Fox v. Summit King Mines, Ltd.

NORCROSS, District Judge.

This is an action brought under the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, §§ 1-19, 29 U.S.C.A. §§ 201-219. Plaintiffs were employees of defendant, a Nevada corporation, in the operation of its mill for the reduction of gold and silver ore, located about thirty miles from Fallon, Nevada. The product of the mill operations is gold and silver bullion which is shipped direct to the United States Mint at San Francisco. While the mill is classified as one of seventy ton capacity, the average amount of ore treated therein during the time in question was approximately fifty-five…