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Show Miners Flood Escalante Area Following Steen ' Word was received recently recent-ly that former Moabite Charles Char-les Steen had been staking claims in south central Utah. Further reports have indicated indi-cated that the claims are located lo-cated near Escalante and that, to date, over 400 have been filed by Steem and a new company he has formed. Steen is now working with partners from California. -Canada and Texas in a new company called Charles A. Steen Exploration Co. (Casexf which is centered at Abilene, Texas. Some cores from his claims, it is reported 'have already al-ready shown signs of uranium. urani-um. As Steen said a few weeks ago, "I know I have uranium, its just a question of whether or not it is good enough to mine." Steen is well known in this area as the man who staked the multi-million dollar Mi Vida mine and then through the -years has found, 'himself in bankruptcy court because of a multitude of had investments. invest-ments. Steen says that he is not tonlkrupt but that his money is tied up in other i than liquid assets. The IRS is 'also claiming that StSeen owes them about $2 million in back taxes. The magical quality of the mere mention of the ragged miner who really struck it rich has brought other miners into the area where Steen is working and it is reported that a virtuall boom in staking stak-ing claims is going on in the center of the state. |