She was followed by Claire Roberts (2:33.43) for second, collecting $100. Emma Baker came in first (1:44.36) and collected $200. The women’s mucking competition paid three spots, and there were three entrants into that competition. The second prize, $100, was awarded to Tom Donovan and Craig Leedy (1:09.37) and a third prize of $50 went to Tim Leedy and Kelsey Godfrey (1:13.96). The top winner in men’s team mucking was Steve MacDonald and Matt Decker at 1:01.27 for $200. In the 2018 event, men’s team mucking also had a silver shovel for the top winner, with cash prizes paid to the top three slots. This is the 48th year the competition has been held on Memorial Day weekend during Jim Butler Days. The mining championships have gone on for a century or more, according to information on the mining park’s website. Eason’s time was 2:26.96, and he collected $400 in prize money.Ĭraig Leedy took second (2:42.78) in men’s mucking and collected $200 with Matt Decker collecting $100 for third (3:04.28). This year, James Eason took the top spot in the men’s mucking competition, his fifth consecutive year of taking the title. Entrants face off for hundreds of dollars in prizes and a silver shovel goes to the top winner. The first round of competitions was in mucking, where competitors shovel one ton (a half ton for the women’s competitions) of muck into an ore cart. Joni Eastley, who organizes the annual competition, said entrants in the contest have come from as far away as Australia. Entrants race to shovel hundreds of pounds of dirt the fastest and hand drill deeper than their fellow contestants. Laxalt is running in the primary races for Nevada governor.Ĭompetitors from all over the western United States and beyond come out for the challenge at the Tonopah Historic Mining Park. Nevada Attorney General Adam Laxalt made an appearance at the event and handed out prizes to some of the top winners. Jim Butler Days in Tonopah at the end of May brought out a long list of competitors that battled to be the champion for the 2018 Nevada State Mining Championships.īob Perchetti, owner of the Clown Motel, was the announcer at the event. The prize pool was $350 with the top winner leaving with $200. Three women fought for three spots in the women's mucking competition during the 2018 Nevada Mining Competition at the Tonopah Historic Mining Park on May 26, 2018.
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