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Mining & the mines, 1954

2,282 stories in Sydney's papers · page 29 of 115

Victoria Pins Her Hopes to Brown Coal

The Sun · Wednesday 24 March 1954 · page 25

VICTORIANS are becoming increasingly brown coal conscious and they are mining it in an…

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Gold Yields

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 25 March 1954 · page 36

Wellington Alluv. (week. Mar. 19), 63,000yds., 386oz…

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Mine Fall Victim Rescued

Daily Mirror · Thursday 25 March 1954 · page 7

BRISBANE, Thursday. --A Mt. Isa miner who was trapped under tons of rock and ore for 10…

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Mine Fall Victim Rescued

Daily Mirror · Thursday 25 March 1954 · page 7

BRISBANE, Thursday. --A Mt, Isa miner who was trapped, under tons of rock and ore for 10…

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Mine Fall Victim Rescued

Daily Mirror · Thursday 25 March 1954 · page 7

BRISBANE, Thursday.--A Mt. Isa miner who was trapped under tons of rock and ore for 10…

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Mine Fall Victim Rescued

Daily Mirror · Thursday 25 March 1954 · page 7

BRISBANE, Thursday. --A Mt. Isa miner who was trapped under tons of rock and ore for 10…

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Mine Fall Victim Rescued

Daily Mirror · Thursday 25 March 1954 · page 7

BRISBANE, Thursday. --A Mt. Isa miner who was trapped under tons of rock and ore for 10…

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Unemployment Fears Assembly of miners

Daily Mirror · Thursday 25 March 1954 · page 13

NEWCASTLE, Thursday. -- Mining union officials and all northern Members of…

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Unemployment Fears Assembly of miners

Daily Mirror · Thursday 25 March 1954 · page 13

NEWCASTLE, Thursday. -- Mining union officials and all northern Members of…

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Unemployment Fears Assembly of miners

Daily Mirror · Thursday 25 March 1954 · page 13

NEWCASTLE, Thursday. -- Mining union officials and all northern Members of…

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Conspiracy Against Mine Body Alleged

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 25 March 1954 · page 5

Two charges of conspiracy and a total of 47 charges of false pretences concerning the State Mines…

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Unemployment Fears Assembly of miners

Daily Mirror · Thursday 25 March 1954 · page 13

NEWCASTLE, Thursday. -- Mining union officials and all northern Members of…

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U.k. Gold Price

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 25 March 1954 · page 8

The London price of gold (free market) on Tuesday, was £stg.l2/8/4 an oz (down 2d)…

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Northern Mines

Daily Mirror · Friday 26 March 1954 · page 30

Northern Mines Development N.L.'s first drill hole at the Hercules mine averaged 17.4 dwts a ton from…

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Northern Mines

Daily Mirror · Friday 26 March 1954 · page 30

Northern Mines Development N.L.'s first drill hole at the Hercules mine averaged 17.4 dwts a ton from…

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45 Dead in Mine Fire

The Sun · Friday 26 March 1954 · page 9

LONDON, Friday. -- 45 miners were killed in a coalmine fire in Chorzow (Poland), Warsaw radio…

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Miners Warn On Pillar Issue

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 26 March 1954 · page 1

The Central Council of the Miners' Federation yesterday warned that "industrial repercussions" were…

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Gold town is gay

The Sun · Friday 26 March 1954 · page 11

KALGOORLIE, Friday. -- Fever of the goldrush days returned to Kalgooylie last night. Excited thousands surged through the streets…

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U.k. Gold Price

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 26 March 1954 · page 8

The London price of gold (free market) on Wednesday was £stg.12/8/3½ an oz (down ½d)…

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News in Brief Explosion in Mine Kills 100

Daily Mirror · Friday 26 March 1954 · page 11

VIENNA, Fri. (A.P.). --One hundred Polish miners were killed yesterday in a mine explosion in Chorzow (Silesia). Reporting the disaster…

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