[Rockhounds] Why are we still living in the Iron Age???!

[Tim Fisher]

The Dust Devil sunstone mine in Plush, OR uses this product,
or a very similar one. I have seen it break 10(?) ton boulders of the
{quot}cap rock{quot} that overlies the sunstone-bearing lava flow (I have
no idea what kind of lava it is, but it is extremely tough and nearly
impossible to break up with my BoscHammer).


At 09:43 AM 6/12/2008, you wrote:

Hi Steve,


Sorry for the delay in answering. I was out of touch for a couple
of  
weeks working in Alaska and traveling through  BC.


My mistake; it wasn't Rock Blaster, having too much fun working up 


north to think straight. As soon as I read your message I saw my 


error. It is Boulder Buster. Didn't used to be able to find it on
the  
internet, but it is easy to get information now. The one I referred
to  
is at

http://boulderbuster.ca/. This unit uses a shotgun shell size 


cartridge. Simpler and more powerful than the Micro Blaster, but 


requires a larger diameter hole. Now, I see they have also come up 


with a booster cartridge to make it more powerful and break larger 


boulders.


A search of the web also turned up the same name at

http://www.boulderbuster.com . Similar thing, but different
mechanical parts and different type of  
cartridge.


Regards,


Lanny




On May 30, 2008, at 9:22 PM, steve travis wrote:


Where do I get a rock
blaster.  pant pant I need one.  no seriously  
I need one I have a bolder with TQ veins runing through it. 
Steve

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Subject: Re: [Rockhounds] Why are we still living in the Iron
Age???!






We also have at our disposal
such things as the Micro Blaster:  
drill  a small diameter hole, insert a small cartridge, set it
off  
and split  a big boulder into pieces. Or the Rock Blaster,
same  
principle, only  it uses a shotgun shell size cartridge, same 


thing, works great. The  nice thing about these are that they
can  
be used by anyone, no  blasting license needed. The cartridges
are  
classified like ammunition.


Why does the average mineral collector need to blow up rocks?  
Would  the governments consider us using explosives and not
hand  
tools.  Would they look at us as commercial collectors if we
use  
such things?  And would the careless and uncaring destroy
things  
and mess it up for  the rest of us if they had more powerful 


tools? The answer to the  last question is yes, they already
do  
that with dynamite and  bulldozers if not watched
carefully.


Regards,


Lanny


www.eclecticlapidary.com/Rockhounds/index.html


Tim Fisher 

Ore-ROCK-On! 

Email address at
http://OreRockOn.com




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