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Mining & the mines, 1953

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Best Gold Strike Since 'Forty-nine'

Daily Mirror · Saturday 2 May 1953 · page 3

GRASS VALLEY, (California), Sat. (A.P.). --The spine-tingling cry, "Gold!" again echoed through the mother lode country yesterday. Vallejo prospectors had reported one of the richest…

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Best Gold Strike Since 'Forty-nine'

Daily Mirror · Saturday 2 May 1953 · page 3

GRASS VALLEY, (California), Sat. (A.P.). --The spine-tingling cry, "Gold!" again echoed through the mother lode country yesterday. Vallejo prospectors had reported one of the richest…

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Heavy Track For Stradbroke Rush to Back Sydney Mud-runner Fox Gold

Daily Mirror · Saturday 2 May 1953 · page 12

BRISBANE, Sat. -- An inch of rain has fallen on Eagle Farm since yesterday and the track will be heavy for today's meeting. Only non-starter in the Stradbroke is Melbourne…

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Heavy Track For Stradbroke Rush to Back Sydney Mud-runner Fox Gold

Daily Mirror · Saturday 2 May 1953 · page 12

BRISBANE, Sat. --An Inch of rain has fallen on Eagle farm since yesterday and the track will be heavy for today's meeting. Only non-starter in the Stradbroke is Melbourne…

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Gold in that there yard

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 3 May 1953 · page 2

CHICAGO, Sat. -- Under Court supervision, lawyer John Lyle, on Monday, will begin digging up the backyard of a mansion whose past inhabitants preferred hiding their money to putting it in banks…

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A gold Buddha stood guard near the palace

The Sun · Sunday 3 May 1953 · page 23

In his white-plastered palace in Laos' capital of Luang Prabang, gouty King Sisabang Vong, 68, lay in bed while his son, Crown Prince Savang Vathana, called for help--for his country…

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Forward trading should be confined to mining

The Sun · Sunday 3 May 1953 · page 59

A DECISION of the combined Stock Exchanges to reintroduce forward trading is one that must be handled with Kid gloves…

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Little coffee bean bride Colonial official weds Gold Coast Negress LONDON

The Sun · Sunday 3 May 1953 · page 7

ROSEBUD, a plump, jolly young Negress, niece of an African chief, was the bride of the week in London. She married…

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Dispute Over Sacking of One Northern Miner Strikes cost 114,000 tons of coal

The Sun · Sunday 3 May 1953 · page 10

MORE than 114,000 tons of coal for making steel and gas has been lost in NSW during the past month. This coal has been lost…

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All Mines Idle in North

Daily Mirror · Monday 4 May 1953 · page 4

NEWCASTLE, Mon. -- All mines in the Newcastle area are idle today because of the May Day…

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All Mines Idle in North

Daily Mirror · Monday 4 May 1953 · page 4

NEWCASTLE, Mon. -- All mines in the Newcastle area are idle today because of the May Day…

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Strikes Hitting Gas Coal Stocks

Daily Mirror · Monday 4 May 1953 · page 3

The coal position at the Mortlake Gas works would become critical within a month if the present rate of strikes on northern…

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Strikes Hitting Gas Coal Stocks

Daily Mirror · Monday 4 May 1953 · page 3

The coal position at the Mortlake Gas works would become critical within a month if the present rate of strikes on northern…

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Sufficient gas coal for two weeks

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 4 May 1953 · page 7

Sydney gas companies have sufficient coal to maintain gas supplies for at least two weeks. Spokesmen for the…

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Mine Engineer Drowned In Car At Awaba

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 4 May 1953 · page 3

NEWCASTLE, Sunday —Mr. Arthur Devlin, who was drowned when his car plunged into Awaba Creek…

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Pit Strikes Menace Stocks of City Gas Coal

Daily Mirror · Monday 4 May 1953 · page 8

The coal position at the Mortlake Gas Works would become critical with in a month if the present rate of strikes on…

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Gold Yields

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 5 May 1953 · page 6

ARAHURA: April, treated 231,000 cub. yds. for 250oz. bullion. KANIERI: April, treated 176,000 cub. yds for 491oz bullion…

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Less Gold

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 5 May 1953 · page 14

CANBERRA, Mon. -- Australia produced less mined and refined gold in February than January…

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Emloyment in Mines Discussions

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 5 May 1953 · page 8

NEWCASTLE, Tues.--Discussions are to be held with miners' officials in the southern and…

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Most Mines Work Today

The Sun · Tuesday 5 May 1953 · page 3

Apart from two longstanding strikes and a wet-weather hold-up, all mines in NSW are…

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