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FBI file: silas-newton, Silas M Newton Part 03

Federal Bureau of Investigation · 28 pages · text by GLM-OCR

This FBI Freedom of Information release collects Albuquerque field office reports from July 1970 to May 1971 on Silas Mason Newton, the Buckhorn Mining Company and the Magnetic Research Foundation, which were investigated for interstate transportation of stolen property and confidence games. Agents suspected that Newton was running a salted mining swindle near Silver City, New Mexico, since assays found no mercury or silver in the ore. The file also lists his arrest record. The case was closed after a lender said he had not been swindled.

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## FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION

REPORTING OFFICE
ALBUQUERQUE	OFFICE OF ORIGIN
ALBUQUERQUE	DATE
3/31/71	INVESTIGATIVE PERIOD
12/23/70-3/26/71
TITLE OF CASE
BUCKHORN MINING COMPANY;
MAGNETIC RESEARCH FOUNDATION;
SILAS MASON NENTON;	REPORT MADE BY
SA	TYPED BY
JJ
CHARACTER OF CASE
ITSP-CONFIDENCE GAME

REFERENCES:

Albuquerque report of SA 11/30/70. Albuquerque airtel to Jackson, 1/27/71.

LEADS:

JACKSON

AT JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI

Furnish Albuquerque results of interview with as requested in reAQairtel.

ACCOMPLISHMENTS CLAIMED NONE	ACQUIT-TALS	CASE HAS BEEN:
CONVIC	AUTO	FUG	FINES	SAVINGS	RECOVERIES
 PENDING OVER ONE YEAR ☐ YES ☑ NO
PENDING PROSECUTION
OVER SIX MONTHS ☐ YES ☑ NO
APPROVED SPECIAL AGENT IN CHARGE	DO NOT WRITE IN SPACES BELOW
COPIES MADE:	87-111909	-3	REC-40
1 Bureau (87-111909) (RM)
2- Jackson (RM)
3- Albuquerque (87-7861)	APR 6 1971	EX 101
Dissemination Record of Attached Report	4-1851
Agency Notations
Request Recd
Date Fwd
How Fwd.
By

U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 1970 0-378-139

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