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Breaking News ..................................................................13 Classified Section: WorldWide SUPER MART™ ..................50-64 Dealmakers ........................................................................35 Education Connection ......................................................19 Fun Page ............................................................................32 Hot Off the Press .................................................................9 Industry Announcements .................................................36 Obituary: Gross, Kenneth Richard “Ken” .......................26 Obituary: Purchase, A. Richard “Rick” ...........................26 Obituary: Thomas, Rick L. ................................................20 Photo Gallery ......................................................................38 Product Spotlight ..............................................................14 Where are you planning to go? ........................................46 Who’s in the News .............................................................13 WorldWide Association Memberships ................................27 WorldWide Business Directory™ .............................10,11,12 WorldWide .........6 Editorial Focus for October - Geothermal C&G DIR ENV EXB G&O GEO MIN WTR Allegheny Instruments........................................................46 America West Drilling Supply..............................................61 Armstrong Machine Co., Inc. (AMCI)..................................33 Atlantic Screen & Manufacturing, Inc. (ASI)........................45 Baker Water Systems.........................................................44 Baroid Industrial Drilling Products (IDP)…....…….…..........16 Better Water Industries, Inc.................................................18 Bit Brokers International.....................................................19 Bitco, Inc.............................................................................14 Bloom Mfg., Inc.....................................................................9 California Groundwater Association (CGA) Convention......43 Central Mine Equipment Company (CME)..........................34 CONEXPO-CON/AGG ® ......................................................24 Diedrich Drill…....................................................................21 Drilling Equipment Sales, Inc. (DES)....................................1 Drilling Supply & Mfg (DSM)...............................................31 DRILLMAX ® ........................................................................64 Eastern Driller Manufacturing Company Inc. (EDM)...........62 Empire StateWater Well DrillersAssoc. (ESWWDA)Ann. Mtg..17 Foremost Industries............................................................26 GEFCO, Inc. (an Astec Industries Company).......................2 Geoprobe Systems ® ............................................................39 Geothermal Supply Company, Inc. (GSC)............................8 Grundfos Pumps Corporation.............................................15 Infinity Tool Manufacturing....................................................3 Kentucky Blasting Conference............................................20 KS Bit, Inc...........................................................................49 Louisiana Ground Water Assoc. (LGWA) Convention.........30 Mills Machine Company, Inc...............................................29 N&N Drilling Supply.............................................................25 Palmer Bit Company...........................................................42 SEMCO, Inc........................................................................63 SIMCO ® Drilling Equipment...................................................4 Star Iron Works, Inc............................................................22 Star Iron Works, Inc............................................................23 TDH Manufacturing Inc.......................................................40 Texas Ground Water Assoc. (TGWA) Convention...............37 Utah Ground Water Association (UGWA) Conf. and Expo..41 Well-Vu, Inc...........................................................................7 Wyo-Ben, Inc......................................................................13 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 Storkson, Britt: “New and Improved” Sometimes Isn’t..18 AEM - Leadership for Over a Century.......................28 Canada Tests New Commercial-Scale Geothermal..38 Battersby, Mark E.: Drilling Into Money Not Boring..20 Keep the Airport Open...............................................36 “Smith, Billy Bob”: The “Idiot’s” Corner..................40 Curiosity, Mars Rover, Drills at Aberlady!..................14 Be Aware of Soil Contamination When Installing......25 Kwader, Thomas: Environmental Monitoring...........41 Wilson, Jr., Robert Evans: The Un-Comfort Zone II..........8 Canada Explores for Potential Rare Earth Elements....33 America’s First Gold Rush........................................43 White, Harold: Oil/Water Exploration.......................12 ExxonMobil - “Carrying the Brand”............................23 Former Gas & Oil Lab Open for Geothermal Testing...17 Ten Geothermal Projects Awarded Funding..............30 Wire, Jeremy: Tales from the Field..........................37 Clean, Cost-Effective, Reliable Energy Solution...........47 Copper: Bright Future - Glorious Past...........................22 E-News Flash Readers’ Choice : Most Complete.......35 Joy Komatsu - A Century of Mining Solutions............44 Connor, Tim: Do It Now..............................................45 A Safer, Faster Way to Handle Casing Pipe................7 Ballard, Thomas: Notes from the Groundwater Guy..29 Kuebelbeck, Jim: Through the Back Door!..............32 Offering the Latest in Drilling Technology..................45 Rasmussen, Tim: Water For Life International........46 5 WorldWide Drilling Resource ® OCTOBER 2019