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Mining & the mines, 1953

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Gold Yields

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 25 April 1953 · page 6

FREEBURG: Treated 18,680 cub. yds. for 53oz 14dwt. CENTRAL VIC.: Four weeks ended April 21, Jim Crow dredge,…

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Consol. Gold Leases

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 25 April 1953 · page 6

Consolidated Gold Mining Arcas, N.L., reports that three leases at Mt. Magnet, W.A., including Hill 60 and New Chum, have been…

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Buried Gold

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 26 April 1953 · page 34

The prospector has reached the Forked Gum and is ready to find the exact spot where gold is buried. Get your pencil and ruler, and by using the 100 yards scale and the compass points given on the map, see if you can work out where it is…

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Mine Dispute May Lead to Stoppages Newcastle, Sat

The Sun · Sunday 26 April 1953 · page 14

A DISPUTE at the John Darling Colliery may lead to widespread stoppages…

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This Wide World Hareins In Gold, Platinum

The Sunday Herald · Sunday 26 April 1953 · page 9

MECCA. — Six oil-rich rulers of the Middle East are building sumptuous palaces costing a total of…

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22 indicted for gold smuggling New York

The Sun · Sunday 26 April 1953 · page 7

Federal Grand Jury yesterday indicted 22 people in a gold and diamond smuggling racket…

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All coal mines may shut down

Daily Mirror · Monday 27 April 1953 · page 2

An Australia-wide strike of coal miners is expected to develop this week. Six South Coast mines were idle this morning in…

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All coal mines may shut down

Daily Mirror · Monday 27 April 1953 · page 4

An Australia-wide strike of coal miners is expected to develop this week. Six South Coast mines were idle this morning in…

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All coal mines may shut down

Daily Mirror · Monday 27 April 1953 · page 4

An Australia-wide strike of coal miners is expected to develop this week. Six South Coast mines were idle this morning in…

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All coal mines may shut down

Daily Mirror · Monday 27 April 1953 · page 4

An Australia-wide strike of coal miners is expected to develop this week. Six South Coast mines were idle this morning in…

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All coal mines may shut down

Daily Mirror · Monday 27 April 1953 · page 4

An Australia-wide strike of coal miners is expected to develop this week. Six South Coast mines were idle this morning in…

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40 mines idle--grave warning by coal chief

The Sun · Monday 27 April 1953 · page 1

Dispute over the dismissal of a man at John Darling mine, and the suspension of the hearing of the miners' log of claims, flared into mass stoppages at NSW mines today. Idle today, for an…

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Coal profits

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 27 April 1953 · page 8

SIR,--The basic fundamentals have been ignored in the controversy over the proposed increase…

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Mexican Mine Disaster

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 27 April 1953 · page 3

MEXICO CITY, April 26 (A.A.P.).—The bodies of 12 miners were recovered early to-day from a silver and zinc…

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33 dead mine disaster

Daily Mirror · Monday 27 April 1953 · page 8

MEXICO CITY, Mon. (A.P., B.U.P.). --Thirty- three miners were killed in an explosion in a…

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Stop Press Mine Tragedy

Daily Mirror · Monday 27 April 1953 · page 24

MEXICO CITY, Mon. --Seventy Mexican miners crawled to safety from the La Luz silver mine last night. That families knelt at the…

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Stop Press Mine Tragedy

Daily Mirror · Monday 27 April 1953 · page 24

MEXICO CITY. Mon. --Seventy Mexican miners crawled to safety from the La Luz silver mine last night. Their families knelt at the…

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Stop Press Mine Tradgedy

Daily Mirror · Monday 27 April 1953 · page 24

MEXICO CITY Mon. --Seventy Mexican miners crawled to safety front the La Luz silver mine last night. Their families knelt at the…

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33 dead in mine disaster

Daily Mirror · Monday 27 April 1953 · page 8

MEXICO CITY, Mon. (A.P., B.U.P.). -- Thirtythree miners were killed in an explosion in a…

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33 dead in mine disaster

Daily Mirror · Monday 27 April 1953 · page 2

MEXICO CITY, Mon. (A.P., B.U.P.). --Thirty-Three miners were killed an-explosion-in a…

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