Broken Hills, Nevada

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Broken Hills
Coordinates: 39°02′59″N118°00′37″W / 39.04972°N 118.01028°W / 39.04972; -118.01028 [1]
CountryUnited States
StateNevada
County Mineral
Elevation
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5,371 ft (1,637 m)

Broken Hills is a ghost town in Mineral County, Nevada. It was primarily the site of the mining operation of miners, Joseph Arthur and James Stratford from 1913 to 1920. The settlement reached the height of popularity during World War I.

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History

Broken Hills was founded by two Englishmen, Joseph Arthur and James Stratford, who discovered silver-lead ore at the site in 1913. A rush of miners to the area in the following six months was halted when it was discovered that Arthur and Stratford had claimed the most promising sites. [2] [3] [4]

Broken Hills reached the height of population, with a few hundred residents, from 1915 to 1920. The town had stores, a hotel, saloons and a school. By 1920, both Arthur and Stratford's mining efforts only produced US$68,000(equivalent to $993,000 in 2022). Arthur and Stratford then sold their claims to George Graham Rice, who promoted the mine and sold shares of property. Rice invested US$75,000(equivalent to $1,096,000 in 2022) of stockholder money into the mine to produce only US$7,000(equivalent to $102,000 in 2022) of revenue. Other mining companies in the area also failed. [3]

In 1926, there was a silver rush to the Quartz Mountains nearby, and the post office and a few stores at Broken Hill reopened. After 1928, the settlement declined again, but mining continued in a limited away. The area produced approximately US$180,000(equivalent to $3,760,000 in 2022) from 1935 to 1940. [3] [4]

The post office was in operation from December 1920 until October 1921 and then from June 1926 until February 1935. [5]

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References

  1. 1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Broken Hills (historical)
  2. "Ghost Towns Broken Hills, Nevada" . Retrieved April 13, 2011.
  3. 1 2 3 Paher, Stanley W (1970). Nevada Ghost Towns and Mining Camps. Howell North.
  4. 1 2 "Broken Hills". Forgotten Nevada.org. Retrieved September 17, 2018.
  5. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Broken Hills Post Office (historical)