MR. JUSTICE CLARK delivered the opinion of the Court.
This income tax refund suit involves the statutory percentage depletion allowance to which respondent, an integrated miner-manufacturer of burnt clay products from fire clay and shale, is entitled under the Internal Revenue Code of 1939.
The percentage granted by the statute is on respondent's "gross income from mining." It defines "mining" to include the "ordinary treatment...
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