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The Broken Hill Mining Company.
Seven men from the Mt. Gipps Sheep Station established the Broken Hill Mining Company. Charles Rasp believed he discovered Tin. -
Broken Hill Proprietary Mining Company Limited (BHP).
The Broken Hill Proprietary Mining Company Limited incorporates the Broken Hill Mining Company and they begin mining silver, lead and zinc. -
Port Pirie.
Port Pirie in South Australia beings Smelting. -
Exporting Lead.
BHP exports lead to China for the first time. -
Lease Obtained.
Iron Knob and Iron Baron iron-ore, leases are obtained. -
Iron-Ore Mining.
BHP starts to mine for Iron-Ore at Iron Knob. -
Steelworks.
Steelworks operation begins in NewCastle by BHP.