. The copper resources of California. e prospect-ing on unproved ground by means of a diamond drill hasbeen prosecuted by the company. The headquarters buildingfor the company is located at Kennet, near the smelter site selected is in Sec. 3, T. 34 N., R. 5 W., on BackboneCreek, distant about eight miles by railroad from the on the site has been in progress and the railroadgrade for a spur connecting with the Southern Pacific Railroadis now being put in. The reduction plant will be from 500 to700 tons daily capacity. The Shasta King mine is located onthe south fork of Sq
. The copper resources of California. e prospect-ing on unproved ground by means of a diamond drill hasbeen prosecuted by the company. The headquarters buildingfor the company is located at Kennet, near the smelter site selected is in Sec. 3, T. 34 N., R. 5 W., on BackboneCreek, distant about eight miles by railroad from the on the site has been in progress and the railroadgrade for a spur connecting with the Southern Pacific Railroadis now being put in. The reduction plant will be from 500 to700 tons daily capacity. The Shasta King mine is located onthe south fork of Squaw Creek and directly adjoins the Balak-lala holdings. Its main workings are the lowest in altitudeso far developed on the West Side copper belt. Austin is general manager for the company. Balaklala Mine.—The Balaklala mine at present showsthe largest body of ore available in any one property on thecopper belt of Shasta County, and prospecting done by meansof the diamond drill indicates the possibility that it will develop. (m 86 THE COPPER RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA. one of the largest ore bodies of its kind on the Americancontinent. The property consists of twenty-six claims, thirteenof which are patented, lying mainly in Sees. 12, 13, and 14,T. 33 N., R. 6 W. Adjoining ground will bring the totalnumber of claims held by the Balaklala Mining Company upto sixt} or more. The work has been done principally uponfive claims from Huckleberry claim southwest to Windy outcrop can be traced along this line for fully one and ahalf miles, and gives evidence of the magnitude of the lodefor the entire distance. The greatest reserves of ore at presentexposed are on the El Capitan claim. The main level, 400feet below the apex, shows a thickness of from 60 to 100 dip of the lode is with the mountain to the northwest,and at the point where the greatest development work hasbeen done the lode has been laid bare by erosion. As a resultthe copper values have been leached
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