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Broken Hill Mining Company Established
Charles Rasp, boundary rider for the Mt. Gipps sheep station, suspects he has found tin on what will become Broken Hill. Seven Men from the Mt Gipps station then form Broken Hill Mining Company, -
Broken Hill Proprietary Company Ltd.Established
Broken Hill Mining Company is dissolved into BHP. BHP commences silver, lead, and zinc mining. -
Smelting Commences
BHP begins smelting their mining spoils at Port Pirie, South Australia. -
BHP Begins Exports
BHP begins their exports, starting with a shipment of lead to China. -
Iron Knob and Iron Baron Leases
BHP obtains leases over the Iron Knob and Iron Baron iron-ored deposits in South Australia. -
Iron Knob Mining commences.
BHP begins Iron Ore mining at their mine at Iron Knob, purchased a year previously. -
BHP Initiates Steelworks Project
BHP begins a steelworks opertation at Newcastle.