The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-07-14
THE WAR OF THE DRILLS
AButt0 Team On the Second Night
Leads All Of the
Others
lsoadv1llo Comes Very Near Them,
But Falls Little
Short
enrvsysrs' Measure the PsKs-KeagAn and
he yors-Dwyer Drills and Find
Them Even.

The second night OF the rock drilling cor
test was even more exciting than the firsi
nc ths Pags-Rsagan and Myers-D Dryer rec
ords sunk into secondary consideration
being beaten over an inch and a half b
~ team and over an inch by anoths,
The attendance was larger than the frs
might. The team records for the ssoont
night were:
Isaac johnson and Mike Sennott. O.
Marysvills. ~ 6-16 inches.
James Davy and Peter Tsgue. Of Silver
Bow, 33 b-16 inches.
D. i. Murphy and Ed Reagan, Of Aspen,
Col. 20 inches.
Thomas Rinker and John Ahearn. OF
Leadville, 81 14-16 inches.
One team, Thomas Isaac and John Pc
triovich. OF Lewis and Clarke, did not con-
Vent.
.The results of the single hand contests
for tho second night were:
Thomas Burns. Of Colorado. IS PIG
inches.
George Burns, Of Colorado, 20 4-16
inches.
Joe Bsllam. Of Deer Lodge. 20 GIG
Frank wegsnstsin, of Deer Lodge, 20 SIG
inches.
John Butler. of Colorado. II 5-16 inches.
johnson and Sennott, tbs Marysville
team, startsd the nights work, with .Thos.
Burns, of Colorado, for a single hand &C
companiHt. johnson struck q powerful
right hand blow and Sennott a strong left
handed one. Sennott handled the drill
like the Leadville team the night before.
lifting il pretty we'll up at each stroke and
letting il drop al the hammer descended.
They Lost several strokes toward the end Of
thoir fifteen minutes and johnson appeared
to be out of wind. Still they made a hole
of 20 5-16 inches. Burns rather disap-
pointed the crowd in his work. He hit a
Quick Loft hand stroke and WAS quick at
changing drills. But his drills suck ON
him frequently and he only made 10 PIG
inches.
Dayy and Tague, of Butte, then came
with FIRE in their eyes and a determination
to beat all previous work. and thew suc-
TaRue started with the hammer.
and his rapid strokes-eighty- eight to this
minute-brouRht forth shouts Of approval.
DAVIS stroke was slower. but very power
quick - some others, but they were all
made alike. In ths fourteenth min
nte .heir drill stuck and trou-
Dled them a little, but thew
got IL churninR all right in a few strokes.
the hnish TaRae's rapid stroke was al
most ~redoubled. and when the fifteen min
1ses were out he our the stone and
,ffered to bet 200 to 100 that he and his
PARTNER had beat anything before them.
they had lone 50. making 80 b-16 inches,
Page and Bssgan's (~announced al
9-16) By an inch and three-quarters, and
hat of Myers and Dryer by one and five
igthth inches. Geo. Burns, the single !
lander, made 20 4-16 inches with a steady .
tfoke. 4
Murphy and Reagan. of Aspen, Col, were
he next team, and Joe Bsllam the single !
The team work was very good. I
Reagan striking a quick left hand blow and !
1urphy . slower but powerful right hand G
Their changes OF drills were very {
nick, and whom the men exchanged places
18th the hammer they lost no strokes. t
lerely slowing up a little. They made but 6
inches, due mainly to nearly y
ali their drills breaking. Bellam used two t
ammers. and made 20 GIG inches. t
Rinker and Ahern, of Leadville, were the
lst team of the night. They pressed Davy c
Iague very closely II before the S
Measurement was taken it would have been e
ard work to wager that they hadn't beaten Z
le Butte team. They introduced a new O
nature into the work, using but one ham O
and hold the drill he tossed the
eavy piece of iron and wood in front of .
i'm and it was in the hands of his com- a
anon and at work almost Immediately. !,
hey never lost over half a stroke in ~
taking the change. On changing drills y
\ them several times and this caused them -
1ne trouble. AS the end of the fifteen :,
inutes approached the spectators GREW u
tcited at the prospect of the team LEADING
l others and shouted SO loud that when ..
IA judges called for order the men stonned sc
rillinR, thing the time was up. They wers
'dered to go ahead and did so after hav- ,,
e lost about four strokes. With all this ol
ley made 80 14-16 inches. next to that of
avy and Aheam, and ahead of those If
age and Reagan and the LeadvilIe team
the first night. Wegenstein dropped his Fl
ammer On the floor four times but stllI -.
ade 20 SIG inches. ~ III
John Butler, Of Colorado, had TO do his m
ngle hand drilling without any team al
aac and Petriovich haying dropped ont II
Q dropped bis hammer twice, and h;s b
rills stuck several times, 80 tina. be onIv to
Iade II GIG inches. A' de
Following is the record of tho team md &C
nRle hand contests to date, in the order IN "
hich they stand: "
TEAM. ST
.u.ua r. Inches. ON
Gu SO 5-l6 Ii
.uhot - 50 l4-l6
Su.s a." pDwssi 81 lis
K . ~ rM " !, 81 9-lb
1872 I'D nnn . 70 5-l6
utpny ~ heaeaA 20 sR
ao aL ~ ~ manuotL 26 1l-1G
- - M Is 80
70 -, ................ 70 lid 81