01159cam a2200277 i 4500 157018222 TxAuBib 20140308120000.0 090915s2009||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9781932738827 1932738827 (OCoLC)436804172 TxAuBib rda Twitty, Eric. Blown to bits in the mine : a history of mining & explosives in the United States / Eric Twitty. Lake City, CO : Western Reflections Pub. Co., 2009. viii, 208 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references (p. [190]-202) and index. Explosives used for mining -- One round in & one round out: the technology of mining & blasting -- Mines, miners, & explosives -- The technology of open pit mining & blasting -- Quarrying & blasting. 20140310. Blasting United States History. Explosives United States History.