Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge MacKINNON.
Concurring opinion filed by District Judge JOHN H. PRATT.
MacKINNON, Circuit Judge.
The principal issue in this appeal is whether a restriction in a drilling permit prohibiting summer drilling in the interest of conservation worked a "suspension of operations and production" that would extend the life of an oil and gas lease under section 39 of the Mineral Leasing Act of 1920, as amended, 30 U...
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