The copper era., 1908-06-25
Globe DriIIsrs Champions of the World.

Globe DriIIers Champions of the World
 Louis Page and J. c. Pickens have
 returned home from New York, bear i ing with them the silver cup which
 proclaims them champion drillers of
 the world, a title they won at the
 National Mining exposition in Madi-
 son Square Garden by defeating
 Bradshaw and McNichols, the Butte
 team and making a new world 8 record.
 With them were Johnson and StrOthers, of Globe, also champion ship winners, who defeated Mccain and Orr, of Salt Lake City, in the amateur championship contest. Globe had no entry in the single hand drill contest, which was won by
 William McLain of Butte over Orr of Salt Lake.
 The championship cup, which will be placed on exhibition in Globe, is beauty, twelve inches high and six in diameter. It is a heavy silver loving cup with three handles, mount ed Ou a highly polished ebony case in the front panel is inscribed, Con tributed by the Pittsburg and Mount Shasta Mining x Milling Co.,, Pitts burg, Pa" In another panel, be- tween two handles, is the following legend, international Mining Ex- position, Madison Square Garden, New York, 1908, Rock Drilling Con- test for the Championship of the World" On the third panel is read, ''First Prize, won by J. c. Pickens and Louis Page, Globe, Ariz.; Worlds record, A B inches. w. H. De- Laney, Manager of Contest" all beautifully engraved.
 The best drilling record heretofore was that made at Fl Paso about three years ago by Chamberlain and Mare. This was not even equaled by the den, their performance being only II 7-16. But, with all the glory of having broken all world records and both championship tried for, the Globe miners were left in a quandary for some time as to how to obtain the wherewithal for the return jour ney home across the continent.
 Interest in the exposition Jagged terribly, owing to the attitude of the New York press,- which never would give the exposition a single line of mention. The result was that the attendance was distressingly small, at no time more than 300 people be- ing on hand, and the gate receipts were correspOndingly meager. The upshOt was that the Globe team only won S4l with which to make the trip home, which was obtained by taking d collection in a crowd of 500 people who had been admitted free.
 The five men from Butte were given SlO0 each by President John D. Ryan of the Amalgamated Copper and they hit the trail for home in hurry, but the Globe men had a hard time of it, trying to locate William M. Porter, the presi- | dent and general manager of the exhibition.
 w. B. Gram, a mining cOmmis- | sioner from Montana, helped them in their quest, but Porter could only | that Nevada had been the | only exhibitor, and that although | this exhibit was a most credita ble | one. there had been a disastrous lack | nf interest in the show and the re- suit was 2 most D. onOunced tizzie.
 The Gl Ibe miners, nonplussed, finally found aud appealed to Pro- lessor Douglas, of the Phelps-Dodge company. who generously gave them four tickets hOm- and $50. The victors arrived home prond of their victory, but conSidera blv ''SOre" over the shabby treatment given them bv Porter. and the .indica uion- are that it will he d long time before minFrs i from any section can be induced to 1 enter contests of whatever kind at ] New York exhibitions.