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Mining & the mines, 1952

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Gold Fields

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 29 March 1952 · page 6

CENTRAL VICTORIA! Four weeks to March 25: Jim Crow dredge treated 100,100 cub yds for 425oz, wade 2 grains; Amphiteatre dredge…

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Vic. Gold Yield Higher

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 29 March 1952 · page 6

The Victorian gold yield Tor the first two months of 1952 was 9,317oz fine, an increase of 2,717oz on the corresponding period of 1951. The…

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Coal to aid food output

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 29 March 1952 · page 5

Australia's coal scarcity was hampering primary production, Senator Spooner said last night…

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Norway's Frozen Coal for Russia

The World's News · Saturday 29 March 1952 · page 21

THE coldest crossroads of the cold war are Norway's jagged Spitsbergen islands, where polar bears nose inquisitively into the only…

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Gold Company to Wind Up

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 29 March 1952 · page 6

Shareholders of South Virginia Gold Mining Co. N.L., Vic, hase authorised the svindlng up of the company…

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Coal Afire in Ship Crew's Fight

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 29 March 1952 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Friday. —Seamen on the Italian collier, Dea Mazzella, worked in relays around…

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"Wot! No gold rush?"

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 30 March 1952 · page 44

MELBOURNE, Sat.--Wedderburn township waited today for a gold rush that didn't come off. People just didn't bother to travel the 151…

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Gold Town Had Colourful Past From Our Melbourne Correspondent

The Sunday Herald · Sunday 30 March 1952 · page 10

A £144 "SHOUT"—12 dozen bottles of champagne at £1 a bottle—by a wealthy goldminer to celebrate the election of his political candidate to the Victorian Parliament—and the triumphal ride of the new member, Mr. Donald Cameron, through…

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Idle Mines

The Sun · Monday 31 March 1952 · page 9

Dispute at seven NSW mines today resulted in a coal loss of 5300 tons…

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Gold Reserves

Daily Mirror · Monday 31 March 1952 · page 12

LONDON. Mon (Extel.).--One and a quarter tons of gold bullion from South Africa arrived in London…

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Gold Reserves

Daily Mirror · Monday 31 March 1952 · page 5

LONDON, Mon (Extel).--One and a quarter tons of gold bullion from South Africa arrived in London…

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Gold Yields

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 2 April 1952 · page 16

Al Consol. (f'night), 410 tons. 582½oz. Hill 50 (28 days), 5240 tons, 1074oz…

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Govts. agree on plans to mine uranium

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 2 April 1952 · page 9

CANBERRA, Tues.--Agreement has been reached for the full and early development of Australia's uranium deposits,…

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Coal speed-up hits health and security

Tribune · Wednesday 2 April 1952 · page 8

DISCUSSION and exchange of experience at Conference “have confirmed to the hilt the claim of our National Convention that those…

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Three Mines Idle

Daily Mirror · Thursday 3 April 1952 · page 2

NEWCASTLE, Thursday. -- Three small mines are idle over disputes today. They are: Swansea (120…

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Good Coal Output

The Sun · Thursday 3 April 1952 · page 17

Today's coal production is the best since January 15, the day after miners returned from their…

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South Africa's Program for Uranium Mines

The Sun · Thursday 3 April 1952 · page 44

CAPETOWN -- South Africa hopes to produce uranium by the middle of this year, and Britain will…

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Priest-slaves in Red Mines 2800 in Five Belsens

Catholic Weekly · Thursday 3 April 1952 · page 1

ROME.—Special concentration camps for priests and religious have been established in…

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Gold Yields

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 4 April 1952 · page 22

Central Deborah (f'night), 390 tons, 168oz. North Deborah, 480 tons, 169 oz…

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Only two mines idle

The Sun · Friday 4 April 1952 · page 5

Today's coal production is the best since January 15, the day after the miners returned to work…

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