Show ben thayer won contest ben bhaer won the mucking or shoveling contest by shoveling the three tons of gravel in 15 minutes and 20 seconds the second prize was won by james of silver city who transferred the gravel from one ore bin to a lother in a little over sixteen minu kes charles haro and john 1 al in th tee arite were 5 and ao 30 the contest n as one 0 the features ti t i the celebration and being a little out of the ord nary run of deports it attracted an liniment e crowd of people of course it was not as ex citing as a rock drilling contest would have been but everything considered it proved a great attraction |