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To: Jesse who wrote (1826)	3/9/1998 7:57:00 PM
From: John B. Jones	Respond to of 4256

Hey everybody, I understand that everybody is getting impatient. I am too, but I also understand the importance of due diligence. Granted I don't have as much money invested as a lot of you, but it's still important to my financial picture. But there is nothing we can do. Frazzled nerves are the surest initiators of frustrated postings, but you have to have faith in the company, else why stick with them? One way or another, they will have to release something, and when it does, I'm sure it will be enough to enable you to make your decision to bail out and count your losses, or stay onboard and sail to the Bahamas like FK. If we don't have patience, we all are going to be too screwed up to care one way or another what happens to MEO. Peace and patience all! John

To: Jesse who wrote (1826)	3/9/1998 8:22:00 PM
From: Terry J. Crebs	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 4256

Off topic--as GP follows. Thanx, dude, but yes. Bouguer gravity anomalies are dependent upon crustal (and upper mantle) density contrasts, crustal thickness, and gravity station elevation above sea level--to imply a regional low is indicative of thick crust or cool roots may not be a valid interpretation of Bouguer gravity at any spatial scale, in my opinion. (FYI, the thin crust (and high heat flow) of the Basin and Range Province of Nevada exhibit very pronounced regional Bouguer lows (which look like blue butterflies when contoured in milligals <grin>.) Recent gravity comments on these threads (and on webpages concerning kimbs) are misleading in my opinion because none (to my knowledge) describe what type of gravity anomalies are being described-- filtered?, Bouguer?, Isostatic? or even the scales or sizes of these anomalies? Do you have any links to any gravity maps which show lows over AB kimbs?? Villeneuve et al. (GSC Bulletin 47, 1993) describes the 8-km gridded provincial Bouguer Gravity (and present the horizontal gradient as Figure 2) and they note: "The derived Bouguer anomaly map is dominated by the long-wavelength contributions to background gravity values associated with thicker crust in the Cordilleran Orogen and the presence of thin lithospheric mantle and high heat flow in the southern Omineca Belt of the Cordillera an effect that diminishes the fine detail of the gravity structure of the basement in Alberta..." I list the quote to denote the complexities in interpreting and filtering regional Bouguer data. Recommend you overlay of Ashton's kimberlites on the Bulletin's Fig's 1 and 2--believe me, scales of gravity anomalies are very important. Finally, Stephensen et al (1989, Bull Can Pet Geol, vol 37, no. p 224-235) present filtered regional Isostatic gravity as Figures 7a and 7b -- regional gravity low location is dependent on filtering parameters. They also note that crustal features determined from seismic refraction studies are NOT evident in the Bouguer gravity field, AND "the refraction data suggest that higher crustal velocities and thicker crust ... occur EAST of the Chinchaga Low domain..." Guess what, Ashton's kimberlites occur in the Taltson Magmatic Arc domain (e.g., Buffalo Head "craton") almost 180 kms east of the Chinchaga Low aeromagnetic domain. (I betcha certain geo-types want to ignore the 1985 seismic refraction data <grin>.) Jesse, you're a good buddy, dude--but be real careful of simple geological interpretations of regional gravity (or other geophysical) data--Mother Nature loves to fool her humble geophysicists and geologists <grin>. Good Luck, T. P.S. My +25-years of experience with "Veggie Anomalies" in diamond, uranium, oil & gas, copper, nickel, etc. exploration has been universally dismal--yeah I've drilled a bunch and hit NADA which always makes me skeptical. I know of no economic deposit anywhere on the planet where geobotany has played a significant role in the discovery. However, I know of lots of academic and government "reports & studies" showing geo-botanical "pathfinders" but AFTER the orebody is discovered and delineated. (Please educate me if you know of a economic discovery based on geobotany.) Maybe Marum will prove my skepticism wrong--but let's first await their drill results. (BTW, I'll buy the beers if that pretty veggie picture turns out to be a kimb.)