The Reliance Tipple

The Reliance Tipple (HM1ONV)

Location: Rock Springs, WY 82901 Sweetwater County
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Country: United States of America
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N 41° 40.098', W 109° 11.826'

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It was in 1910 that coal mine operations began at Reliance. These mines were operated by the coal mining company of the Union Pacific Railroad. Here, where the tipple now stands, the first coal loading facility was constructed in 1912. The stone foundations for the earlier wooden tipple are still evident east of the metal tipple. The tipple you see today was completed in 1936 and still contains machinery from when it was in operation. Few tipples remain from the era when coal was king. Modern mining methods and a shift to gasoline and diesel powered locomotives made underground coal mining too expensive to compete in the energy market while using the technology of the early twentieth century. Tipples such as this were torn down and the equipment sold as salvage. In Wyoming, only the Reliance tipple remains as an example of a large industrial coal handling facility. It is a silent marker of a by-gone day and serves as a tribute to the miners and their families who worked to establish homes in southwest Wyoming and to the men who lost their lives in the coal mines of Sweetwater County.
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HM NumberHM1ONV
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Year Placed1990
Placed ByWyoming Department of Environmental Quality, Union Pacific Railroad, Archeological Services of Western Wyoming College, Johnson-Fermelia Co., Inc., Sweetwater County Commissioners Sweetwater County Museum Board, Frances and Harry Weiss of Rock Springs Hide and Fur and Cyril Rahonde and Company
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Date Added Monday, October 19th, 2015 at 9:01am PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)12T E 650087 N 4614519
Decimal Degrees41.66830000, -109.19710000
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 41° 40.098', W 109° 11.826'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds41° 40' 5.88" N, 109° 11' 49.56" W
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Area Code(s)307
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 1201-1239 South St, Rock Springs WY 82901, US
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