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4 .2 a. 23 t // j'.. 3 February 25* 2947 Barian Bo o t , Flstun Editor 299 ttdlMB Iran Bnr York 17, U.Y. Boor S2r. Ibm Your letter of February 20 to our lr, leaporly bos Boon mformd to at for attention. drams oeny other dutia* X low soda a study of our nenufaataring proosooos and deaarlptloa of tteso for ths tsosfit of our staff. Your requost for pbotogmtpbe of ths Old Batch proooss for alrine obits load is * little unfortunate la that oo ham dlseoatlntisd tfas Old Eutoh nothod la favor of (bddk-prooeu. Soaoror, sftar thorough soareh, X ham baan Obis to loo*.to saaa p&otuios ohloh will llluatcoto tfas Old Eutoh aothod sad which wo tabs ploasurw la mains! ag herewith. os inommte. thss* ss follows( Platans Oo. 1 - Handling pig lssd preparatory to easting bookies. 2 -- Hunkla oastlac aeohlns. 2bo pigs of load am asltod Into a kettle froa whloh ths aoXtaa load flows Into tfas outing sw<* ohlns. 3 " Cloaa-up of buohls easting. 4 Putting tfas tafcloi into tfas corroding jars, tfas Individual buckles mm plsood lata eorrodlng Jam la tfas battaa -- of whloh is about an inch of diluted sostlo wold. Sfasso Jem am then pllad up la tfas stash. Xa buildlac up ths stacks whloh am about 25 -ft. sq. and 30 ft* high, about aa lnoli or two layer of tanbask Is put aa tbs floor upon ^loh Is plsssd a laysr of pots filled with ooetlo sold sod lead budeles. Aborn this tfasn is plsood s floor of boards. . Xbssa boards 0007-SWP-000006936 P*G 2 at* covered with an inch or two layer of taribarfc, thu providing a floor for tbs second tier of jars* The stack is built up in thle say until the roon la full. Piuper -ventilators equip oaoh ti*r of bunk lee. These eentilator* are wed to regulate the tenpermture In the orrodlnc staek through the entire period of oorroelon. X beliefs you know it takes approximately 100 -- 120 days for tlie lead biMklea to oorrods into lead carbonate. $ - Shows the operators unloading a stack. Vote the operator at the left la enpty ing a jar Into tbs bucket. the eupty jars being plaoad in the arete at the right of the ratal buosnt* 6 -- Cloee-up of jare filled edth oorrodsd bookl*s Unfortunately. ss hats no pie* tuts, of the nazt proosoo of paaalag the huskies beteeen rolls widah flatten out partielaa of uaoorxodad load ao that ua corroded notarial will he held bad: shea passing through a aorssa Into the sluzy tank. 7 - Blury tank* The corroded lead next passes to the alury tank share it la saokod with a considerable irdno of sator. Fran this paint it passes on osar screens of line cash to hold beak ell iwpuritio* pomittlng only the clan psrtiolss of lead oarbctaste to pass through* Oast. the alury after screening, passes thrash into drying pans* Unfortuaately. there ass no pisturaa of these asullable. 8 - Tfj-d grinding oiU* Xhs dried luaps of load next pass through this grinding nill* Vo picture is available of the powdered lead being nixed with oil for grinding into paokagoo and sold as "lead In oil"* 9 -- UiU grinding lead edth linaoad oil* Unfortunately. these pisturaa are not exactly shat you request nor are they oaopleta as to cover all stages of the process, hut wo trust you sill find then useful* a^ntigys/nhr^s s`V iiWjPl 0007-SWP-000006937 *** 3 If pooaible, whan those ha-re eerrod your purpose* we ehell be c1**^ to hare then returned as tltey arc tie ouly copies we hews and Z wish to put thaa to eon further uu, im regret that there fcaa been title delay In gottlnc these to you hat trust that although you say lave ieewad the dead line, thee# aay still be useful* Very truly yours* TH3 saLSsniMiiuiiu' cciexvr tssor *. E, Eiepieln Supervisor, Sid Sales Dept* 0007-SWP-000006938