United States ex rel. Tungsten Reef Mines Co. v. Ickes

GRONER, Associate Justice.

A statement of the facts in chronological order will be helpful to an understanding of the question involved in this case. In May, 1919, appellant, whom we shall hereafter call Tungsten, filed its claim with the Department of the Interior for losses sustained in producing or preparing *258to produce tungsten ore under government stimulation as provided in the War Minerals Relief Act of March 2, 1919 (40 Stat. 1272 [50 U.S.C.A. § 80 note]). Tungsten’s claim as filed was expressly confined to items for overhead and expense of making test runs from the time of starting to…