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STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP |OMB Number 3235-0287|
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|1.Name and Address of Reporting Person* |2.Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol |6.Relationship of Reporting Person to |
| | | Issuer (Check all Applicable) |
| Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation | Atlas Minerals, Inc (ATMR) | |
| | | Director X 10% Owner |
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| (Last) (First) (MI)|3.IRS Identification |4.Statement for Month/ | Officer Other |
| | Number of Reporting | Year |---(give title below) ---(Specify below)|
| | Person, if an entity | | |
| | (Voluntary) | September 2002 | |
| 1200 K Street, N.W., Suite 870 | | | ----------------------------------- |
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| (Street) | -- |5.If Amendment, Date of |7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing |
| | | Original (Month/Year) | (Check Applicable Line) |
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| | | | X Form filed by One Reporting Person |
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| | | | Form filed by More than One |
| Washington DC 20005 | | |--- Reporting Person |
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| TABLE I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of or Beneficially Owned |
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|1.Title of Security |2.Transac- |3.Trans. |4.Security Acquired (A) or |5.Amount of |6. |7.Nature of Indirect|
| (Instr. 3) | tion Date | Code | Disposed of (D) | Securities |Own.| Beneficial |
| |(Mon/Day/Yr)|(Instr.8)| (Instr. 3, 4 & 5) | Beneficially |Form| Ownership |
| | |---------|-------------------------------| Owned at End of|(D) | (Instr. 4) |
| | | | | |(A) | | Month |or | |
| | |Code| V | Amount |(D) | Price | (Instr. 3 & 4) |(I) | |
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|Common Stock | 9/3/02 | S | | 334,315 | D |$0.248266| 488,526 | D | |
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Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class securities owned directly or indirectly. SEC 1474 (7-97)
*If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
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FORM 4 (continued) TABLE II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible security)
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|1.Title of|2.Conver-|3. |4.Tran- |5.Number of |6.Date |7.Title and Amount |8.Price of|9.Number |10. |11.Nature |
|Derivative|sion or |Trans| saction| Derivative |Exercisable | of Underlying |Derivative| of |Own.| of |
|Security |Exercise |Date | Code | Securities |and | Securities |Security |Derivative|Form|Indirect |
|(Instr. 3)|Price of |(Mon/|(Instr.8)| Acquired (A) or |Expiration | (Instr. 3 & 4) |(Instr. 5)|Securities|of |Beneficial|
| |Deriva- | Day/| | Disposed of (D) |Date | | |Benefi- |Deri|Ownership |
| |tive |Year)| | (Instr. 3, 4 & 5)|(Month/Day/ | | |cially |Sec.|(Instr. 4)|
| |Security | | | | Year) | | |Owned at |Dir.| |
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| | | | | | | | |Amount or | |Month |or | |
| | | |---------|-------------------|Date |Exp. | Title |Number of | |(Instr. 4)|Ind.| |
| | | |Code| V | (A) | (D) |Exbl. |Date | |Shares | | |(I) | |
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Explanation of Responses:
Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation
By: Pacholder Associates, Inc.
**Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal By: /s/ David A. Groshoff September 5, 2002
Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a). -------------------------------- -----------------
**Signature of Reporting Person Date
Note: File three copies of this form, one of which must be manually signed. David A. Groshoff, Senior Vice
If space provided is insufficient, see Instruction 6 for procedure. President and General Counsel SEC 1474 (7-97)
for Pacholder Associates, Inc.,
Agent for Pension Benefit Guaranty
Corporation
Potential persons who are to respond to the collection of information contained in this form are not
required to respond unless the form displays a currently valid OMD Number
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