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DEAN WITTER PRECIOUS METALS AND MINERALS TRUST
SUPPLEMENT TO PROSPECTUS DATED FEBRUARY 28, 1994
The second paragraph on page 11 under the section "Portfolio Management" is
replaced in its entirety as follows:
The Fund is managed within InterCapital's Large Capitalization
Equities Group, which manages twenty-six funds and fund portfolios with
approximately $16 billion in assets at March 31, 1994. Diane Lisa Sobin
and Konrad Krill, Vice Presidents of InterCapital and members of the
Large Capitalization Equities Group, are the primary portfolio managers
of the Fund. Ms. Sobin and Mr. Krill have been the Fund's portfolio
managers since July, 1990 and May, 1994, respectively, and have been
portfolio managers or investment analysts at InterCapital for over five
years.
May 10, 1994
