Show U S SMELTING LEASES confirmation of the report emanating from new york a month ago that the united states smelting smelling Sm elting refining mining company had leased the balaklava Balak lala copper mine mine in in shasta county calif was given to the press recently by J C brumblay field representative of the company who spent the day in reno says the nevada mining press the ore will be treated at the kennett smelter of the U S in the same locality when the mine is reopened but no definite date has been set to resume operations because of the uncertainty of the copper market balaklava Balak lala ore is a heavy sulphide which requires a considerable quantity of highly ore as a flux when the smelter was in operation this class of ore was purchased in nevada and the favorable treatment charges granted by the smelter made it profitable to mine a very low lowr 6 grade rade product in the mines of western and central nevada |