Cherokee Minerals and Oil, Inc.
                       8999 South Scofield Circle
                            Sandy, Utah 84093

                              PRESS RELEASE
                   
                         FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
               
                            October 19, 1998
                    
     Sandy, Utah, Cherokee Minerals and Oil, Inc. ("Cherokee) announced today
that it has entered into a letter of intent with Environmental Systems &
Solutions, Inc., a Nevada corporation based in Draper, Utah ("ESSI")to acquire
all of the issued and outstanding shares of common stock of ESSI in a
tax-free, stock-for-stock reorganization.  In accordance with the terms of the
letter of intent, the shareholders of ESSI will acquire 92% of the outstanding
shares of Cherokee following the reorganization, assuming a11 of the
shareholders of ESSI elect to enter into the reorganization agreement with
Cherokee.  It is anticipated that the current shareholders of Cherokee will
own approximately 1,920,000 shares and that the shareholders of ESSI will be
issued approximately 22,080,000 shares, including shares reserved for issuance
in accordance with outstanding ESSI stock options.

     ESSI is engaged in the development, manufacture, marketing, sales, and
distribution of a patented garbage disposer known as the "Hydro-Maid." The
Hydro-Maid garbage disposer is completely water-powered.  Rather than using
electricity to power the disposer, the Hydro-Maid uses only the pressure from
the existing cold water supply line to the kitchen sink to power the cutting
action of the disposer.  Water pressure drives a patented piston, which in
turn drives the five stainless steel cutting blades that oscillate back and
forth, cutting food waste into small particles.  The Hydro-Maid easily
processes chicken bones, banana peels, stalks of celery, avocado pits and nut
shells that most conventional garbage disposers have difficulty processing.
However, if silverware is accidentally dropped into the Hydro-Maid disposer,
the oscillating motion shifts automatically into a harmless mode until the
object in removed, damage free.

     As of the date of this release, sales of the Hydro-Maid have been
minimal as ESSI completes its manufacturing, assembly, and distribution
arrangements.  ESSI anticipates that its full-scale sales effort will commence
in the first quarter of 1999.

     Cherokee has no current operations.

     The Transaction is scheduled to close on or about November 11, 1998,
subject to the acceptance of the offer from Cherokee by the shareholders of
ESSI.

     For further information, contact Leonard W. Burningham, Esq., counsel to
Cherokee (801-363-7411), or Edward B. Paulsen, Esq., counsel to ESSI (801 501-
7800).