 January 1950 · page 24

Great Western Consolidated, NL -- member of an influential Melbourne group-- is to issue 3,000,000 shares of 10- each, paid up to…

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60,000 U.S. miners refuse to work

The Sun · Tuesday 17 January 1950 · page 9

PITTSBURGH, Monday. -- About 60,000 soft-coal miners in six States refused to obey a suggestion by their leader,…

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N.g. Goldfields Incurs Loss

The Sun · Tuesday 17 January 1950 · page 24

New Guinea Goldfields Ltd. discloses a loss of £33,610 for the year to Sept. 30 last. The result, which compares with…

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N.G. Goldfields Loses £33,610

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 17 January 1950 · page 16

NEW GUINEA GOLDFIELDS LTD. in the year ended September 30 last, experienced the worst…

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N.G. Goldfields Loses £33,610

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 17 January 1950 · page 16

NEW GUINEA GOLDFIELDS LTD. in the year ended September 30 last, experienced the worst…

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N.G. Goldfields Loses £33,610

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 17 January 1950 · page 16

NEW GUINEA GOLDFIELDS LTD. in the year ended September 30 last, experienced the worst…

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N.G. Goldfields Loses £33,610

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 17 January 1950 · page 16

NEW GUINEA GOLDFIELDS LTD. in the year ended September 30 4 last, experienced the worst…

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N.G. Goldfields Loses £33,610

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 17 January 1950 · page 16

NEW GUINEA GOLDFIELDS LTD. in the year ended September 30 last, experienced the worst…

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Ripping Coal From Mines Modern Machines on Way Coal Board's Enterprise

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 18 January 1950 · page 2

Although coalmines in Russia are mechanised, Communists in Australia have been opposed to mechanised mines in this country. However, important…

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Gold Yields

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 18 January 1950 · page 16

Harrietville (Tronoh), 45,900yds. (including 15,000yds. tailings), 245.95 oz., valued £3689…

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Norseman Gold Profit

The Sun · Wednesday 18 January 1950 · page 28

Norseman Gold Mines, NL, shows for the year to October 31, 1949, net profit of £11,749. The profit was derived entirely…

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World Coal Output Up

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 18 January 1950 · page 17

World production of coal and lignite amounted to nearly 1,500,000,000 metric tons coal in 1948…

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Pillar Coal Owners' Case

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 18 January 1950 · page 5

The life of the five collieries worked by Australian Iron and Steel Ltd., would be reduced by…

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Minister sees shale oil mine

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 18 January 1950 · page 10

LITHGOW, Tues.--The Federal Minister for Fuel and Shipping (Senator McLeay) spent several hours…

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Three Mines Not in Production

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 18 January 1950 · page 18

THREE mines are idle in N.S.W. today as against 11 yesterday, and output will rise by 2950 tons to about 54,540…

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Three Mines Not in Production

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 18 January 1950 · page 18

THREE mines are idle in. N.S.W. today as against 11 yesterday, and output will rise by 2950 tons to about 54,540 tons, or 4500 tons short of the…

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Three Mines Not in Production

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 18 January 1950 · page 5

THREE mines are idle in N.S.W. today as against 11 yesterday, and output will rise by 2950 tons to about 54,540…

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Three Mines Not in Production

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 18 January 1950 · page 18

THREE mines are. idle in N.S.W. today as against 11 yesterday, and output will rise by 2950 tons to about 54,540…

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Three Mines Not in Production

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 18 January 1950 · page 5

THREE mines are idle in N.S.W. today as against 11 yesterday, and output will rise by 2950 tons to about 54,540…

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Doubts on pillar coal machining

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 18 January 1950 · page 10

Coalowners had over-emphasised the alleged benefits of mining pillar…

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