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Mining & the mines, 1952

3,110 stories in Sydney's papers · page 19 of 156

Miners ban pillar plan

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 8 February 1952 · page 11

The Miners' Federation will oppose a proposal To extract mechanically coal pillars in eight northern mines…

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Miners' Terms For Machines On Pillars

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 8 February 1952 · page 6

The general president of the Miners' Federation, Mr. I. Williams, said last night the federation's…

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Big Coal Loss on Northern Field

Daily Mirror · Friday 8 February 1952 · page 7

NEWCASTLE, Fri.-- On the northern coalfields today four mines are idle, for a loss of 1800 tons. They…

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Big Coal Loss on Northern Field

Daily Mirror · Friday 8 February 1952 · page 7

NEWCASTLE, Fri.-- On the northern coalfields today four mines are idle, for a loss of 1800 tons. They…

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Big Coal Loss on Northern Field

Daily Mirror · Friday 8 February 1952 · page 8

NEWCASTLE, Fri. --On the northern coalfields today four mines are idle, for a loss of 1800 tons. They…

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N.S.W. Mine Output £65m. In 1951

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 8 February 1952 · page 6

Preliminary estimates indicate that aggregate value of mineral production in New South Wales in 1951…

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N.S.W. mine output valued at £65m

The Sun · Friday 8 February 1952 · page 20

Minerals produced in New South Wales in 1951 were valued at an estimated £56-million compared with…

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Transport and Coal Shortage

Daily Mirror · Saturday 9 February 1952 · page 10

Shortage of railway lines and trucks was the real bottleneck preventing increased coal production in…

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Transport and Coal Shortage

Daily Mirror · Saturday 9 February 1952 · page 11

Shortage of railway lines and trucks was the real bottleneck preventing increased coal production in…

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Guinea gold for books

The Sun · Saturday 9 February 1952 · page 12

Guinea (331) gave the books a great result today by beating Haydock (52) by a neck in the Juvenile Handicap, with the hot favorite Argentina (74) third. There were plunges on…

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Dr. Fletcher Fights Miners' Dust Disease Welshman Dai Gard would once have died of his pneumoconiosis, but, thanks to Dr. Fletcher, he is ready to go back to work

The World's News · Saturday 9 February 1952 · page 4

BIG, strong Dai Gard, of Tony-Pandy, South Wales, had been a miner for 19 years. One day in 1942 he collapsed while playing football…

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Here To Buy Gold

The Sunday Herald · Sunday 10 February 1952 · page 5

MR. E. MOCATTA, a bullion broker, arrived at Mascot from london last night to investigate the…

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Lived four years on Gold Coast-- loved it

The Sun · Sunday 10 February 1952 · page 39

AN Australian woman, Mrs. Dorothy Ciracovitch, returned with her husband to Sydney this week after spending four and a half years on the African Gold Coast. Training…

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Four Mines Idle

Daily Mirror · Monday 11 February 1952 · page 4

Four mines are idle in the north today for a loss of 3700 tons of coal…

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Four Mines Idle

Daily Mirror · Monday 11 February 1952 · page 4

Four mines are idle in the north today for a loss of 3700 tons of coal…

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Four Mines Idle

Daily Mirror · Monday 11 February 1952 · page 4

Four mines are idle in the north today for a loss of 3700 tons of coal…

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Four Mines Idle

Daily Mirror · Monday 11 February 1952 · page 4

Four mines are idle in the north today for a loss of 3700 tons of coal…

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Big Rise in Coal Output

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 11 February 1952 · page 7

Coal production from New South Wales mines this year totals nearly 200,000 tons more than…

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162 reported killed in Red mine explosion

The Sun · Monday 11 February 1952 · page 5

BERLIN, Monday.-- The newspaper Telegraf said today that a blast in a Soviet zone…

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Gold Yields

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 12 February 1952 · page 7

AUST. DEV.: Four weeks ended February 6: Treated 1,245 tons for 2,393oz valued at £37,000. AUSTRAL N.Z.: Trom Jan. 13 to…

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