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Broken Hill

Boom town, Australia, founded 1883.

About Broken Hill

Town in New South Wales, Australia.1

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Mines

Worked atBroken HillBroken Hill lies close to Broken Hill.1

Events

Led toCharles Rasp finds the Broken Hill orebodyBroken Hill is part of this story: Charles Rasp finds the Broken Hill orebody.1Led toBroken Hill Proprietary Company formedBroken Hill is part of this story: Broken Hill Proprietary Company formed.1HereSouth Broken Hill silver mine airblastSee the place where this happened: Broken Hill.2HereBroken Hill South Mine rock fallSee the place where this happened: Broken Hill.3HereBroken Hill Central Mine falls of earthSee the place where this happened: Broken Hill.4

Places

ExamplesLightning RidgeAnother boom town in Australia: Broken Hill.5

Sources

  1. Wikidata item Q270734 (Broken Hill)
  2. 1895 South Broken Hill Silver Mine case study (Learning from disasters) NSW Resources Regulator
  3. 1901 Broken Hill South Mine case study (Learning from disasters) NSW Resources Regulator
  4. 1902 Broken Hill Central Mine case study (Learning from disasters) NSW Resources Regulator
  5. Wikidata item Q1001654 (Lightning Ridge)

From the Prospector Trails mining history dataset: each fact links to the source it was checked against. Figures are as the source gives them, in the money of their day. Not investment advice.

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