T o o verco me the sho rtcomin gs of ANFO, a Uta h scie ntist - Dr . Me lvi n Co ok, in ven ted an d p ate nte d w ate r - ba sed ammo ni um ni trate ex pl osi ves cal le d “slu rry ex pl osi ves”. In hi s in itia l fiel d trial he mix ed the ing red ie nts in a w he el b arrow . T ha t be in g a su cce ss, u n iq u e truck s w e re d e sig n e d to b rin g the non - ex pl osi ve in gre di en ts to the bla st site w he re the y cou ld be mix ed to pro du ce a w ate rpro of, hi gh de nsi ty ex pl osi ve esp eci al ly sui tab le for the ha rd rock an d w et con di tion s en cou nte red in iro n o re an d cop pe r min in g. IRECO, th e co mpa ny Dr . Co ok fou nd ed in 19 62 , be came pa rt of t he Dy no No be l org an iza tion in 1984. Ou r T r adition of Inno va tion B lac k P o w de r Saf ety Fuse Nit r og l y cerin B lasti ng C a p D ynamite A NF O W a ter ge ls NONEL ® Emulsi on s D eliv er y Sys tems