On Tue, 28 Apr 2009 06:05:34 -0400, Wizard of Woodstock
wrote:

On Mon, 27 Apr 2009 21:57:32 -0700, "CalifBill"
wrote:

Tom likes bigger ones than you got.

God bless HE, det cord, C4 and all those wonderful combinations of
RDX, PETN, HMX and other exotics. :)

mmmmm - 'splosions...

Most blasting is done with ammonium nitrate mixed with 5% or so of
fuel oil. Saw a film of them shooting 800 tons, mining taconite in
Minnesota. Shot the charges in sequence to keep down the peak noise.

Casady