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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1921
Page
1
Butte Anaconda and Great Falls greet the Jan. 16 restart as a hopeful turn after nine months of suspension. Workers accept reduced daily pay for ongoing employment, praising community support and the mining companies for steady wages and renewed confidence in the state’s future.
The shutdown ends January 16 1922 with wages reduced by 50 cents per shift. About 6500 Butte workers were laid off since April 1 1921. Over 1 billion pounds of surplus copper on hand as of April 1 1921. Production will be curtailed and costs trimmed. Anaconda will craft 6 to 7 million pounds of zinc monthly at Great Falls. Butte and Superior plan gradual reemployment for up to 1000 workers. Anaconda and Great Falls smelters to restart as ore arrives. Copper price rose from 11 to 14 cents during shutdown.
Special Dispatch reports Great Falls jubilance as word arrives that the Anaconda Copper Mining Company will resume operations at the Great Falls smelter on January 16. The deal with Butte & Superior to treat all mine zinc concentrates stabilizes operations and likely expands the workforce beyond 2,000 to about 2,500, with copper and zinc departments reopening.
The Anaconda Company mine managers issue a joint statement announcing plans to resume operations in the Butte district as early as January 16, with economies and cooperative cost reductions, especially in payroll, to sustain a steady, long term operation benefiting both employers and employees amid low metal prices and reduced demand.
Butte and Superior concentrates will be processed at Great Falls electro lytic plant as A C M Company resumes operations January 16. The move comes after nine months of near-cessation, with unions and managers agreeing wage cuts of 50 cents rather than 75 cents or more. The resumption is seen as a major economic boost for the district.
Preparations for the Washoe smelter reopening are set to start around January 10 under manager Frederick Laist. A small crew will be employed initially with gradual expansion if ore shipments and market demand allow. The plant aims for open production on January 16 and shipments will go to the Great Falls refinery, boosting related operations at the refinery and rolling mill.
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