In 1900, Jim Butler stopped at a site known as Tonapah, or Little Water, in the Western Shoshone language. After taking a few rock samples, he discovered a mine that led to one of the most important mineral finds of the early twentieth century. As the extent of the bonanza became known, miners and prospectors flocked to the area, and the Tonopah boom revitalized the mining West. From 1900 to 1910, newspaper reporters wrote about spectacular new mining camps throughout southern Nevada, including Goldfield, Rhyolite, Kawich, Manhattan, Round Mountain, Wonder, and Fairview. Many proved to be exaggerated, but Tonopah continued. The Tonopah mines eventually shipped over 5,000,000 tons of ore. Through a new system called leasing, stock issuing corporations were created, bringing in needed capital to promote new mines including the Desert Queen, Mizpah, Silver Top, and Tonopah Extension.