Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1902-11-08
THE FAMOUS FRACTION.
Review OF Its Inception, Present
Standing and Outlook.

DV |. m Is. Curtis ike that oil the
famous Nizpab Inv lanes /. Butler
NAV truly be- claSsed AZ an event If
romantic Interest in the annals Of
Tonopab The interesting story has
already beou told IN the columns of
the BONANZA. but IL will bear re.
peatinp.
Uri b. Curtis a Young but ex-
perienced operator sbortlv ofter
arriving in Tonopab became fine
owner of the Fraction claim which
AS its title implies. was only part of
a regular MINING claim, and nj once
commenced sin;,ing for the urecions
metals which he believed il TO
contain.
From, fine outset his onerations
were carried ON in the face of an
adverse nublic oninion Including the
dramatically EXPRESSED views of sew
eral eXperts and minlng ENGINEERS
That which is now known As Fraction
shaft M / was tbnn iocoselv termed
Curtis val " and whom nj a denth
If ia foot if woe stated that the
voin,r man intended CONTINUING the
work of develonnont a certain nv-
nart denIarnd tbnt If be lCnrtis, wore
10 sinI, nc far a. Hades he wouid find
NOT only ma ore Inf not even \
bnctat If wote,, in his vol "
THO yorn,, onar.to. b,wo,or bod
a thaorv If lis ou,n ana co,rogeo,lsly
adhoreG "a II rerordIo,e If he cr;ti,
cisnns ~ HE nein6hors mill one day
,,han Iitaroiit snook;n, ho enddonly
.,rot "a tbo ond NJ III rono " ~
80 mon and 1,do,. nriinnr, oon
Tlinns tho annl;oatior If tbio Ibrasa
would moan f not min at least dis
con,G,nro hut 70 Fri p Cnrtis Il
,oaa,,t ,',oooss AID rort,ra Tho roma
n a., oa,in nsod in h w, from IKE
Froction lift hocamo n2baustad At
a 5onth 80 Do loot nrd Il NAV he
nddad al,ont tha sa,,,a ,i,,o do G,,de
~ ~ ,,nn,,,, o,,o,.otn, if not vLnlI,,
avLaus.o J7 - -, Ioast ~ d..
cidndIv Low obh so low in f,ct tba+
tha o,.es,io, If nnrcb,.inrr an ovtra
rnll df c,hln woi hoId in a5oyarco
Meanwhile in order ~ ward off
r,,r,ors 81 e,s,,a,,s;a,, 80, foiIrra T.
,ra.H IoaiJo5 ~ ~, n,a,, aa,,,,a,,al
cross .n,,ttinr a. tLo dorth ~ on
loot which was loss by ffteen foot
tban tho denth originalIy contom.
Mated II was another instance If
t,mol,ino a ,,irtno of nacassity T" hut
II nroycd tho tnrnin,, noint i, tho
entrrn,i.e If Trri r Gnrtie for tho
reason that within sixtonn feet from
tho oneniny iof the horizontal avca,
walton fine now famous Reaction ladge
wos discovered IA the enhonremeot
of Tononab's standing and fntnre
nromise ne tha greatest mining cann
nf the wost
As an evidence of Mr. Curtis' con.
fdenca in the enternrise in ,yhicb he
had invested all his worldly nos,ess-
ions. it NAV be stated that only
twenty three DAYS before the dis
covery of the Fraction Iedga hn
ACCOMPLISHED the consolidation Of four
adjoining claims with his own frae-
tional holdinu. thereby securing for
his copnonv an AGGREGATION If ovnr
eighty acres of mineral land con.
stituting at that time tbe second
largest area owned bv anv one com
many in tbe camn These additional
claims commond;ry an evtoneion of
All the ledges' exceptinp thc famous
NIiznab known TO exist or the nron.
ertv If the Tononah Mning Com.
ranv rendered the Fraction Com.
nanys HOLDINGS second onlv in value
10 those If The former From The
DIV on which the first sbovelfnl Of
onrth was Turned on the Fraction mn
70 the nresent time the work Of
dovelonmont has henn continnous
Not a singIn shift has baon missad