Document 44B4nR343EJDxdeMRe6eG40Ma

Deeeeber 1st, 1946 Mr. a. 3. Dwyer, SxaoutlTe Yloe President Anaconda Copper 'ttning Company 25 Broadway Hew York 4* Hew York Daar Mr. Dwyer: W* following lea statement relatlre to the Oetpber, 1945 oparatlone at the Seat Chleago plant: l s ad ggrnrnre pjggj'iitan Tie income for the aonth: V Lead Refinery Blswnth Refinery 9 1,638.24 2,308.29 The tonnage treated In OatoberNwha 3,^09 tone aa compared with 3,228 la September. The Lead Refinery Ino9a^lw-~eoeaonte4,for a a followa: Intar-coapenyaatariala \\ Ontalde cuatoa/aaterlala \\ Mixed metal dperatlona 1 1 Discounts earniid ! 'v* # 1,918,69 8,990.76 433.06 130.11 | 1,635.84 The ln/rf shows for alxiid aatal operations la froai the sale of 119 tone of Specification tlal Lse*/'sad eight tons of Caalking Lead. Oar Howenber ablpeanta hare been 840 tb of Specification Antleenlal Lead and 66 tone of Caalking Load. 2XHC 0HD1 PHPABTMBrf The Inoo otober wee: Aatael Coat Beals (Ooet Sheets) >a Mosey Basis 9 787.13 18,430.13 3asssry of Operations tait : Mo. 1 Muffle rurneoe Be. 8 Msffle ywzsaee Mo. 3 Msffle Jvmace He. 4 Msffle TWrssoe yreseh Retorts Aserloan Bloak Hasher Dyw Operated 86 13 17 (OH Mane Materiel Prodaced Slab zlse Laad-fraa zine Oxlda Leaded Zlse Oxide Lead-free zlse Oxide Mess Hone PNYC00009496 N11550 .. . ^ 1 toe. 2. X. Dvyer Deeartber lit, 1948 TbO IneOM VII fironslj affediod by U lMTtIM ltt prodBetie*. October prodaatlea ni jmUr tin uy aonth einae v had C.W.3. bueinei*. galea of ,iM oxidi, however, shoved no appreciable gain oj w September; Oetober sales being 43 ton son tlua tio pririon eaath. The following tabulation shews prodactioa and sals* slnee July 1st: Tons ProduetIon Zina Oxide Slab Zina Total Tons Sales zixm Olid* Metal Total July August September Oetober 1,25* 499 404 37 - 29 .551 287 l,2Sd 528 738 924 1,052 857 344 407 2* 1,077 15 878 75 439 414 821 mifs LSAB DS-AHUgro The ineone for Oetober m si follow!: Dry White In I White lssd-lm-011 \8,494.11 tvWZ.Ol Daring Oetober the promotion of vUtsS^ed (658 tonsrexeeeded tbi nln (S80 tsai) by 33t toni. this ozena, whiv^/aost 7\a0d pi/ pound ti produce, m pis old in stock at ti# January let flguy/tf *d. Mia sdTirsely iffostsd the mesne by $10,000. Boflalng Dopartnont Tbs amount of toad la., dnnsil of 304,183 pound do oonin, i dsornei of (8,lS8/c onWtober 31st was 7,607,148 peeads, a IXiKsilver in lnnatory vn 986,328 ptenher 30th. Zlno Otldi Depirtaint Til value of Ini tin thi prsyio suiting aiipping/tj^ bar Slit via $542,000, vhleh is $13,000 nd.es $24,000 in sine ilabs for vhleh si an irated. White md Do In $141,000 3ipli at the nine of inventory inarmed $18,000 fro* .89,000 on Oetober 31it. All of this lnerwase is la finiibid products ____ LABOR Libor Supply The labor markit in onr Tisiaity has sand Tory notimbly in tie lilt thirty days. Slnoo Umber lit vo bigo hind 29 wan, 28 of when hire milled on the payroll. Of then, fear in returning servioenen. Ten of the 28 are white aaa. We haw# dl seent lnaed hiring woaea, and are gradually voiding ont these at ban. contrast wsistlatloni te are to neat with the Cnien Coanlttea on Deeenbsr 5th to begin negotiations for the now Onion eontraet. Wo hate boon studying our present oontmot in preparation for the opening of negotiations. 0^'9"! .000' Mr. B. I. Dwyer -3-- Member let, 194fi Hotw from our polite rile a LABOB Jurt prior to 8 A.id. on the morning of October 3Xot, tn celered employees sngaged la little cutting episode, with a rasor .at weapon, (tee of the partioipaata, hereinafter called the 'suttee", resolved enough wounds to require S3 stitches to various part, of her anstaay. The other, hereinafter tailed the 'tuttor*, wae damaged to a somewhat letter degree, although aha too required tote tewlag. The affair waa purely a personal one, the Police absolving the Company of any responsibility. It seems that the "euttea had "signified* the 'outtor* to eaoh t* extent that the latter had to reaort te har rater for solaae. iXAD TCnyxao DSPAgnearr OUTLOOK Battery Platea and Blast rarnaas 7a treated 1,500 tons of battery platea daring NATamber in our reverberatory fornaeae. This should give e nice Income from nmtfrnw tn Wovtmbtr. However, ia December, ere expect to mm the Blest furnace for tfcw-watieskhonth la order te elesn up ell oar by-produets for a year-end inventory. Haoant experiWcfs ladloata that in the months we operate the Blest furnace oar ooeta^erwvhigh. We, therefore, do not look for December to be a good month. /\ \y // i 'i j Tha Accounting Department la iria&ylng tbA/poeaibijUty of setting ap a reserve for whan we operate the Blast furnace. N This sh9h|a be helpful in asking oar costs mere uniform from month to month. 21no Chloride \\ DuPont has agreed te sign a abstract fpy our 1944 production of sine chlorldo at tha tana prist at contained in tha 1948\aontraat, which la 2-3/44 par pound of sine chloride. We anticipate thartjby the tioe ;tte 1944 contrast expires, we will hare changed over to the 3t. foe b^sinoing Proe^ae. ZDfC OXIDK DgPABTMgg------ Scrap Our present time. ns eamfortable, with ebeut 2,000 tone on hand at the take care of our requirenaatt for the next two aenths. Ve werwvjtm^ ahl^y get any of tho lets ef Kirkeitu for which we quoted U. This feet, coupled vuSZsiar'sunceaa It obtaining the 785 tone of scrap from the C.I.3. contrast terai&etlea, resulted in oar Wovsaber purchetee of scrap being ealy 40 tone. 9alee Te are still hoping te increase our saloa of slno Oxide la keeping with our policy of competitive prises, bat it apparently takes considerable tine to rebuild the sales volume. 0nerri As far as we know, our Bovember results shotld be rather favorable. Tee of the Muffle Tumeoea are in need of repair. Te have been going along with Inefficient unite for the .paurb fee weeke, but It will be neeeesaxy te shut down for reprire la December. To. S furnace, whloh we use axaluairaly for the production ef freaoh Process Oxide, le aehedaled te ge down on December let beeauee ef miffiolent ttook ef thie grade. Therefore, for a large pert of tho month we will be oa vary low tannage, whleh will, ne doubt, have an adverse affeat ea the December interne. p**C0000949e Mr. a. x. Dwysr Deeember lit, 194B WHITS LXdD PXPARMlg Th* urn of lead for tin production of whit* lied i8 still restricted. X* h*T* been operating at the rate of 20 tons per day and will continue to do so throughout December. On sovemhsr 23rd, inventory limitations of 60 day* were imposed upon the consumers of white lead to present excessive stocking. Sales of white lead for November did hot quite equal production because the particular grad#* were not available for shipment. In December wa will wary likely sell all of our production. Wc hope you will find this Information hslpful. \\ -H OSJ/h* os: Mr.f.Laiat PNTC00009499