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Mining & the mines, 1953

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Two trapped in lead mine

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 6 January 1953 · page 2

PERTH, Mon.--Rescuers are working in relays tonight to free two men trapped in a lead mine at…

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Hopes Fade For Entombed Miners

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 6 January 1953 · page 2

PERTH, Tues.--Hopes are fading for the safety of Herbert Coles and George Baston who were trapped in a fall of earth at the Baddera lead mine near Northampton…

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Hopes Fade For Entombed Miners

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 6 January 1953 · page 2

PERTH, Tues.--Hopes are fading for the safety of Herbert Coles and George Baston who were trapped in a fall of earth at the Baddera lead mine near Northampton…

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Hopes Fade For Entombed Miners

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 6 January 1953 · page 2

PERTH, Tues. --Hopes are fading for the safety of Herbert Coles and George Baston who were trapped in a fall of earth at the Baddera lead mine near Northampton…

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2 Trapped in W.a. Mine

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 6 January 1953 · page 1

PERTH, Monday.— Rescue parties are tonight working frantically in relays to try to free…

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Grim Fight To Rescue 2 Miners

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 6 January 1953 · page 7

PERTH, Tues.--Miners are working desperately to rescue two miners trapped by falls of earth…

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Grim Fight To Rescue 2 Miners

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 6 January 1953 · page 1

PERTH, Tues.--Miners are working desperately to rescue two miners trapped by falls of earth…

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Grim Fight To Rescue 2 Miners

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 6 January 1953 · page 7

PERTH, Tues.--Miners are working desperately to rescue two miners trapped by falls of earth…

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Grim Fight To Rescue 2 Miners

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 6 January 1953 · page 1

PERTH, Tues.--Miners are working desperately to rescue two miners trapped by falls of earth…

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Grim Fight To Rescue 2 Miners

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 6 January 1953 · page 7

PERTH, Tues.-- Miners are working desperately to rescue two miners trapped by falls of earth…

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Little Hope of Saving Two Entombed Miners

The Sun · Tuesday 6 January 1953 · page 3

PERTH, Tuesday.--There is little hope now for two miners entombed under a huge fall of rock nearly 200ft underground at Baddera lead mine, near Northampton (about 300 miles north of Perth)…

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Japan To Get N.S.W. Coal

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 6 January 1953 · page 4

NEWCASTLE, Monday.—The British freighter Denmark Hill will take next week the first load of a shipment of 33,000 tons of coal to Japan, a spokesman…

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BIG N.S.W. Coal Deposits Found Report by Federal Minister

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 6 January 1953 · page 7

CANBERRA, Mon. -- Geologists had discovered proved reserves of more than 50,000,000 tons of surface and underground…

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Perilous Mine Rescue Work

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 7 January 1953 · page 1

PERTH, Wed. -- Dawn today found exhausted men still digging into a treacherous moving heap of about 1000 tons of dirt and stone in which two miners are buried at Northampton, 350 miles north of Perth. Little hope is held out…

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White Hope Mine Prospects

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 7 January 1953 · page 6

The White Hope mine of Consolidated Gold Mining Areas N.L. would prove a valuable asset if the price of gold rose as was expected in some…

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Perilous Mine Rescue Work

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 7 January 1953 · page 1

PERTH, Wed. -- Dawn today found exhausted men still digging into a treacherous moving heap off about 1000 tons off dirt and stone in which' two miners, are buried at Northampton, 350 miles north off Perth. Little hope is held out…

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Little hope for miners

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 7 January 1953 · page 7

PERTH, Tues.--Hope for the rescue of two miners trapped 200ft. underground in Baddera lead mine is fading…

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Perilous Mine Rescue Work

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 7 January 1953 · page 1

PERTH, Wed.--Dawn today found exhausted men still digging into a treacherous moving heap of about 1000 tons of dirt and stone in which two miners are buried at Northampton, 350 miles north of Perth. Little hope is held out…

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Hazardous Rescue Bid by Miners

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 7 January 1953 · page 4

PERTH, Wed. -- Dawn today found exhausted men still digging into a treacherous moving…

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Hope Fades For Trapped Miners

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 7 January 1953 · page 4

PERTH, Tuesday.—Hope faded to-night that the two miners trapped by huge rock falls in the Baddera lead mine, 350 miles north of Perth, will be rescued alive…

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