Word: cessnock
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Coal's resurgence, which played a big part in the sturdy growth of the entire Australian economy, is due to complete modernization of the industry. Last week Sir Edward Warren announced that his Coal & Allied Industries Ltd. would open a new mine in Cessnock, 80 miles north of Sydney; it will be worked with automatic equipment, including a U.S.-manufactured continuous miner, which is operated by three men, crunches coal seams with spinning metal teeth and can chew out ten tons a minute. Helped by government tax allowances, mine owners have so far spent $236 million on such...
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