Production. Tin smelting. A laboratory assistant at a Southern tin smelter performs delicate analytical operations that determine the amounts of pure metal remaining in slags from the furnaces. Accurate laboratory control is one of the important reasons why the percentage of metal recovery from the South American ore used at the plant is remarkably high

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches).
Caption card lists some of the printing history of image.
Title and other information from caption card.
Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944.
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Film copy on SIS roll 31, frame 1847.