The large boulders riddled with holes that we saw scattered about town remained a mystery until we learned that they were remnants of the annual Arizona State Drilling and Mucking Contest. Champions are determined by who drills the deepest hole in the allotted time. Mucking involves shoveling dirt, rock and sand into an ore cart. Do those miners know how to have a good time or what?

Much to our surprise, Miami has several listings on the National Registry of Historic Places.

Our Lady of the Blessed Sacrament Church was established in 1915 for the towns Mexican and English Catholics (to this day mass is held in both Spanish and English). High on the side wall of the church a stain glass window with the likeness of Mother Teresa looks down on the tranquil oasis next to the church. Here there are benches and a fountain that bubbles water over rocks that proclaim "hope" and "peace".

The Bullion Plaza Cultural Center and Museum was opened in 1923 as a grammar school for Mexican American and Apache Indian children. It was desegregated in the early 1950’s and served as the town’s public school until 1994. The structure seems oddly out of proportion to this small town with its grandiose neoclassic design.

The five bridges that arch over the Bloody Tank Wash (named for a massacre of Apaches in 1864) are oddly romantic and we wondered what they would look like at night from under the glow of the old fashioned light posts.

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