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The Journal of Explosives Engineering
Published by International Society
of Explosives Engineers
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Cleveland, Ohio 44139
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Publisher
International Society of Explosives Engineers
Editor
Dede Manross
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Contributing Writers
R.B. Hopler
Bill Reisz
Board of Directors
President
John E. Capers
Vice President Administration
Michael J. Koehler
Vice President, Technical
Jack W. Eloranta

F E AT U R E S
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Executive Director
J. Winston Forde
Director of ISEE and SEE Education Programs
Buck Hawkins
Director of Communication
Dede Manross
Meetings & Conference Manager
Lynn Mangol, CMP

ISEE’s Conference Program Committee has issued its Call for Papers for the 40th
Annual Conference in Denver, Colo.

Simplot Phosphates in Vernal, Utah successfully converted its mining operation from a
two bench overburden removal operation into an efficient single bench cast blasting
operation.This case study discusses the process of that conversion.

Secretary
Alastair C. Torrance

Directors
Nancy C. Allen
Josef (Boet) E. Coetzee
Kevin J. Hachmeister
Algernon R. Hackett
David Harrison
Keith M. Henderson
Richard M. Hosley, Jr.
Braden Lusk
Cam Thomas
Hans E. Wallin
Kirk Whitaker
Dean A. Wiegand

Call for Papers

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Highlights of the 39th Annual Conference in Fort Worth, Texas
22 20th Annual Photo Contest Winners
28 Conversion from Two-Pass Overburden Removal to Cast Blasting
at Simplot Phosphates

Treasurer
James P. Daley

Past President
Ron J. Elliott

March/April 2013

Volume 30 Number 2

D E PA RT M E N T S
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From the President
Annual Report to Members

14 Chapter News

Chapter management workshop and annual awards. Highlights from the Kentucky
Blasting Conference.

18 Industry News
20 Calendar of Events
A list of upcoming events in the explosives industry.

24 Explosives, 100 Years Ago, More or Less
The founding of the Institute of Makers of Explosives, Chicago, 1913.

On the Cover: Aerial photo of the Pinkerton
Tunnel daylighting project located in Somerset County, Penn., (USA). Shows the south
slope cut development for placement of a
run-around track. 20th Annual Photo Contest
- Best of Show. Photo by Dale Ramsey.

Marketing Manager
Bill Wahl
Office Manager
Mary Spena-Bosch
Membership Coordinator
Ruth Schaefer
Publications Coordinator
Lauren Creneti

All correspondence should be directed to:
International Society of Explosives Engineers,
30325 Bainbridge Road, Cleveland, Ohio 44139
Telephone: (440) 349-4400. Fax: (440) 349-3788.
E-mail: isee@isee.org WebSite: www.isee.org

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