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Septoabe? Bath, i3,,3 Str. H. T. Bwyar, Executive TiC9 President Anaconda Copper lining Company 25 Broadway Sew Tori 4, Pern Tori Bear Mr. Dwyer: The following is a statement relative to the August, 1945 operations at the East Chisago plant: - ~~~--1 TTT fiTC f- t TrVVPTl " - The inecr.e for the month: Lead Sefiaery Bismuth Hafining /' \ *73.9 8' ,1,976.77 The tonaege treated in August wea 2,3IS^tdns aa compared with 3,238 tone in July, end 3,044 tons in June. ----- ^ \'\ ( / 'The Lead Eeflnery incoiacis aeeoub^d forNrs foilowe: \ Income from Barltie^ Tcterials J j *2,342,43 Income from otharpdustom mata/tals 4,340,18 Di sconnts earned \ Sy- 181.21 ?2,478.9* iVe have revised the cart factors which we apply to inventory by-products. By so doing we incr^daei the value of by-product inventories and as a result the August inooae use ft^rably affeejtod to the extent of ^13,000 for money expended on by-produets. ZZitC CXID3 BSVigggST The ineoae for August was: Aetnal Cost Basis (Cost Sheets) 113,625.7? Soraaary of Operations Bait Bo. 1 Ruffle furnace Ho. 1 Raffle furnace Ho. 2 Raffle furnace Ho. 3 Ruffle furnace Ho. 3 Raffle furnace Ho. 4 Ruffle furnace frenoh Betorta American Blook Somber Bays Operated 19 5 Hone 22 3 2 Hone Bone Material Produoed Lead-free Han Oxide Slab Zina Hone Leaded Zino Oxide Slab lino Lead-free Zino Oxide Hone Bone pHtC0000950H 1S11552 Hr. H. 3. Dwyer -z- September 39th, 1945 The August income was favorably affsotsd by the following factor*! 1. Income from alas oxide produced fro* Tooele and 3st Helena fume 2. Increased sale* ore? production of the higher grades of zinc oxide $ 5,300 7,200 Unfavorable faotora ware: 1. Increased cost pax pound operating cost 2. Increased cost per sound sales cost 3,000 0,000 'Both tg'e unfavorable factors were due to reduced production and sales for the month. ;.h x t s inis ogAaris>auiIZZrr~` v Ths iaooae ivor August was as follows: ... -- ** *'"*. \ Dry White lead White Lead-in-Oil ' ' $ 5,543,1* 632,13 The White Lead Department was on a'shutdown basis during the month of August, and Cell Room was made use of in the setts' Process. The income shown above rVsuItcd'fphm salcc'of 237 tons of white leed from inventory valued at 6d per pound./This favorably affected the income by *8,600. Refining Department I i irr^mteras \\ The amount of^lemd-4n invWtory^osf August 31t was 3,280,312 pounds,, an increase of 614,133 pO<*nflc""3tfs priceDpalffi to the increased reoelpte of battery platee for our September Rotary Run Th^ silver In inventory was 523,528 ounces, an Increase of 13,014 euneaa. - 1 Zinc Oxide DepartmentV The value dQtfee lyC^4ory in the Zinc Oxide Department on August 31st was $539,000. This Is $106poiQjljMfhnr than on July 31st, and rcprsccntc an increase in ileetrolytic Zine and Xirksite dies that were on hand to complete the Chemical Warfare Service contract. la our termination claim against C.o'.S. we have included {32,000 which represents 785 terns of ram material. C.7.S. haa taken over the 339,600 peunda of sine oxide me had om hand August 16th that applied on their contract. This oxide is on hand at Saat Chicago for their disposition. This claim is being prepared after consulting with our attorney, Xr. Rae H. Royee, the Aaooanting Department and the leoal C.Vi. 0. office at Chisago. Termination claim mill be filed with the Hew Tfork office ef the C.3.3. PNTC00009505 * Itr. H. X. Ovyar 3- September 29th, 1949 Jhlta Lead Department DTTCHTORrua Ib the White Lead Department the value of Inventory decreased |29,000 from $160,600 on July 31st to $131,000 on August 31t. Page negotiations L^wOR v/e have heard nothin* acre from the Union regarding ahift differentials sinoe my last latter to you on this subject. Length of .fork deal While a number of plants have shanged over to a 40 hdur seek, they are faced .with e serious labor shortage. Labor is just a# difficult te obtain at Sast Chioago as it was before 7-J Day. 3aeause of these feats and Clause 17, paragraph (a) in our Union Contract, we are still maintaining a 43 hour week in our'operatlona, and retaining our salaried staff en a 44_hour basis. --" " There is admittedly much concern by our employees as to what basis af pay they shall receive when we return to a 40 hour baetis. . -s On Tuesday, September 18th, we me* with our group of Lead Refinery foramen who complained of operating difficulties they encountered with the inefficient laber they had to work with, also the fact that the Foreswjr'had to do physioal labor to keep operations moving. If these conditions continue to exist, they stated they expected a salary adjustment. . -------- /' gPTL0&S.~\ LTAD SSTOTISS PUPAR'aniT /; ' ' Bullion reoelpta contimne low, however we are purchasing battery plates at reasonable prices which may be helpful in oar income. Mixed Metal Business___\ ..... ,, While little'w*~aeooiplish*d_dtt7ing August on aales of specification antiaonlal lead and Caulking lead, considerable sales effort is being made la September to locate possible users of theac'types of metals. The results of these efforts should be evident in October. ziyc o x id z p s p a r t ; 3orap As of this date,and exclusive of 783 toua of scrap which will be covered by C.li.S. claim, * have on hand 547 tons of secondary scrap. Zinc scrap of all classes, particularly Kirksite diet, are being offered in large quantities at current market prises, quoted ene to one and one half cants per pound, leas than prices before 7-7 Bey. Recent offers reflect the weakened scrap market in all the non-ferrous metals. Since a decision has been made to sell sine oxide on a competitive basis, wo arc beginning to quote price* on Kirksite dies at 44 to 4-1/4i per pound T.O.B. Raet Chicago. It may be several aonths before we can increase our sales to a pslnt where we shall bo on a sound new monsy basis. PNYC00009506 lip. B. E. B*7r -4'PTLOQg 3eptaabar 89th, 19*8 Sales yro.n a sales angle wo are encouraged by the decision to put nine oil da an a competittTe sales basis. 1 hara coTerad this subject In a separate latter t ifr. Laist which baa bean used aa a baaia for the decision. Hr. Hurleaa plans to derelop his sale* of zino oxide aa rapidly as possible and, in the, neaatiae we hare a toll arrangement with Tedsrated Bstala Company whereby we treat aone of their zinc sarap and e return the* zlne. , Acioular Oxide 1 Test runs in September on the Muffle Furnaces bare psrOren successful and we hare been able to produce enough of this typo of oxide to meet salao requirements, howrer there are a fee difficulties, to be worsted out-yat>..aSfc \a matter* of control, design and equipment. ;e hare demonstrated wo can make AelouiaK^d^lde but are net quite ready to turn it orer to the Operating Department ae final. 7S-IXT?: LEAP: DEPAKTiCTT ' '' ' The situation looks aors eneourmgi'ng'beeeuse/ ef the poeslble aodlflastlow of restrictions on production and sales of'dry whltylead sad lead-in-oil. Our stock of white lead is lob in comparison to orders qn^haju^for deiirery when restrlotlone will permit. We ezpeet to operate at/ f ata'~ofv18 tenh^ite lead per day balanse of September and October. The o; -orer to prdduee mite lead was made on September 13th, and due to modification i istriction we are permitted to corrode 384 tons metallic lead in September, LSAD-E'-OIL SSrAHTiSIT- \\ The quota enruse of linseed oil has been increased from 4S$ to 50$ for third quartif and to 79$ for foufli^ quarter. The quota of dry whlta /lead to be ground in ell from Septsaber 81st an* for balance iaf month iV.Aot 11 ted so wa haws arranged to grind all shite lead possible to the extent quota so ae aet to lesa this quota of ell. 3e hope yea will find this information helpful. (PTJ/bm / cc: Ur.?. Lai at' pMtC0000950l