"c VAR 0302 05062 SMELTER 3R 923-930 MD= 1E-37 " "c REF 0302 LOC 2679 WIDTH 9 DK 43 COL 35-43 " "c EXP DEC= 1 " "c " "c LEAD STOCKS AT SMELTERIES AND REFINERIES, END OF THE MONTH " "c ---------------------------------------------------------- " "c " "c NBER SERIES: 05062 " "c AREA COVERED: U.S.AND MEXICO " "c UNITS: THOUSANDS OF SHORT TONS " "c ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE " "c QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE " "c MONTHLY COVERAGE: 12/1923-03/1930 " "c SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE " "c SOURCE: DATA ARE DIRECT FROM THE AMERICAN BUREAU OF METAL " "c STATISTICS " "c " "c NOTES: SERIES 05062 IS PRESENTED HERE AS THREE " "c VARIABLES--(1)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1923-1930 (2)--ORIGINAL DATA, " "c 1929-1949 (3)--ORIGINAL, 1945-1955. " "c BEGINNING IN APRIL 1930, DATA COVER ONLY THE U.S. " "c TOTAL STOCKS INCLUDE: (1)--IN ORE AMD MATTE AND IN " "c PROCESS AT SMELTERIES; (2)--IN BASE BULLION (LEAD CONTENT) " "c AT SMELTERIES, IN TRANSIT TO REFINERIES, AND IN PROCESS AT " "c REFINERIES; (3)--REFINED PIG LEAD; (4)--ANTIMONIAL LEAD. " "c FIGURES ARE PUBLISHED AS OF THE FIRST OF EACH MONTH, " "c BUT ARE SHOWN HERE TO REPRESENT THE LAST DAY OF THE " "c PRECEDING MONTH. " "c DATA WERE CHECKED BY SUMMING FIVE SUBGROUPS AND AGREES " "c THROUGHOUT. DATA FOR FEBRUARY 1930 WERE REVISED SLIGHTLY TO " "c AGREE WITH THE SUM OF THE SUBGROUPS. " "c " "c CHECKED MANUALLY; NO CORRECTIONS NECESSARY. " "c "