Pure silver from the mines at Broken Hill, New South Wales
In January 1885 Phillip Charly discovered the first significant silver deposit on the Broken Hill property, a mining claim staked by Charles Rasp in 1883. Broken Hill Proprietary Company Limited (now BHP Billiton) has gone on to become the largest mining company in the world, expanding into steelworks, shipping and collieries, and greatly influencing Australia’s industrial development.
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State Library of NSW, Government Printing Office 1 - 08174
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