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| F  O  R  M   4 |                                     Washington, D.C. 20549                           |       OMB APPROVAL       |
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                                           STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP                 |OMB Number       3235-0287|
[X] Check this box if                                                                                   |Expires:  January 31, 2005|
    no longer Subject        Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,    |Estimated avg. burden     |
    to Section 16.              Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or      |hours per response.....0.5|
                                         Section 30(f) of the Investment Company Act 1940               ----------------------------
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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      |
|----------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|---                   ---               |
|      (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        |                       |                        |   -----------------------------------  |
|----------------------------------------|                       |------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|               (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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|      (City)         (State)     (Zip)                                                                                            |
|                                              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) |                    |
|-------------------------------|------------|----|----|----------------|----|---------|-----------------|----|--------------------|
|                            |         | | |             | |      |              | |                 |
|Common Stock                   | 9/3/02     | S  |    |     334,315    | D  |$0.248266|     488,526     | D  |                    |
|-------------------------------|------------|----|----|----------------|----|---------|-----------------|----|--------------------|
|                               |            |    |    |                |    |         |                 |    |                    |
|                               |            |    |    |                |    |         |                 |    |                    |
|-------------------------------|------------|----|----|----------------|----|---------|-----------------|----|--------------------|
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|                               |            |    |    |                |    |         |                 |    |                    |
|-------------------------------|------------|----|----|----------------|----|---------|-----------------|----|--------------------|
|                               |            |    |    |                |    |         |                 |    |                    |
|                               |            |    |    |                |    |         |                 |    |                    |
|-------------------------------|------------|----|----|----------------|----|---------|-----------------|----|--------------------|
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|                               |            |    |    |                |    |         |                 |    |                    |
|-------------------------------|------------|----|----|----------------|----|---------|-----------------|----|--------------------|
|                               |            |    |    |                |    |         |                 |    |                    |
|                               |            |    |    |                |    |         |                 |    |                    |
|-------------------------------|------------|----|----|----------------|----|---------|-----------------|----|--------------------|
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|                               |            |    |    |                |    |         |                 |    |                    |
|-------------------------------|------------|----|----|----------------|----|---------|-----------------|----|--------------------|
|                               |            |    |    |                |    |         |                 |    |                    |
|                               |            |    |    |                |    |         |                 |    |                    |
|-------------------------------|------------|----|----|----------------|----|---------|-----------------|----|--------------------|
|                               |            |    |    |                |    |         |                 |    |                    |
|                               |            |    |    |                |    |         |                 |    |                    |
|-------------------------------|------------|----|----|----------------|----|---------|-----------------|----|--------------------|
|                               |            |    |    |                |    |         |                 |    |                    |
|                               |            |    |    |                |    |         |                 |    |                    |
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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.|          |
|          |         |     |         |                   |-------------|---------------------|          |End of    |(D) |          |
|          |         |     |         |                   |      |      |          |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
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