The discovery led to the town of Broken Hill sprouting in the desert dust, a silver city that today celebrated the 140th anniversary of that historic find on the outer perimeter of Mount Gipps Station.
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The boundary rider, Charles Rasp, had found what would be known as the Line of Lode — a massive ore body. "It was a dusty place. For 12 months it was really doubtful whether we would make anything out of it," Mr Rasp wrote of the venture in 1905.Ms Camilleri said they almost lost faith in the venture.
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