Tokop
Jim Butler's discovery at what would become Tonopah brought a renewed interest to the remote reaches of Esmeralda County, where most camps had died during the previous two decades. Robert Stewart, who had been in the Gold Mountain region since at least 1881 and owned the Oriental mine, staked new claims high on a mountaintop in September 1902; he died just two months later. Still, a small camp called Tokop - Shoshone for 'snow' - emerged near the high peak. Unfortunately for Tokop, gold was found at Goldfield around the same time and most attention shifted to those new discoveries. Three mining companies attempted to strike it rich during the next few years, but Tokop ultimately died by 1908. Only minor work continued until around World War II, but the camp never revived.
