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Miners and non-miners alike, pitted their skills and endurance against one another Saturday at the 50th National King Miner contest.   The contest was made up of 11 different events which ...

A new King Miner was crowned at Nickel Days on June 26 when Tyrell Hall claimed top spot in the 49th edition of the contest and first in three years.

The 2022 edition of Nickel Days began at the annual president’s reception June 22, with the naming of the honorary driller and honorary King Miner.

The four-day event, which includes the National King Miner Contest, dates back to 1970, the year Thompson was elevated from town to city status. In addition to the King Miner contest, which pits competitors against each other in timed events based on traditional mining skills, the annual event also includes a Saturday night social with an out-of-town band – in 2019 it was The Watchmen – the Lions Club parade, midway rides and games, a slo-pitch tournament and many other musical performanc...

Since King Miner veteran Brian Woytkiw did not participate in this year’s festivities for the first time in more than a decade, the field was left wide open for an eager newcomer to swoop in and steal the crown for themselves. However, Forest, who’s participated in at least the last 10 King Miner competitions and finally ended Woytkiw’s reign as an eight-time champion in 2017, ended up capturing first-place finishes in stoper drilling, hand mucking and pipefitting, while also cracking t...