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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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# UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION Copy to. Report of Date. Office: Albuquerque Field Office File #: AQ 87-7861 Bureau File #. 87-111909 Title: BUCKHORN MINING COMPANY; MAGNETIC RESEARCH FOUNDATION; SILAS MASON NEWTON: Character. INTERSTATE TRANSPORTATION OF STOLEN PROPERTY - CONFIDENCE GAME advised he loaned NEWTON approximately $10,000 about 4 years ago. advised that he considered the money advanced to NEWTON as a loan and did not consider that he had been cheated or swindled in any way. Efforts to identify FNU unsuccessful. could furnish no additional information concerning He further stated NEWTON is not known to be in the Silver City, NM, area at this time. DETAILS:
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