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  2. Broken Hill ore deposit - Wikipedia

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    Old Kintore headframe, now a museum exhibit, Broken Hill Former Delprat mine, Line of Lode, Broken Hill, 2017. The Broken Hill Ore Deposit is located underneath Broken Hill in western New South Wales, Australia, and is the namesake for the town. It is arguably the world's richest and largest zinc-lead ore deposit.

  3. Consolidated Zinc - Wikipedia

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    The company's initial operations focused on extracting zinc from mine tailings of the Broken Hill Ore Deposit at Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia. [1] The company was founded in Melbourne on 9 September 1905 as the Zinc Corporation Limited, to exploit residual zinc concentrations with an estimated value of $12 million in the 6 million tons of mine tailings deposited from mining ...

  4. North Limited - Wikipedia

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    The company was formed in 1888 as North Broken Hill Silver Mining [1] to exploit the rich silver, lead and zinc deposits at Broken Hill in western New South Wales, the name was shortened to North Broken Hill in 1905. Production at the original North Broken Hill mine wound down and it finally closed in 1993. [2]

  5. Broken Hill - Wikipedia

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    Broken Hill has been and still is a town dominated by the mining industry, which led to considerable town prosperity in the 19th and 20th century. The mines founded on the Broken Hill Ore Deposit – the world

  6. Charles Rasp - Wikipedia

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    Charles Rasp, born Hieronymous Salvator Lopez von Pereira, [1] (7 October 1846 – 22 May 1907) is known as the first person to identify the economic potential of the ore deposits at Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia. He was born at Stuttgart, Duchy of Württemberg, where he was educated and he was trained in chemistry.

  7. BHP - Wikipedia

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    The former Broken Hill Proprietary Company logo. The Broken Hill Proprietary Company Limited (BHP), also known by the nickname "the Big Australian", [21] was incorporated on 13 August 1885, operating the silver and lead mine at Broken Hill, in western New South Wales, Australia. [22] [23] The Broken Hill group floated on 10 August 1885. [24]

  8. Silver City Highway - Wikipedia

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    The Broken Hill ore deposit contains a vast amount of silver, lead, and zinc. [4] At one stage the name "Four States Highway" was also considered, as the road connects to Queensland and Victoria at each end, and also to South Australia via Barrier Highway from Broken Hill. [5]

  9. Category:Lead mines in New South Wales - Wikipedia

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    Broken Hill ore deposit This page was last edited on 12 September 2019, at 11:37 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution ...