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Accession Number:  83/151
Name: NORTH BROKEN HILL LTD.    

Sex:    Group: Business, organisations

Activity: Mining companies

Location: Broken Hill


Historical Note:

Formed in 1895, the company became one of the largest Broken Hill mining operations and was a principal member of the Collins House Group. Joining with BHP, BHS and ZC in the formation of BHAS in 1915, NBH expanded its interests in Broken Hill through the 1920s, and diversified into other areas of smelting and metals extraction over the 1930s and 1940s.


Earliest Date: 1887   Latest Date: 1983
Access: Open 

Quantity: 12 cm. (1 archives box)


Description:

North Broken Hill Holdings Ltd. annual reports 1966-1982; "The North Mine at Broken Hill, the first 100 years", supplement to the 1983 annual report of North Broken Hill Holdings Ltd.; North Broken Hill Holdings Ltd. "Report to Employees", 1979, 1981, 1982; newspaper notices and reports of early general meetings of the North Broken Hill Silver Mining Company, May 1887 - February 1899. Historical pamphlets including: R.H.B. Kearns "Silverton"; R.H.B. Kearns "Broken Hill, 1883-1893"; R.H.B. Kearns "Broken Hill, 1894-1914"; R.H.B. Kearns "Broken Hill, 1915-1939"; R.H.B. Kearns "Broken Hill 1940-1973". [Pamphlets transferred to Archives Library] This accession incorporated with previous accessions


Persons: Kearns, R.H.B.

Organisations: North Broken Hill Silver Mining Company

Places: Broken Hill

Subjects: Geology
Mining
Prospecting

Listed: Yes listed


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