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)
sponsored by the
MIAMI BOOMTOWN SPREE

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Machine Drilling Event

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.

The drilling rock will be painted with squares for the event.

The collar of the holes must be inside of the color painted square.

The contestant drawing square #1 will begin the contest. The contestant begins with the jackleg on the ground behind the Starting Line and the steel must be out of the machine. Time begins when the contestant touches the steel or the machine. The contestant carries the machine back across the Start Line and time ends when the machine's stinger touches the ground behind the Start Line.

Grounds for Disqualification include but are not limited to: unsafe acts; drilling out the top of the rock; drilling to another hole; shooting the steel; or becoming entangled in the machine drill or steel.

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Machine Drilling at the Old Dominion Mine

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