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Mining & the mines, 1953

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3 Northern mines idle

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 3 June 1953 · page 30

NEWCASTLE, Wed. -- Only three mines were idle today on the northern coalfield for a production loss…

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3 Northern mines idle

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 3 June 1953 · page 30

NEWCASTLE, Wed. -- Only three mines were idle today on the northern coalfield for a production loss…

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3 Northern mines idle

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 3 June 1953 · page 30

NEWCASTLE, Wed. -- Only three mines were idle today on the northern coalfield for a production loss…

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Huge loss by Coal Board

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 3 June 1953 · page 24

LONDON, Wed. (Kemsley). -- The Coal Board lost 2s on every ton of coal produced…

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Huge loss by Coal Board

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 3 June 1953 · page 24

LONDON, Wed. (Kemsley). -- The Coal Board lost 2s on every ton of coal produced…

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Huge loss by Coal Board

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 3 June 1953 · page 24

LONDON, Wed. (Kemsley). -- The Coal Board lost 2s on every ton of coal produced…

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Huge loss by Coal Board

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 3 June 1953 · page 24

LONDON, Wed. (Kemsley). -- The Coal Board lost 2s on every ton of coal produced…

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Belgium Gets U.S. Mine -- Sweeper

Musu Pastoge = Our Haven · Wednesday 3 June 1953 · page 3

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Miners call for unity against BHP provocation

Tribune · Wednesday 3 June 1953 · page 12

The BHP has called for non-union labor to work the Mt. Kembla colliery, which is closed as a result of a dispute in which the company tried to make one man do the work of three…

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News, Sport Form Northern Districts Revival of Coal Exports in Sight

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 3 June 1953 · page 10

NEWCASTLE, Wed. -- Hopes of a revival of Newcastle's once great coal export trade have been raised by a Coal Board announcement that 8000…

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Gold Yields

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 4 June 1953 · page 6

COCKS ELDORADO: Treated 164,200 cub. yds for gold and ti[?] concentrates worth £5,920. HARRIETVILLE: Four weeks to…

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23 Northern Mines Idle

Daily Mirror · Thursday 4 June 1953 · page 15

NEWCASTLE, Thursday. -- Twenty-three mines were idle on the northern coalfields today for a…

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23 Northern Mines Idle

Daily Mirror · Thursday 4 June 1953 · page 15

NEWCASTLE, Thursday.-- Twenty-three mines were idle on the northern coalfields today for a…

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23 Northern Mines Idle

Daily Mirror · Thursday 4 June 1953 · page 15

NEWCASTLE, Thursday. -- Twenty-three mines were idle on the northern coalfields today for a…

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Mining Engineer's Death

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 4 June 1953 · page 6

Mr. Archie Firth Smith, prospecting engineer of Austral Malay Tin Ltd., died on Tuesday, from injuries received in a road accident…

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Gold companies reach drilling agreement

The Sun · Thursday 4 June 1953 · page 43

Formation of a new company to work the leases of Northern Star (Tennant Creek) Ltd.,…

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Field Of The Cloth Of Gold

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 4 June 1953 · page 3

HERE IS a cotton produced by the English firm of F. W. Grafton and Co. for the…

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Coronation Hair-do's Glitter with Gold

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 4 June 1953 · page 4

NOT only is the city blossoming under a red, white and blue cloud, but Sydney women (if hairdressers have…

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Tax Cuts for Mining of Metals

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 4 June 1953 · page 39

CANBERRA, Wed.-- Federal Cabinet today extended for seven years tax concessions…

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26 idle pits lose 17,000 tons of coal

The Sun · Thursday 4 June 1953 · page 15

26 mines, idle in NSW today, lost output of 17,000 tons of coal, of which 5000 tons was…

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