Slag Street resident of 50 years, Sid Siddall, has had enough of his street sign going missing.

Like most of the streets in Broken Hill, his street is a nod to the city's mining heritage, with "slag" the name for the city's slag heap — the waste from melting iron ore.

Many streets in the far west NSW city are named after minerals or other mining terms.

But only Slag Street keeps having its sign stolen.

"Just leave the sign alone, it was a good sign," Mr Siddall said.

While neither Mr Siddall nor Broken Hill City Council knew exactly number how many times the sign had been stolen, the council said replacement signs lasted about a month before going missing again.

Mr Siddall, who lives with Parkinson's disease and drop foot, was worried emergency services would get lost or delayed the

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