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Are you Planning to go? ...................................................33 Breaking News ..................................................................13 Classified Section: WorldWide SUPER MART™ ..................50-64 Dealmakers ........................................................................33 Education Connection ......................................................25 Fun Page ............................................................................30 Hot Off the Press .................................................................9 Industry Announcements .................................................23 Obituary: Clifford, Donald Leo “Nick” .............................12 Obituary: VanderLans, Gerald Johannes ........................12 Photo Gallery .......................................................................39 Product Spotlight ..............................................................49 Who’s in the News .............................................................13 WorldWide Association Memberships ................................29 WorldWide Business Directory™ .............................10,11,12 WorldWide .........6 Editorial Focus for February - Construction / Geotechnical C&G DIR ENV EXB G&O GEO MIN WTR Acker Drill Company...........................................................61 Alberta Water Well Drilling Association (AWWDA) Conv....36 Allegheny Instruments........................................................40 AMS, Inc.............................................................................46 Armstrong Machine Co., Inc. (AMCI)..................................31 Atlantic Screen & Manufacturing, Inc. (ASI)........................34 Baker Water Systems.........................................................42 Best in the West Drill & Blast Conference (ISEE)….…..........8 Better Water Industries Inc..................................................20 Bill Johnson Equipment Company......................................28 Bitco, Inc.............................................................................44 Bloom Manufacturing, Inc...................................................17 Central Mine Equipment Company (CME)..........................38 CONEXPO-CON/AGG ® ......................................................14 Cotey Chemical Corp. (CCC)..............................................49 Drill King International.........................................................62 Drilling Equipment Sales, Inc. (DES)....................................1 Drilling Supply & Mfg (DSM)...............................................26 DRILLMAX ® ........................................................................64 Eastern Driller Manufacturing Company Inc. (EDM)...........32 Foremost Industries............................................................44 GEFCO, Inc. (an Astec Industries Company).......................2 GEFCO, Inc. (an Astec Industries Company).....................48 Geoprobe Systems ® ............................................................19 Geothermal Supply Company, Inc. (GSC)..........................27 Halco Rock Tools..................................................................7 Infinity Tool Manufacturing....................................................3 Jentech Drilling Supply, Inc.................................................21 KS Bit, Inc...........................................................................22 Merrill Mfg...........................................................................37 Mills Machine Company, Inc...............................................41 Moab Bit and Tool Company, Inc...........................................7 N&N Drilling Supply.............................................................18 New England Water Well Assoc. (NEWWA) Expo..............16 Palmer Bit Company...........................................................43 Rockmore International.........................................................9 SEMCO, Inc........................................................................63 SIMCO ® Drilling Equipment...................................................4 Star Iron Works, Inc............................................................24 Star Iron Works, Inc............................................................25 TDH Manufacturing Inc.......................................................35 Tennessee Water Well Assoc. (TWWA) Annual Meeting.....45 Vertek (a Division of ARA)...................................................13 Well-Vu, Inc.........................................................................47 Wyo-Ben, Inc......................................................................15 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 The Elbtower Foundation Piles Set New Record......16 The Cornerstone of Your Training Foundation..........31 Storkson, Britt: Code, then Test..............................45 New Enhanced Line of Personal Protective Equip......7 Dispelling the Myths Surrounding Hydraulic Fracturing..28 Wilson, Jr., Robert Evans: The Un-Comfort Zone II...40 Scientific Drilling Concludes in the Gulf of California....20 NASA Tests New Drill for Mars Exploration..................30 Kwader, Thomas: Environmental Monitoring...........34 White, Harold: Exploring Your Mind..........................23 Maiden Drilling on Prospective Property...................34 New DTH Hammer and Bits for Blasthole Drilling.....47 E-News Flash Readers’ Choice : Million Barrel...........15 “Smith, Billy Bob”: The “Idiot’s” Corner..................35 Large Contracts for Casing and Tubing........................44 2020 Geothermal Design Challenge is Underway.....18 Connor, Tim: Successful Selling is not a Transaction....27 Testing New Technology for Geothermal Drilling.......36 Unlocking Lithium from Geothermal Brines...............41 Battersby, Mark E.: Drilling Into Money Not Boring..8 How Important is Aluminum?........................................24 Diamond Button Bits for Top Hammer Drilling...........39 Frequently-Used Geological Terms Part 86..............48 Rasmussen, Tim: Water For Life International........17 Ballard, Thomas: Notes from the Groundwater Guy.....21 Kuebelbeck, Jim: Through the Back Door!..............37 Helping Rural America with Water Well Needs..........42 Bringing Wastewater Back to Life in Manufacturing..49 5 WorldWide Drilling Resource ® FEBRUARY 2020