For now, excavating trumps blasting on Mississippi River

By: Associated Press - Texarkana Gazette

Associated Press A U.S. Geological Survey boat monitors dredging operations Tuesday on the Mississippi River in Thebes, Ill. The Army Corps of Engineers is delaying the use of explosives to blast away treacherous rock pinnacles on the Mississippi River because crews are having so much success remov...

THEBES, Ill.—The Army Corps of Engineers is delaying the use of explosives to blast away treacherous rock pinnacles on the Mississippi River in southern Illinois because crews are having so much success removing the rocks with excavating machinery, officials said Tuesday.

The co...

Published: 12/19/2012