[Keith True]

I've used Black Beauty,(coal slag) since 1980.There is a coal fired power plant 40 minutes from me,and Reed minerals had media plants set up at the coal plants.I always bought it by the pallet,usually two at a time.Pallets had 3000 pounds on them.I always paid the extra and got 60 fifty pound bags,instead of 30 one hundred pounders.Hazardous placards are all zeros,no free silica content.Bags are marked,treat as a nuisance dust.I've always used PK Lindsey pots,their factory was only 12 miles from me.I use a Dresser 175 compressor,and still have my complete setup.I have a fresh air hood,but need electricity to run that.I'm a heavy metal blaster,but I've pretty much given it up.Hustling 3-5000 pounds of sand around in a week has gotten harder.I did tell a friend I would blast his caboose for him,but that's really a simple blast job.