Oro Fina Consolidated Mines, Inc. v. United States

LITTLETON, Judge.

Plaintiff’s petition alleges that it has succeeded to the mining rights in a gold mining property known as the Oro Fina Mine in Placer County, California. It is alleged that on October 8,1942, the Director General for Operations of the War Production. Board “arbitrarily and without authority of law” issued a Gold Mining Order, known as Limitation Order L-208, classifying plaintiff’s gold mining property as a “nonessential mine” and requiring the operator to close down the mine.' On January 18, 1943, the mine was closed in compliance with the order. As a result of the-closing…