[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 13]
[Senate]
[Pages 17457-17458]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                       NORTH AMERICAN EXPLORATION

 Mr. BENNETT. Mr. President, I rise today to pay tribute and to 
extend my congratulations to a great Utah company, North American 
Exploration, which recently celebrated its 40th anniversary of service 
to the mining industry. For the last 25 of these years,

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North American has been head- 
quartered in the City of Kaysville in my home State of Utah.
  Over the last four decades, North American has provided mineral 
exploration and mine development services on countless projects 
throughout Utah and the Mountain West, producing jobs for hundreds of 
Utahns in the process. North American is typical of so many small 
businesses that are truly the silent engines behind our economy.
  As a former businessman myself and as a member of the Senate Small 
Business Committee, I am well aware of the challenges involved in 
building and managing a successful enterprise. North American has been 
very fortunate to be aided in this endeavor by the leadership of Jay 
Gatten, who has been their chief executive since 1979.
  So let me conclude by again offering my congratulations to Jay and 
Tora Gatten, Brian Vinton, and the rest of the North American team for 
the successes they have enjoyed and by offering them every best wish 
for continued prosperity.

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