Broken Hills

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| country = United States

| state = Nevada

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| district = Churchill County

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| map_caption = Location of Broken Hills in Nevada{{cite gnis|id=854378|name=Broken Hills|accessdate=2009-05-04}}

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The Broken Hills, or Broken Hills Range, is a mountain range bordering Churchill County, Nevada and Mineral County, Nevada.{{Cite web|url=https://www.mindat.org/loc-39374.html|title=Broken Hills Mine, Broken Hills District, Mineral Co., Nevada, USA|website=www.mindat.org|access-date=2017-02-01}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.ghosttowns.com/states/nv/brokenhills.html|title=Broken Hills – Nevada Ghost Town|website=www.ghosttowns.com|access-date=2017-02-01}}

History

Joseph Arthur and James Stratford discovered the Broken Hills district in 1913, and were the first prospectors to find ore worth mining.{{Cite book|title=Mining Districts and Mineral Resources of Nevada|last=Lincoln|first=Francis Church|publisher=Nevada Newsletter Publishing Company|year=1923|url=https://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015011432807|page=2|access-date=September 6, 2020}}

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