Miami Boomtown Spree is held each year in April. The Town of Miami, located 70 miles East of Phoenix on US 60, is a copper mining boomtown that was started in 1909 and quickly became home to over 10,000 miners and their families. In 1939, the first Boomtown Spree was held, interrupted by WWII and later died out in the 1960's. The Boomtown Spree was revived in 1990 and has turned into a great annual festival.

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ARIZONA STATE MINING CHAMPIONSHIP (TM)
April, 2007
sponsored by the
MIAMI BOOMTOWN SPREE

The Arizona State Mining Championship(TM) consist of four (4) events:

Machine Drilling
Hand Mucking
Spike Driving
Hand Drilling

The contest was formed to bolster community pride, to promote the mining industry and to educate the public about the service and skills of miners and their employers.

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Machine Drilling

This contest demonstrates skills used to drive underground tunnels in solid rock.

The contest will determine which competitor can most quickly and accurately drill two (2) holes of predetermined length into the rock.

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Hand Mucking

This contest demonstrates skills used to muck (shoveling) ore into a mining cart.

Muck loaded in the General competitions averages about 1000 pounds or 1/2 ton. Muck loaded in the Women's competition averages about 650 pounds or 1/3 ton. Female contestants may choose to compete in the General event.

For more information on Hand Mucking Event CLICK HERE
For more information on Women's Hand Mucking Event CLICK HERE

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Spike Driving

The Spike Driving competition displays timbering skills used to support underground mine workings.

The contest determines which contestant can drive heavy spikes into timbers the fastest. Two (2) spikes are driven up into an overhead timber and three (3) spikes are driven down into the lower timber.

For more information on Spike Driving Event CLICK HERE

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Hand Drilling

This contest demonstrates skills used to hand drill holes for blasting.

The Hand Drilling contest determines which miner can drill the deepest hole in five (5) minutes.

For more information on Hand Drilling Event CLICK HERE

The All Around Miner Award goes to the miner that has the best over all total in Machine Drilling, Hand Mucking, Spike Driving and Hand Drilling.

For more information on ALL AROUND MINER AWARD CLICK HERE

The Arizona State Mining Championship is a registered Trademark of
Miami BoomTown Spree Association, Inc., a non-profit 501-C3 corporation.
Town of Miami, Arizona, USA.

For more information or entry forms,
please call Miami Town Hall, 928-473-4403