UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549

                                     FORM 15

          CERTIFICATION AND NOTICE OF TERMINATION OF REGISTRATION UNDER
             SECTION 12(g) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 OR
                    SUSPENSION OF DUTY TO FILE REPORTS UNDER
         SECTIONS 13 AND 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934.

                                             Commission File Number: 333-32518
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                      BETTER MINERALS & AGGREGATES COMPANY
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             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Route 522 North,  P.O. Box 187,  Berkeley  Springs,  West Virginia  25411,
   (304) 258-2500
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     (Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of
     registrant's principal executive offices)

                     13% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2009
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            (Title of each class of securities covered by this Form)

                                      None
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(Titles of all other classes of securities for which a duty to file reports
  under section 13(a) or 15(d) remains)

Please place an X in the box(es) to designate the appropriate rule provision(s)
relied upon to terminate or suspend the duty to file reports:
Rule 12g-4(a)(1)(i) [ ]       Rule 12h-3(b)(1)(i) [X]
Rule 12g-4(a)(1)(ii)[ ]       Rule 12h-3(b)(1)(ii)[ ]
Rule 12g-4(a)(2)(i) [ ]       Rule 12h-3(b)(2)(i) [ ]
Rule 12g-4(a)(2)(ii)[ ]       Rule 12h-3(b)(2)(ii)[ ]
                              Rule 15d-6 [ ]



Approximate number of holders of record as of the certification or notice date:
  Three (3)
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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Better
Minerals & Aggregates Company has caused this certification/notice to be signed
on its behalf by the undersigned duly authorized person.



Date: June 15, 2004                   By:     /s/ Gary E. Bockrath
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                                         Name: Gary E. Bockrath
                                         Title: Vice President