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Mining & the mines, 1951

4,219 stories in Sydney's papers · page 23 of 211

10 Coal Mines Idle Today

Daily Mirror · Friday 2 February 1951 · page 9

Ten mines are idle in N.S.W. today for a total loss of about 6000 tons of coal. Five are idle because of…

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U.K. Firm To Open Coal Mine

Daily Mirror · Friday 2 February 1951 · page 9

An English engineering firm will open a new open-cut mine on the Ben Bullen field, near Lithgow, and by April should be producing 10,000 tons of good quality coal a week…

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U.K. Firm To Open Aust. Coal Mine

Daily Mirror · Friday 2 February 1951 · page 9

An English engineering firm visit open a new open-cut mine on the Ben Bullen field near Lithgow, and by April should be producing 10,000 tons of good quality coal a week…

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U.K. Firm To Open Aust Coal Mine

Daily Mirror · Friday 2 February 1951 · page 9

An English engineering firm will open a new open-cut mine on the Ben Bullen field, near Lithgow, and by April should be producing 10,000 tons of good quality coal a week…

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U.k. Firm To Open Aust. Coal Mine

Daily Mirror · Friday 2 February 1951 · page 9

An English engineering firm will open a new open-cut mine on the Ben Bullen field, near Lithgow, and by April should be producing 10,000 tons of good quality coal a week…

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U.K. Firm To Open Aust. Coal Mine

Daily Mirror · Friday 2 February 1951 · page 9

An English engineering firm will open a new open-cut mine on the Ben Bullen field, near-Lithgow, and by April should be producing 10,000 fans of good quality coal a week…

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U.K. Firm To Open Aust. Coal Mine

Daily Mirror · Friday 2 February 1951 · page 9

An English engineering firm will open a new open-cut mine, on the Ben Bullen field, near Lithgow and by April should be producing 10,000 tons of good quality coal a week…

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Miners Slated

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 2 February 1951 · page 2

AS a farmer, he did not have to be convinced of the importance of co-operative societies as he had never…

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Miners' "Further Action"

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 2 February 1951 · page 1

The central council of the Miners' Federation is expected to fix in Sydney to-day the date of the first…

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Gold Yields

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 2 February 1951 · page 12

Freeburgh (fortnight), 15,680yds 680oz. Nth[?]n. Star, 45 tons, 25oz. Wattle Gully, 520 tons, 192oz…

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Spender Calls For State Co-operation Duty to Protect Community During Coal Mine Crisis

Daily Mirror · Friday 2 February 1951 · page 4

Without the co-operation of the State Government, the Federal Government alone could not give the protection the community was entitled to have in the coal crisis, the Minister for External Affairs (Mr. Spender) said today…

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Spender Calls For State Co-operation "Duty to Protect Community During Coal Mine Crisis"

Daily Mirror · Friday 2 February 1951 · page 4

Without the co-operation of the State Government, the Federal Government alone could not give the protection the community was entitled to have in the coal crisis, the Minister for External Affairs (Mr. Spender) said today…

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Western Mining

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 2 February 1951 · page 7

Western Mining Corporation Ltd. will not pay a half-yearly dividend in February. Finances were heavily drawn…

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No coal no beer

The Sun · Friday 2 February 1951 · page 11

Coalminers have again declared war on the community, and it is pleasing that the Commonwealth Government…

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German Coal, Steel Sharing

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 2 February 1951 · page 3

BONN, Feb. 1 (A.A.P.).— The West German Government to-day introduced into Parliament its promised legislation to…

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Ajax Spends £9018 on Mine

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 2 February 1951 · page 12

Ajax Consolidated, N.L., spent £9018 on mine development during the year ended June 30, bringing mine…

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Miners' Motion Defies Govt., Tribunal

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 2 February 1951 · page 5

The Miners' Federation Central Council yesterday passed a defiant motion directed at the Federal Government and the Coal industry…

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Strikes in mines cut output

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 2 February 1951 · page 5

Stoppages at 14 mines yesterday cost New South Wales 9260 tons of coal…

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Too Much Gold I

Le Courrier Australien · Friday 2 February 1951 · page 2

A.F.P.—Mexico's gold and curren[?] reserves now amount to 338 million] dollars, that is almost double the minimum required by law to guarantee the…

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Vic. to buy more coal

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 2 February 1951 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Thurs. -- The Victorian Government has given its Coal Committee a blank…

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