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Breaking News ..................................................................13 Classified Section: WorldWide SUPER MART™ ..................58-72 Dealmakers ........................................................................41 Education Connection ......................................................14 Fun Page ............................................................................16 Hot Off the Press .................................................................9 Obituary: Bechtold, Dean Henry ......................................29 Obituary: Huber, Shawn Kelly ..........................................29 Photo Gallery ...............................................................44,46 Product Spotlight ..............................................................38 Where are you planning to go? ........................................33 Who’s in the News .............................................................13 WorldWide Association Memberships ................................31 WorldWide Business Directory™ ..................................10,11 WorldWide .........6 Editorial Focus for February - Protection and Safety C&G DIR ENV EXB G&O GEO MIN WTR Allegheny Instruments........................................................21 America West Drilling Supply..............................................69 AMS, Inc...............................................................................15 Armstrong Machine Co., Inc. (AMCI)..................................42 Atlantic Screen & Manufacturing, Inc. (ASI)........................33 Baker Water Systems.........................................................24 bauma Munich 2019...........................................................28 Best in the West Drill & Blast Conference (ISEE)..................9 Better Water Industries, Inc...................................................8 Bitco, Inc.............................................................................14 Blackadar Insurance Agency...............................................50 Bloom Mfg., Inc...................................................................54 Central Mine Equipment Company (CME)..........................45 CONEXPO-CON/AGG ® ......................................................56 Cotey Chemical Corp. (CCC)..............................................49 Drill Pipe, Inc.......................................................................37 Drilling Equipment Sales, Inc. (DES)....................................1 Drilling Supply & Mfg (DSM)...............................................40 DRILLMAX ® ........................................................................72 Eastern Driller Manufacturing Company Inc. (EDM)...........25 Foremost Industries............................................................30 Future of Mining Australia...................................................52 GEFCO, Inc. (an Astec Industries Company).......................2 GEFCO, Inc. (an Astec Industries Company).....................27 Geoprobe Systems ® ............................................................53 Geothermal Supply Company, Inc. (GSC)..........................35 Headwater Companies, LLC...............................................17 Infinity Tool Manufacturing....................................................3 International Construction & Utility Equip. Expo (ICUEE)...70 Jentech Drilling Supply, Inc.................................................51 KS Bit, Inc...........................................................................48 Merrill Mfg...........................................................................34 Mills Machine Company, Inc...............................................57 Missouri Water Well Association (MWWA) Convention.......38 Mobile Drill Intl....................................................................12 N&N Drilling Supply.............................................................18 New England Water Well Association (NEWWA) Expo.......46 NUMA Hammers................................................................36 Palmer Bit Company...........................................................32 Pioneer Sands LLC.............................................................22 Qwater Well Development Tools.........................................29 Rex McFadden Ltd.............................................................43 Rockmore International.......................................................13 SEMCO, Inc........................................................................71 SIMCO ® Drilling Equipment...................................................4 Star Iron Works, Inc............................................................23 Star Iron Works, Inc............................................................47 TDH Manufacturing Inc.......................................................39 TennesseeWater Well Assn. (TWWA) Ann. Mtg & Trade Show..20 Throop Rock Bit Company..................................................55 Virginia Water Well Assn. (VWWA) Conv..........................26 Well-Vu, Inc.........................................................................19 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 What Role Will Wearables Have in Construction?.....7 Kuebelbeck, Jim: Through the Back Door!..............24 Are Safety Glasses Hurting My Vision?....................37 Storkson, Britt: Sometimes Change is Difficult, but....47 Directional Drill Reaches Depth in One-Shot Pass...8 E-News Flash Readers’ Choice : Directional Drilling..27 Frequently-Used Geological Terms Part 78..............41 Connor, Tim: If You Could Begin Your Life Over.......50 Drilling into a “Star Scar” to Unlock Mysteries of Space..18 Soviet Borehole Inspires Sound Art..........................22 Kwader, Thomas: Environmental Monitoring...........33 Roerick, Ray: How Far Will Your Camera See? Part 1..43 Solving the Mysteries of the Pyramids......................54 White, Harold: Oil/Water Exploration.......................14 Reduce Explosives Usage with Technology..............26 Wire, Jeremy C.: Tales from the Field......................35 Battersby, Mark E.: Drilling Into Money Not Boring.....19 Indiana’s Petroleum Industry Through the Years.........34 Protecting the Gas and Oil Industry from Cyberattacks..42 The Traveling Companion.............................................55 The 2018 Women in Geothermal Awards....................21 “Smith, Billy Bob”: The “Idiot’s” Corner..................30 Making Strides in Geothermal Research..................57 The World of Minerals...............................................15 Wilson, Jr., Robert Evans: TheUn-Comfort Zone II.....29,38 Celebrating Safety Since 1925.............................35,44 Future of Mining Australia Returns to Sydney in 2019..49 Rasmussen, Tim: Water For Life International........16 Iowa Company Provides Add’l Safety After Tornado..23 A Lot Going on in Indiana..........................................46 Safety & Protection - the People Part of your Business..51 Ballard, Thomas: Notes from the Groundwater Guy...52 5 WorldWide Drilling Resource ® FEBRUARY 2019