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Show BALAKLALA IN RICK ORE. News of Strike Reached Local Offices Yesterday Manager Snyder Back. News reached the local offices of tho Western Exploration company yesterday afternoon of a rich strlko In tho company's property In Shasta county, California This mine, known aa the Balaklala, adjoins ad-joins tho Mammoth mine, recently acquired ac-quired by tho United States Mining and Smelling company. A telegram from tho superintendent of tho mine contained the Information that at a distance of 110 feet from the upralso In tho main working tunnel, a big body of high-grade copper oro has been uncovered. uncov-ered. This large oro body was located some time ago by means of a diamond drill, and tho management at once started tho upralso up-ralso which has uncovered the ore. General Manager W. F Snyder relumed last evening from an Eastern trip taken In the Interest of tho company. Mr. Snyaer, while away, looked Jnt6 tho matter mat-ter of securing equipment for a smelter which the company meditates building near tho California property. He said last night that he had received several propositions proposi-tions looking toward the furnishing of this equipment, but that tho company had come to no decision on the matter as yet |