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Gold/Mining/Energy : ASHTON MINING OF CANADA (ACA) -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Famularo who wrote (3053)	12/2/1997 12:17:00 PM
From: Martin Wormser	Respond to of 7966

Frank, Thanks for the note. <<<<The winters I spent in there were COLD with snow up to my chest in places>>>>>> Sound just delightful! martin

To: Famularo who wrote (3053)	12/2/1997 1:00:00 PM
From: Chris A.	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 7966

Hi Frank, This weeks Northern Miner had an extensive writeup of Ashton. It included a color photograph on the front of section c of the paper of the crew doing the bulk sample. What I didn't realize is they seem to be working in a forest. Trees all around them. This suprised me a little, because other diamond exploration photos I've seen (ex: Winspear) seems to take place in a barren winter landscape. But it was a good writeup. Mostly consisted of all the facts known to date. Regards, Chris A.

To: Famularo who wrote (3053)	12/2/1997 1:28:00 PM
From: Jimsy	Respond to of 7966

Frank - the picture developing is that we are going to have diamonds in a lot of pipes, and just perhaps we are going to find one that had some really big ones. I'm looking forward to see what the drills found beside that first hole in K14-C that had the 400 or so diamonds in the 43 kg, with 93 macros. October 31 press says they drilled 10 holes in K14B and K14C. The Nov 11 press release reports on K14 but doesn't specifically mention K14C. They apparently got .36 carats per ton (from their table). If the indications of targets on other properties turn out to be pipes and diamondiferous, who knows where the pipe with the biggest diamonds will be found. I would think that the clever geologically thinking minds are going to focus on whatever size/grade trends develop pretty quickly.

To: Famularo who wrote (3053)	12/2/1997 2:13:00 PM
From: david f. dempster	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 7966

Frank, I am as excited as anyone about the potential here, but Iam still waiting for the 1 carat plus stones.I thought we might get one in the last minibulk sample. It certainly looks like we crushed one in the 14c sample. Can this craton produce the big stones thats the question?They say that this is where most of the money is made. Usually a mine produces one large carat diamond that covers the cost operation every quarter. Time will tell? I sure hope 14C gives us a large stone. Just my 2 micro's worth.