Broken Hill Ingot [Archive]

Ausglock

05-20-2021, 06:53 PM

G'day. A few days ago, somebody posted a picture if an Ingot that had "Broken Hill" stamped in it with the "Special" in a diamond and "BHAS" in a diamond. The OP was in the USA.

Can anyone link me to the post with the picture?

I have been offered an exact same ingot here in Australia.

Broken Hill is a mining company here in OZ and I'm interested in locating people with similar ingots.

So far, I have found that these ingots are pre WW1 and knowns as "Alpha" lead which is a purer form of lead.

Thanks.

SpotHound

07-30-2021, 10:02 PM

Usually 99.99% pure lead

Dusty Bannister

07-31-2021, 08:23 PM

https://castboolits.gunloads.com/showthread.php?244660-Minie-Bullet-size&highlight=broken+hill+ingot

Buzzard II

07-31-2021, 10:28 PM

I don't know if these 2 will help, but you can try:
1) Treasurenet.com look for thread- 100lb bar from Broken Hill Australia- there are 2 pages of people sending in comments
2) mindat.org Mystery Broken Hill ingot
Good luck!
Bob

barrabruce

08-01-2021, 08:30 AM

I got a couple that I cut up wth a cold chisel into smaller lumps to make ingots out of.
I’ll see if I have anything worth taking a picture of tomorrow.
Definitely thumb nail soft.
I wish I could source some more.
These were out of a boats ballast.

barrabruce

08-06-2021, 08:58 AM

Here you go.
Bit later than never.
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