# Charles Rasp > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Charles_Rasp > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Charles_Rasp.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Rasp > Source revision: 1310483563 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{more footnotes|date=October 2019}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2020}} {{Use Australian English|date=June 2011}} right|Charles Rasp '''Charles Rasp''', born '''Hieronymous Salvator Lopez von Pereira''',[http://www.brokenhillaustralia.com.au/about-broken-hill/local-factbook/charles-rasp/ Broken Hill Visitor Information Centre > About Broken Hill > Local Factbook > Charles Rasp] Accessed 22 May 2014. (7 October 1846 – 22 May 1907) is known as the first person to identify the economic potential of the ore deposits at [Broken Hill](/source/Broken_Hill), [New South Wales](/source/New_South_Wales), Australia. He was born at [Stuttgart](/source/Stuttgart), [Duchy of Württemberg](/source/Duchy_of_W%C3%BCrttemberg), where he was educated and he was trained in chemistry. He emigrated to Australia to improve his health in 1869 and worked at a variety of jobs on rural stations, eventually ending up at the [Mount Gipps Station](/source/Mount_Gipps_Station) managed by [George McCulloch](/source/George_McCulloch_(mine_owner)), where he was employed as a boundary rider.[Jenny Camilleri, In The Broken Hill Paddock, printed by Openbook Australia {{ISBN|0-646-46245-8}} ==Biography== Inspired by the silver rush to nearby [Silverton](/source/Silverton%2C_New_South_Wales), he began to prospect in the area of [Broken Hill](/source/Broken_Hill). One day while mustering sheep in the Broken Hill paddock towards the end of September 1883, he was struck by the mineral appearance and formation of the 'Broken Hill'. He joined forces with local contractors [David James](/source/David_James_(Australian_politician)) and James Poole, and they took out a mining lease on part of Broken Hill and sank a small shaft. Though discouraged by early [assay](/source/assay) results, they persisted and soon after were joined by four others (all working on Mount Gipps) forming the [Syndicate of Seven](/source/Syndicate_of_Seven). George McCulloch and Charles Rasp pegged out further leases which took in the whole of Broken Hill, the original name of which was said to be Wilyu-Wilyu-yong.*Leonard Samuel Curtis, The History of Broken Hill, Its Rise and Progress, [Frearson's Printing House](/source/Frearson's_Printing_House), Adelaide, South Australia 1908. They were prospecting for [tin](/source/tin), but early assay results found only low grade [lead](/source/lead) ore and traces of silver (Curtis, 1908). It was not until late 1884 or early 1885 that rich quantities of silver were found and [BHP](/source/BHP) was floated to mine the leases. Rasp received an allocation of shares and, within five years, he was rich.*[https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/rasp-charles-4452 'Rasp, Charles (1846–1907)'], ''Australian Dictionary of Biography'', Volume 6, [Melbourne University Press](/source/Melbourne_University_Press), 1976, p9. Rasp moved to [Adelaide](/source/Adelaide), married and dabbled in mining interests until his death in 1907. ==References== {{reflist}} {{authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Rasp, Charles}} Category:1846 births Category:1907 deaths Category:German emigrants to Australia Category:Scientists from Stuttgart Category:Australian prospectors Category:Burials at North Road Cemetery Category:History of Broken Hill --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Charles Rasp](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Rasp) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Rasp?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.