WorldWide Drilling Resource

55 WorldWide Drilling Resource ® SEPTEMBER 2013 Large Enough to Serve You ~ Small Enough to KNOW You Adapted from Information by Givens International Drilling Supplies, Inc. Susie Givens began working for a bit and drill steel manufacturer while she was still in high school. She worked her way through the company for over 20 years, eventually becoming the CEO. She was able to retire at the age of 40, but soon realized how much she enjoyed helping customers in the drilling industry, and thus Givens International Drilling Supplies, Inc. was created in 1994. With a keen focus on customer sat- isfaction and the wealth of knowledge she had of the drilling industry, it didn’t take long for the company to become one of the world’s leading providers of drilling supplies. The Givens International Team of ex- perts take the time to get to know cus- tomers and their operations so they are able to provide the best drilling solutions and products for each and every one. The company has received several awards including: 9 U.S. Department of Commerce Export Achievement Award 9 2003 World Trade Center Award 9 Schramm Outstanding Sales and Marketing Award 9 Varel International Outstanding Sales Achievement Award 9 2006 Kentucky Ground Water Association Award 9 2011 Tennessee Water Wel l Association Honor Roll Award The core values behind this small town, international company are simple: 8 Honesty 8 Integrity 8 Exceptional communication and follow up with customers 8 Fair Prices 8 Honest Answers Givens places high importance on customer accessability so the team is available to customers virtually 24-hours a day, 7-days a week via phone, fax, or e-mail. Givens International has customers in over 60 countries around the world and in nearly every state of the United States. Susie and the rest of theGivens Team continue to gain knowledge about the industry and the business continues to grow by focusing on providing excel- lent customer service and building last- ing relationships with both customers and vendors in the industry. The company is large enough to serve the drilling com- munity, yet small enough to know their customers and give them the personal attention they deserve. Susie and her husband Dorris smiled for the WWDR camera at the 2013 Tennessee Water Well Association Trade Show. Silver in History Information from the Alaska Miner, November 2012 No single event in the history of sil- ver rivals the importance of the discov- ery of the New World in 1492. This momentous finding and the years that followed, reinvented the role of silver throughout the world. The Spanish conquest of the New World led to mining of the silver element that dramatically eclipsed anything that had come before that time. Between 1500-1800, Bolivia, Peru, and Mexico accounted for over 85% of world pro- duction and trade. Later, several other countries began to contribute more substantially, notably the United States with the discovery of the Comstock Lode in Nevada. Silver production continued to expand world- wide, growing from 40 to 80 million troy ounces annually by the 1870s. The period from 1876 to 1920 repre- sented an explosion in both technological innovation and exploitation of new re- gions worldwide. Production over the last quarter of the 19th century quadrupled over the average of the first 75 years to a total of nearly 120 million troy ounces annually. ~ The Centerline 7 1/2” x 10” hydraulic drive duplex mud pump ~ Fits in the place of a common 5” x 6” duplex ~ weighs 1000 lbs less ~ pumps twice the rated flow~at over twice the rated pressure ~ Centerline Manufacturing Co. 903-725-6978 ~ www.centerlinemanufacturing.com ~ Mud pumps for the 21st century ~ Monopumps models rated: 180 gpm Duplex models rated: 300 gpm Triplex models rated: 450 gpm 500 or 800 psi models available in aluminum or iron. U.S. Pat. #6,769,884 and others pending ~ Centerline mud pumps are getting the job done from Canada to Australia, China to Peru ~ Centerline Manufacturing is proud to be your complete stocking source for American Manufacturing mud pump parts!! Learn about mining in New York when Mining in the USA Part 16 continues next month!