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<LEGEND>
This schedule contains summary financial information extracted from Rocky
Mountain Minerals' Consolidated Balance Sheet at October 31, 1997 and
Condensed Consolidated Statement of Income for the year ended October
31, 1997, and is qualified in its entirety by reference to such financial
statements.
</LEGEND>
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<NAME> ROCKY MOUNTAIN MINERALS
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