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OVERBREAK CONTROL IN VCR STOPES AT THE HOMESTAKE MINE
Matthew Plis, Larry Fletcher, Virgil Stachura, and Paul Sterk

BLASTHOLE DEVIATION: MEASUREMENT, MECHANISMS AND IMPACT ON DILUTION
Carl Hendricks, Malcolm Scoble, Jonathan Peck, and Jozef Szymanski.

PREPARING FOR BLAST DAMAGE CASES WHEN FOUNDATION SOILS ARE A FACTOR
Catherine T. Aimone, Valerie Rhodes

BLASTING 250 FEET FROM A HISTORIC STRUCTURE
Ronald R. Rollins

CONTROL OF BLAST OVERPRESSURE AND VIBRATION AT THE
UNDERGROUND RESEARCH LABORATORY
Greg W. Kuzyk, Bibhu Mohanty, and D. P.Onagi.

BLASTING AT A SUPERFUND CHEMICAL WASTE SITE
Douglas G. Burns

REMOTE VIBRATION MONITORING AT HISTORIC STRUCTURES
Tom Donnelly, Roger C.Ilsley

GENERATING SITE SPECIFIC BLAST DESIGNS WITH STATE-OF-THE-ART
BLAST MONITORING INSTRUMENTATION AND PC BASED ANALYTICAL
TECHNIQUES
R. Frank Chiappetta

RESULTS OF BLASTING IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO WATER WELLS AT THE
SLEEPER MINE
Roy Rose, Bruce Bowles, and Wesley L. Bender

INNOVATION AND CHANGE IN QUARRY BLASTING
Richard D. Love.

A BLASTING AT CYPRUS NORTHSHORE MINING COMPANY - A NEW
APPROACH TO MINING TACONITE AT AN OLD MINE
Michael A. Indihar, Thomas L. Barkley

URBAN TUNNELING FOR THE MWRA'S BOSTON HARBOR CLEAN UP
Gary A. Almeraris, Gordon C. Petersen

CONTROLLED BLASTING AT THE HANGING LAKE TUNNELS
Gordon F. Revey

BLAST DESIGN OF SHAFTS AND ADITS IN VIBRATION SENSITIVE
ENVIRONMENTS - AN ALTERNATIVE TO THE "PIE" OR "SERIES" METHOD
Roger L. Keller

SINGLE ROUND BLASTING OF 10 FOOT DIAMETER X 65 FOOT DEPTH
EMPLACEMENT SHAFT COLLARS AT THE MERCURY, NEVADA TEST SITE
Tom Short

THE APPLICATION OF THE SUPER VIDEO CAMERA AND VCR EQUIPMENT
WITH EDITING CAPABILITIES TO THE ANALYSIS OF COMMERCIAL
BLASTING OPERATIONS
Floyd W. Crump

AN INNOVATIVE APPROACH TO BLASTING A MARINE PLUG IN WINTER
Francois LeFebvre, Yves Newman, and A. Pinsonnault

SOIL IMPROVEMENT BY DEEP BLASTING - A CASE STUDY
Ulrich LaFosse, Thomas A. Gelormino

BLASTING COST MINIMIZATION AT DUVHA OPENCAST
S. A. Steyn, I. P. Douglas, and K. L. McDonald

DEVELOPMENTS IN CAST BLASTING USING HIGH BULK STRENGTH
EXPLOSIVES AT RIETSPRUIT OPENCAST SERVICES
Malcolm Ford, Mike D. J. Bonneau..

DEVELOPMENT OF DROP RAISE BLASTING AT THE HOMESTAKE MINE
PaulV.Sterk

MINE BLASTING ACCIDENT UPDATE
Dennis V. D' Andrea, John W. Kopp, and Larry R. Fletcher

EXPLOSIVES SCULPT ART AT CRAZY HORSE
Paul Meuhl, Roger Lawrence

AVALANCHE CONTROL - A UNIQUE BLASTING APPLICATION
Dan Moroz.

LATEST IMPROVEMENTS IN THE VERSATILITY OF NON-ELECTRIC 
INITIATION SYSTEMS
Donald F. Rapp

PRECISION DELAY DETONATORS AND THEIR EFFECT ON BLASTING
PERFORMANCE IN QUARRY BLASTS
Bibhu Mohanty, M. Alam, S.Chung, and F. Gauthier

Note: Papers presented in the Open Pit Mining Workshop, Vibration Workshop
and Poster Session, general interest papers, have been published in Volume II 
of the Seventeenth Annual Conference on Explosives and Blasting Technique.