WorldWide Drilling Resource

Breaking News ..................................................................13 Classified Section: WorldWide SUPER MART™ ..................55-72 Education Connection ......................................................19 Hot Off the Press .................................................................9 Industry Announcements .................................................41 Obituary: Arnold, James W. “Jim” ..................................20 Obituary: Baker, Donald K. “Butch” ................................20 Obituary: Langhofer, Jerry Lee ........................................20 Obituary: Little, Allie Samuel ...........................................20 Obituary: Merjan, Stanley .................................................20 Photo Gallery .........................................................8,22,32,47 Product Spotlight ..............................................................28 Who’s in the News .............................................................13 WorldWide Association Memberships ................................39 WorldWide Business Directory™ .............................10,11,12 WorldWide WorldWide .........6 Editorial Focus for April - Mining C&G DIR ENV EXB G&O GEO MIN WTR Alberta Water Well Drilling Association (AWWDA) Conv.....42 Allegheny Instruments........................................................14 Armstrong Machine Co., Inc. (AMCI)..................................44 Atlantic Screen & Manufacturing, Inc. (ASI)........................48 Baker Water Systems.........................................................38 Better Water Industries, Inc.................................................23 Bitco, Inc.............................................................................19 Blackadar Insurance Agency.................................................9 Bloom Mfg., Inc...................................................................43 Central Mine Equipment Company (CME)..........................37 CONEXPO-CON/AGG.......................................................18 Cotey Chemical Corp. (CCC)..............................................53 Drill King International.........................................................25 Drill Pipe, Inc.......................................................................36 Drilling Equipment Sales, Inc. (DES)..................................71 Drilling Supply & Mfg (DSM)...............................................52 DRILLMAX ® ..........................................................................2 Eijkelkamp/SonicSampDrill...................................................4 Energy Exposition...............................................................26 Foremost Industries............................................................29 GEFCO, Inc. (an Astec Industries Company).....................72 Geoprobe Systems ® ............................................................69 Geothermal Supply Company, Inc. (GSC)..........................24 Grundfos Pumps Corporation.............................................21 Headwater Companies, LLC...............................................15 Infinity Tool Manufacturing....................................................3 International Construction & Utility Equip. Expo (ICUEE)...51 Jentech Drilling Supply, Inc.................................................50 KS Bit, Inc...........................................................................46 Merrill Mfg...........................................................................35 Mills Machine Company, Inc...............................................34 N&N Drilling Supply.............................................................17 Palmer Bit Company...........................................................30 Rex McFadden Ltd.............................................................45 SEMCO, Inc..........................................................................1 SIMCO ® Drilling Equipment.................................................70 Star Iron Works, Inc............................................................22 Star Iron Works, Inc............................................................49 T&T Carbide, Inc.................................................................40 TDH Manufacturing Inc.......................................................33 Vanair Manufacturing, Inc...................................................13 Well-Vu, Inc.........................................................................16 Wyo-Ben, Inc........................................................................7 Advertisers Featured Editorial: C&G - Construction/Geotechnical ENV - Environmental G&O - Shallow Gas and Oil MIN - Mining DIR - Horizontal Directional Drilling EXB - Exploration/Blasthole GEO - Geothermal WTR - Water Training No Matter the Season.................................12 Addressing the Skilled Labor Shortage by Investing..23 Breaking Ground on Block 9.....................................34 Work is Underway to Raise the Height of Shasta Dam..49 Storkson, Britt: Sometimes We Need Redundancy...53 “Smith, Billy Bob”: The “Idiot’s” Corner..................14 Viking Well Program Continues into 2019...................27 Celebrating a Century of Service..............................31 Wizard Lake Rex Oil Discovery.................................50 Quest for a Million Year Ice Core...............................16 Kwader, Thomas: Environmental Monitoring...........28 Roerick, Ray: How Far Will Your Camera See? Part 3..43 Customers Inspire New Long-Lasting Sonic Rods....44 Wire, Jeremy C.: Tales from the Field......................19 E-News Flash Readers’ Choice : AValuable Lesson.......41 Blaster Recognized for Service to the Industry..........43 White, Harold: Oil/Water Exploration.......................48 Kuebelbeck, Jim: Through the Front Door!...............7 Battersby, Mark E.: Drilling Into Money Not Boring.....24 Frequently-Used Geological Terms Part 80..............42 A Five-Year Research Journey Comes to an End.....45 Wilson, Jr., Robert Evans: The Un-Comfort Zone II...8 Drilling Commences for Kenyan Geothermal Project...27 Are the Dutch Moving Toward Geothermal Energy?..28 Update on Canada’s First Geothermal Power Plant...48 Is a Paradigm Shift in Mining Coming?.....................17 The World of Minerals...............................................29 Powered Haulage Remains a Key Issue in Mining Ind..32 Connor, Tim: Can You Slow Down?.........................35 Serving Those Who Have Served Our Country.........54 An Informative Day at the Vermont GroundWater Assoc..22 Ballard, Thomas: Notes from the Groundwater Guy...31,36 Rasmussen, Tim: Water For Life International........38 What is Groundwater?..............................................47 5 WorldWide Drilling Resource ® APRIL 2019