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Accession Number:  98/23
Name: BROKEN HILL SOUTH LIMITED    

Sex: Male   Group: Business, organisations

Activity: Mining companies

Location: Broken Hill, NSW
Kanmantoo
Cobar, NSW


Historical Note:

Broken Hill South was, with North Broken Hill, one of the largest of the Broken Hill lead-zinc mines and a major member of the Collins House group of companies. During the nineteen thirties it diversified into various other mining activities including a wide scale programme of mineral exploration. The mine itself closed in 1972 with the bulk of its operations being taken over by CRA, North Broken Hill and WMC. The company changed its name to B.H. South Ltd on 6 Dec 1973 and voluntarily would up on 1 Jun 1983.


Earliest Date: 1971   Latest Date: 1972
Access: Restricted 

Quantity: 5 cm


Description:

Chairman's reports and company announcements; Industrial Relation Commission transcripts regarding machine manning at Cobar Mines, no. 336 of 1971. Legal agreements between Broken Hill Proprietary, BHS and North Broken Hill Limited. Broken Hill Associated Smelters Memorandum and Article of Association. Material added 15 April 1998 includes Annual Report for 1974


Persons: 

Organisations: Broken Hill South Limited
North Broken Hill Limited
Cobar Mines Limited
Kanmantoo Mines Limited

Places: Broken Hill
Cobar

Subjects: Mining
Mineral Exploration

Listed: Not applicable


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