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                                    PITTSTON


December 27, 1995

Subject:  401(k) Savings-Investment Plan

Dear Plan Participant:

As an employee-owner of the Company, you are being asked to
vote on the separation of Pittston Services Group Common
Stock into two new classes of stock, Pittston Brink's Group
Common Stock and Pittston Burlington Group Common Stock.  A
favorable vote of shareholders on this matter is important
because the plan is intended to enhance shareholder values
by allowing investors to separately value the Brink's and
Burlington businesses based on their unique characteristics.

The Brink's stock will track the performance of Brink's,
Incorporated, the oldest and largest armored car service
company in the United States and Canada, and Brink's Home
Security, Inc., one of the largest U.S. home security
companies.  The Burlington stock will separately track the
performance of Burlington Air Express Inc., a global freight
transportation and logistics management entity.

The plan, to be voted on by all shareholders on January 18,
1996, will not alter the Pittston Minerals Group and will
have no adverse effect on the holders of Pittston Minerals
Group Common Stock.  As shareholders of The Pittston
Company, holders of Pittston Minerals Group Common Stock
will also be asked to vote on this proposal to separate
Pittston Services Group into two classes of common stock.

Following shareholder approval of this plan, the 401(k)
Savings-Investment Plan will be amended so as to allow Plan
participants the choice of investing a portion of their own
contributions in any of the three classes of Pittston common
stock: Pittston Brink's, Pittston Burlington, and/or
Pittston Minerals.

I ask you to carefully review and consider the proxy
materials which have been mailed to you, and encourage you
to vote as an employee-owner in favor of this plan to
enhance shareholder values through the creation of the new
Pittston Brink's and Pittston Burlington Common Stocks.  It
is important that you vote both your Pittston Services Group
and Pittston Minerals Group shares in favor of this
proposal.





Any questions you may have concerning this shareholder
proposal can be directed to your local Human Resources
representative, or to Frank Lennon, Pittston's Vice
President - Human Resources and Administration who can be
reached at 203-978-5283.

Very truly yours,



/s/ J. C. Farrell
J. C. Farrell