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Mining & the mines, 1954

2,282 stories in Sydney's papers · page 42 of 115

Coal Research

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 5 May 1954 · page 2

Sir,—Your correspondent "Davey Lamp" would have thrown a more authoritative light on the problem of research into…

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Gold Yields

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 5 May 1954 · page 10

ELDORADO (T.C): 4 weeks to April 21, 1,180 tons for 597oz. HILL 50: 4 weeks to April 20, 8,308 short tons for 5,523oz…

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Gold Subsidy Proposed

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 5 May 1954 · page 5

The Prime Minister, Mr. Menzies, said last night the Government, if re-elected, would subsidise gold production up to 30/ an ounce. He made the announcement in one of a series…

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U.k. Gold Price

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 5 May 1954 · page 10

The London price of gold, fine, on Monday was £stg.12/9/ an oz (up ½d). UNIT TRUST PRICES: 1st Aust…

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Chinese jailed on gold charge

The Sun · Wednesday 5 May 1954 · page 19

PERTH, Wednesday. -- A Singapore Chinese who was caught with £900 worth of gold bullion was…

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Scottish Aust. Mining Div

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 5 May 1954 · page 11

The Scottish Australian Mining Co. Ltd. is paying a dividend of [?] per cent. for 1953, against 3 per cent. for the previous year…

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35 Entombed in Mine Blast 13 dead, 20 hurt in firedamp explosion

The Sun · Wednesday 5 May 1954 · page 13

ROME, Wednesday. -- Rescue teams are digging feverishly to save 35 miners entombed by a firedamp explosion at Ribolla (Central Italy)…

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Gold Yields

Daily Mirror · Thursday 6 May 1954 · page 45

North Kalgurli (1912) Ltd. (four weeks to April 20) treated 17,638 tons for 4416 fine ozs. gold…

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U.k. Gold Price

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 6 May 1954 · page 6

The London price of gold, fine, on Tuesday, was £stg,12/9/0½ an oz (up ½d). UNIT TRUST PRICES: 1st Aust…

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19 Bodies Recovered From Italian Mine

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 6 May 1954 · page 3

LONDON, May 5 (A.A.P.). — An explosion yesterday in a brown coal mine a[?] Ribolla, central Italy, killed at least 19 men and injured 20. About 30 men are believed…

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Gold Missing on Flight Staff Correspondent

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 6 May 1954 · page 3

LONDON, May 5.— Three senior security officers of the British' Overseas Airways Corporation will fly…

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Mining Men To Study Uranium Field

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 6 May 1954 · page 3

BRISBANE, Wednesday.—Two of the world's top mining executives who reached Brisbane to-day…

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Gold Mining Costs Higher

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 7 May 1954 · page 6

LONDON, May 6 (A.A.P.).—Gold Fields Australian Development Ltd. reports for 1953 a group debit balance to be carried forward of…

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Gold Yields

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 7 May 1954 · page 7
Also in The Daily Telegraph

BLUE SPEC: To Apl. 20, 120 tons for 28oz of gold and 12 tons of concentrates estimated to contain 79 oz…

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42 Died in Italian Mine

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 7 May 1954 · page 3

LONDON, May 6 (A.A.P.).—Forty-two men died when an explosion occurred 750ft below ground…

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U.k. Gold Price

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 7 May 1954 · page 6

The London price of gold, fine, on Wednesday was £stgl2/9/l an oz (up ½d)…

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Coal Research

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 8 May 1954 · page 2

Str,—For the information of Dr. Parr and your correspondent Davey Lamp, Dr. J. A. Dalhunty, of the Geology Department, has…

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Gold Yields

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 8 May 1954 · page 8

WELLINGTON ALL.: Week to Apl. 30, 58,000 cubic yds for 417oz: costs, 17.79d a yd…

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Miners Celebrate Snowy River Work

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 8 May 1954 · page 9

Seven hundred Australian miners and miners from 28 other countries last night celebrated the completion of the first section of the Snowy Mountains Hydro-Electric Scheme…

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