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Records of Broken Hill Associated Smelters Pty Ltd

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ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2FANDS&rft.title=Records of Broken Hill Associated Smelters Pty Ltd&rft.publisher=The University of Melbourne&rft.description=This paper-based collection of records from Broken Hill Associated Smelters Pty Ltd (BHAS) includes: BHP Co.: letterbooks 1900-1915; correspondence files 1903-1919; agreements 1908-1915; accounts 1889-1916. BHAS Pty. Ltd.: Director's meetings papers 1920-1949; correspondence subject files 1914-1945; 'company papers' 1915-1949; production files 1915-1949; accounts 1913-1949; research papers 1915-1943; employee records 1914-1943; work operation and treatment files 1919-1949; plant reports 1917-1957; newspaper cuttings; printed material 1919-1935. London Office: correspondence and accounts 1919-1935; Port Pirie Plant: Manager's meetings minutes 1947-1953; correspondence; subject files 1918-1953; production reports 1941-1953; accounts 1915-1953; assay returns 1917-1922; employee records 1910-1953; research papers 1947-1953; public relations files; newspaper cuttings. Sir Colin Fraser: Personal papers including files relating to BHAS 1916-1930s; personal correspondence files; papers relating to companies 1916-1943; files on mining propositions and ore deposits 1930s; technical papers 1919-1939; annual reports 1920s-1943. W.S. Robinson: correspondence 1942. T.H. Sears (company secretary): Alphabetical subject files 1918-1943. A.J. Keast (director): Papers arranged according to company; Commonwealth Advisory Mining Panel minutes 1944, 1946; correspondence and reports 1945-1946. Broken Hill Associated Smelters was established in 1889 when the Port Pirie smelter was expanded following purchase by Broken Hill Proprietary to supplant the Barrier field's own smelters. The effects of the war and the threat from other Broken Hill companies to establish a rival smelter led in 1915 to the establishment of Broken Hill Associated Smelters, jointly owned by BHP, Broken Hill South and North Broken Hill. Following the sale of BHP's interest in 1925, the smelter was expanded under Collins House control becoming for a while the largest lead smelting works in the world. 247 linear shelf metres&rft.creator=Anonymous&rft.date=2013&rft.type=dataset&rft.language=English Access the data

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This paper-based collection of records from Broken Hill Associated Smelters Pty Ltd (BHAS) includes: BHP Co.: letterbooks 1900-1915; correspondence files 1903-1919; agreements 1908-1915; accounts 1889-1916. BHAS Pty. Ltd.: Director's meetings papers 1920-1949; correspondence subject files 1914-1945; 'company papers' 1915-1949; production files 1915-1949; accounts 1913-1949; research papers 1915-1943; employee records 1914-1943; work operation and treatment files 1919-1949; plant reports 1917-1957; newspaper cuttings; printed material 1919-1935. London Office: correspondence and accounts 1919-1935; Port Pirie Plant: Manager's meetings minutes 1947-1953; correspondence; subject files 1918-1953; production reports 1941-1953; accounts 1915-1953; assay returns 1917-1922; employee records 1910-1953; research papers 1947-1953; public relations files; newspaper cuttings. Sir Colin Fraser: Personal papers including files relating to BHAS 1916-1930s; personal correspondence files; papers relating to companies 1916-1943; files on mining propositions and ore deposits 1930s; technical papers 1919-1939; annual reports 1920s-1943. W.S. Robinson: correspondence 1942. T.H. Sears (company secretary): Alphabetical subject files 1918-1943. A.J. Keast (director): Papers arranged according to company; Commonwealth Advisory Mining Panel minutes 1944, 1946; correspondence and reports 1945-1946. Broken Hill Associated Smelters was established in 1889 when the Port Pirie smelter was expanded following purchase by Broken Hill Proprietary to supplant the Barrier field's own smelters. The effects of the war and the threat from other Broken Hill companies to establish a rival smelter led in 1915 to the establishment of Broken Hill Associated Smelters, jointly owned by BHP, Broken Hill South and North Broken Hill. Following the sale of BHP's interest in 1925, the smelter was expanded under Collins House control becoming for a while the largest lead smelting works in the world. 247 linear shelf metres

Data time period: 1889 to 1957

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