The Tonopah Historic Mining Park is a defunct mining area in Tonopah, Nevada, that now serves as a museum and historical site.

[3][4] A commonly repeated lore of how silver was discovered in these mines was through the story of Jim Butler, who accidentally stumbled upon it when he was going to throw a rock (which happened to be a silver ore) to his mule.

Through the help of his friend Tasker Oddie, Jim and his wife, Belle, would later found out the value of the ore, and with several others, would offer mine leasing rights for the area.

It also provides several historical records in the form of photographs and audiovisual presentations.

Many of the architectural structures in the site were originally used by the miners during the era.