1/23/2024 0 Comments Jim butler days tonopah![]() ![]() “Many of these guys like Tom and I who win, did it in college. “The reason why Tom can come out and drill (Tom Donovan, who won the single jack contest) is because he has done it also in college,” Eason said. She threw up continuously for 30 minutes after the contest, according to contest officials.Įason talked about why he doesn’t need to practice. Tough is an understatement, as Emma Baker, who won the women’s state championship this year and broke the state record, did so at a cost. “If you do this without working out it can be tough.” “I exercise and run and that’s all I do,” Eason said. So since college I only do it one time a year and that’s for this competition.”ĭon’t get Eason wrong, muckers still must stay in shape to do this. I competed as a kid and then did it in college on the Mackay Mining School team. “I have been mucking since 1995,” he said. James Eason from Reno, who won this year’s mucking for the third year in a row and Toni Wombaker, a Pahrump resident and former state champion, took the time to reveal their secrets to successful mucking.Įason has been mucking since he was a child and says he wins but doesn’t do any mucking all year. In the competition, muckers are required to fill an ore cart with one ton of muck and it is a timed event. Mucking is when a person uses a shovel to fill a mine cart. The event comes from the old mining days. Mucking takes a lot out of a person and requires a person to be in good physical condition to win. The competition is always brutal and it is taken seriously by all the competitors. This year there were 16 muckers attending the competition, 12 men and four women. But what is mucking and who does this? Is it just a competiton to see who throws more dirt on a pile? ![]() This year muckers from all over the state came to compete. One of the competitions is the mucking event. Jim Butler Days in Tonopah is an annual occurrance at the end of May and is a must-see if you haven’t seen it. Of course it’s not about winning money, and all about preserving the history. And if memory serves, the Mackay School of Mines has a team.” I think some of the mining colleges do collegiate events that include jackleg drills. “Carson City does a drilling contest (no mucking) during Nevada Day, Creed Colorado has an event, and I think there may be one in Montana. “I’m not even sure how many competitions there are,” Joni Eastley, organizer of the Tonopah competition said. It truly is one of a kind, for it’s the only place one can throw dirt or hand drill and win money for doing it. TONOPAH – There is no other sporting event in the county like the Nevada State Mining Championships at the Tonopah Historic Mining Park during Jim Butler Days. ![]()
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