Bisbee daily review., 1906-09-11
BRADSHAW BACK FROM BUTTE
 MONTANA
He and His Partner Were the Winning Team, Miners
 Day and Labor Day.

Walter Bradshaw, the local miner who went to Butte, Montana. to take part in the big Labor Day celebration. and who won s2000 in the dirferent drilling contests at the big mining camp of the north. returned to the city yesterday morning.
 While in Butte, Bradshaw drilled with E. F. McNichol as his partner. against another Bisbee team-Ross and McIver.
 Labor Day is always observed at the Montana camp. and the miners hold . big celebration. Mining companies. miners and tradespeople all unite 10 make the celebration a success. and tkis years program will probably go Gown in the history of the camp as one of the best that was ever ar ranged
 A number of athletic events were held. but most of the interest was Scentered on the big drilling match. This ;s essentially a miners sport, and prize of S1ooc had been offered ee,r the winning team.
 Several teams from camps around Butte had catered the big contest, but when the men went on the rock All IcaIllS WlkuuItW SASCPk and McNichoi and Ross and MclveT. Bradshaw and McNichol had won first p,ize al the big contest at the miners UT ion picnic in August, and were Ia vored little in the betting on that account.
 Ross and McIver drew the first num- Der. which put them first on the pig granite block. As in all such contests the men had their water man. Ed- O'Byrne, Henry P. F-aney, F. J. Dulry' John R. Sullivan and Pat. Burns were selected judges, and Joe shannon as official timekeeper. Each team also had it's own friends to act as tune keepers, to keep the men posted as to how the minutes were going.
 The Arizona Tear.
 It was five minutes after ocloch when the first tap of the heavy ham, mer on the small drill which was 10 starr the hole was struck. AS usual the first few taps were directed 10 ee.- ting a good start for hole Tn Which to drill. From the time the drlils pc gan to sink into the stone the pio"s began to be delivered with great uni, formity. They varied from about (. to the minute to 75. The changes oi drills after that from the first 10 the second were accomplished without the loss of a stroke. It was the same Wnen the men changed from hammer 10 arli, All through the Is minutes or naru work the Arizona team got cneer al.eI cheer and many were the encourasins words called to the men. when the ia minutes were up, it took some unie loi the judges to get the measurements Then it was announced that the Bispee team had made 43 1916 inches II waF just one-auarter inch short Of what the team did at the previous contest.
 ..They'll have to do better than that to win" remarked the men 1amnilar with the work, unless the other Ter lows meet with an accident. And they were right.
 The Winners.
 Bradshaw and McNichols started a' B quarter to 4 o'clock. McNichols began win the hammer and Bradshaw Wi.i the drill. They went at it with stCau. stroke. about 72 minute. At times II was increased to about So lhe'r changes were quick and neatly done The excitement was intense among lhe 10000 who looked on or tried to get glimpse. When the last drill was dropped into the nole every one ""s standing on dptoe. The drill seemed f,Ist to eat into the granite and to sinR at every blow. The men changed hands several times in the last few minutes bur not stroke was lost. When time was called and the hole measured Il vas announced that Bradshaw ana McNichois had drilled A 1-16 inches 1t was just five-eighths short of what they did in the previous contest with The same team and others, when they won the big prize. Incidentally 1t was just five-eighths more than their op- ponents drilled yesterday. The granite was of the same quality.
 After the drilling match many of the crowd went off to the baseball game others went home after good time at the garders, but many staid unti the running and jumping contests which were well contested.