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FRAGMENTATION OF SANDSTONE AND OUARTZITES
Lewis Oriard

COST OPTIMIZATION FOR CONTROLLED BLASTING, TRANSPORTATION 
AND CRUSHING
Taner Sümer and H. Altay Guvenir

STUDIES ON SAFE BLASTING TECHNIQUES IN FIRE AREA OF COAL MINES
Md. Nablullah, Sri. Jagdish and A. Bagchi

THE RENOVATION OF THEODORE ROOSEVELT DAM
Joe Strobbe and Tom Hanke

CONTROLLED EXCAVATION OF THE TRANS-KOOLAU HALAWA TUNNELS
Ken Fiorentino and Gordon Revey

OUALITY: A NEW APPROACH TO IMPROVE BLASTING SAFETY
John C. Brulia

RAPID ADVANCE - 113 FOOT RAISE IN 3.5 SHIFTS
Steve Case, Mike McGill and Mark Spaulding

PORTSMOUTH HARBOR PROJECT
Vincent Thorne

HOOVER DAM PROJECT
Joe Strobbe and Kevin Joe

PRACTICAL APPLICATION OF USED OILS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF BULK
EXPLOSIVES
Gordon McDonald and Michael Stern

BLAST EVALUATION AT THE MINNTAC MINE
Jack Eloranta

SYNCRUDE CANADA LTD.: INCREASED PRODUCTIVITY THROUGH FROST BLASTING
Bill Thompson, Terry Graf and John Guenther

BLASTING CONDITIONS COULDN'T BE WORSE!
Steve Repola anci John Atkinson

EVALUATING INSURANCE COMPANIES AND AGENCIES
Robert Brooks

REDUCTION OF AIR BLAST AND FLYROCK
Rufus Flinchum and Don Rapp

CONFRONTING UNDERGROUND WORKINGS NEAR OPEN PIT MINES
Paul Kunze and W. Park McLure

DEVELOPING KEY ELEMENTS OF A SAFETY PROGRAM
Theodore Christiansen

HISTORY OF THE DEVELOPMENT AND USE OF BULK LOADED EXPLOSIVES,
FROM BLACK POWDER TO EMULSIONS
Robert Hopler

A RATIONAL METHOD FOR PREDICTING DAMAGE TO HISTORICAL
STRUCTURES SUBJECTED TO BLASTING VIBRATIONS
Kenneth Medearis

THE USE OF AIR - DECKS IN PRODUCTION BLASTING
David Mead, R.E. Danell, N.T. Moxon and S.B. Richardson

CUMBERLAND GAP TUNNELS: CONTROLLED EXCAVATION WITH 
COMPLEX GEOLOGY
Tom Short

RESIDENTIAL BLAST COMPLAINT REDUCTION
F.M. Babcock, Danlel M. Sanders and Sheila Luchansky

A COYOTE BLAST AT RHONE - POULENC'S MAIDEN ROCK SILICA QUARRY
John C. Adams and Darrel Porter

DUGOUT BLASTING FOR LIVESTOCK WATER
Mike Cammack

PRACTICAL METHODS OF BLASTING HANGUPS
Paul V. Sterk

INNOVATIVE BLASTING AND EXCAVATION OF A TAILRACE CHANNEL AT
LAFORGE HYDROELECTIC PLANT, JAMES BAY
Francois Lefebvre, Yves Newman, Mario Coderre, Pierre Groleau, 
Andre Pinsonnault, Christin Pouliot .

48 INCH PRODUCTION BLAST HOLES IN OILSANDS
Mike McDougall

BLAST DATA MANAGEMENT FOR EFFECTIVE CLAIMS CONTROL
Fred Nicol

EFFICIENT USE OF EXPLOSIVES FOR CASING ADVANCEMENT WHILE DRILLING
Vaughn Bowns, Brlan Redeker and Allan Stanley

REDUCING UNDERWATER BLAST DAMAGE WITH AIR - SCREENS
Gregory L. Hempen

CONTROLLED STUDY OF THE EFFECTS OF TEMPERATURE AND HUMIDITY
VERSUS BLASTING VIBRATIONS ON HOMES
Daniel J. Corkery and Rollie Wing

CONSIDERATIONS IN PRE-SPLIT BLASTING FOR MINES AND QUARRIES
J. Lyall Workman and Peter N. Calder

DRILLING AND BLASTING IN ENVIRONMENTALLY SENSITIVE AREAS
Rick Taylor and William J. Clark

TRANSPORTING "EXPLOSIVE" MATERIALS BY AIR AND THE UNITED
NATIONS TRANSPORT OF DANGEROUS GOODS TEST CRITERIA - A CASE STUDY
E. Contestabile, D. Wilson, R.A. Bowes and R.R. Vandebeek

BLAST MONITORING AT ATCOM FOR IMPROVED BLASTING EFFICIENCY
G. Ladds, L. Davey, A.J. Rorke, DJP Jordan and CVB Cunningham

BLAST VIBRATION AND OVER PRESSURE CONTROL USING SEQUENTIAL
BLASTING TECHNIQUES AT INCO'S MCCREEDY WEST MINE
Ray Jambakhsh, Frank Cook and John Okell

HARLAN DIVERSION PROJECT - UPSTREAM PORTAL BLASTING
Calvin J. Konya, Lou Case, Harry Burchett and Paul Ross

NON-ELECTRIC SEQUENTIAL BLASTING FOR OPEN PIT MINING APPLICATION
C. A. (Hawk) Hanger

THE DEVELOPMENT OF A NEW CABLE CUTTING DEVICE
Richard O'Meara

CONTROLLED BLASTING IN A HISTORIC MINING TOWN
John Yenter

IMPLEMENTATION OF A STATISTICAL PROCESS CONTROL (SPC) PROGRAM
TO EVALUATE AND IMPROVE BLAST PERFORMANCE
Martin Chenoweth and Michael Duffy

BLASTING TECHNIQUE
N.K. Jain

LOW STRENGTH WATER GEL EXPLOSIVE
Michael Jackson

INSITU LAND BLASTING - THE CENTRAL ARTERY/THIRD HARBOR TUNNEL
PROJECT, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS
Gerard O'Brien and Larry Mirabelli

MARINE DRILLING AND BLASTING: THE CENTRAL ARTERY/THIRD HARBOR
TUNNEL PROJECT, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS
Doug Comstock and Gerard O'Brien

THE OTHER BUILDING BOOM: GUIDEUNES FOR THE TECHNICAL
APPLICATION OF EXPLOSIVES TO INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL
STRUCTURE DEMOLITION
Walt Meglasson

SAVE THE PLANT
James Camp

RECORDING AN EXTRANEOUS CURRENT ON BLASTING CABLE EVENT
Lawrence Cheng-Kwang Hu

DEVELOPMENT OF LOW DENSITY EXPLOSIVES WITH WALL 
CONTROL APPLICATIONS
Christopher Hunter, K. Fedak and J. Todoeschuck

SEISMIC TRANSIENT WITH LOW PREDOMINANT FREQUENCIES AT SHORT
DISTANCES CASE HISTORY: TUNNEL BLASTING IN URBAN SITE AT ISOLA
DEL LIRI, ITALY
Roberto Foichi

WALL CONTROL METHODS DEVELOPED AT CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA
SURFACE COAL MINING OPERATIONS
Jamison C. Kridler

COST REDUCTIONS BY USING ANGLE AND HOLE DEPTH INDICATORS
Ragnar L Fridman 

REMOVAL OF THE OLD ACOSTA BRIDGE, JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA
E. Emery Gray and Brett Pielstick