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To: D.McQ who wrote (1536)	11/25/1997 1:31:00 AM
From: Bill Galkowski	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 4571

I am reprinting an article from the SacBee (Oct 20, 1997) in light of all the questions being raised now about Jim Chapin. Mainly for the perusal of those that may have originally missed it, here it is. IMO it gives an arguably unbiased backgroud on Mr. Chapin. Again, I'm only doing this for those who may have missed it. -------------------------------------------------------------------- CEO Corner: Jim Chapin (Published Oct. 20, 1997) Jim Chapin, Chief Executive of Brush Creek Mining and Development Co. Inc., Grass Valley Question: How do you manage to separate your home and business lives? Answer: For the most part, I don't. My wife, Pat, and I don't have any children. She knows virtually everything about Brush Creek. I'm fortunate to be married to a really bright person who is an asset to the company. In the evenings, I'm on the phone with shareholders, directors of the company and technical support people and after I hang up, I always tell her what we talked about. My wife has a life, too, teaching art history at Sierra College, so we talk about that, too. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Jim Chapin, 42, is chief executive of Brush Creek Mining and Development Co. Inc., a Grass Valley mining company digging for gold and diamonds near Grass Valley. Before rising to CEO, Chapin was a stockbroker for 10 years in Hartford, Conn. He worked for five years each at two firms, Tucker Anthony and Smith Barney. Before working as a stockbroker, Chapin was in sales for IBM in Hartford. Chapin first invested in Brush Creek while working as a stockbroker in 1990. He and his clients became "extremely disenchanted" with the mine's anagement. Chapin said they took advantage of turmoil among the board of directors and eventually replaced every director in about two years. Now Chapin is also Brush Creek's chairman of the board. -- Cathleen Ferraro