Tipples and the Reliance Coal Mines

Tipples and the Reliance Coal Mines (HM1OPB)

Location: Rock Springs, WY 82901 Sweetwater County
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Country: United States of America
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N 41° 40.083', W 109° 11.826'

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The tipples constructed here were designed to serve all the Reliance coal mines. Union Pacific Coal Company opened their mines in phases. The coal mines were all located east of here with portals located along the sides of the valley. Coal from there mines was hauled to the surface by either electric locomotives or hoists. From the portal, the coal was shipped over a tramway to the tipple. The distance from the No. 7 mine portal to the tipple was about 1.2 miles. Once the coal cars were inside the tipple you see today, they were set on a rotary dump. The coal car was fastened down, rolled over, and emptied into the coal hopper. From the hopper, the coal was moved over conveyors to the shaker screen. The screen sorted the coal by size. The coal then fell through the screens into a chute that carried it to the picking tables. At the picking tables, men, boys, and later women sorted through the coal looking for stones or checking the size of the coal. Good coal was loaded into waiting rail cars while stone and refuse were conveyed outside the tipple into a refuse bin. The tipple you see in front of you, constructed in 1936 at a cost of $232,700, was designed to be a model of efficiency.
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HM NumberHM1OPB
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Placed ByWyoming State Archives and Historical Department
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Date Added Tuesday, October 20th, 2015 at 9:01am PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)12T E 650088 N 4614491
Decimal Degrees41.66805000, -109.19710000
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 41° 40.083', W 109° 11.826'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds41° 40' 4.98" N, 109° 11' 49.56" W
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Area Code(s)307
Which side of the road?Marker is on the right when traveling East
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 1201-1239 South St, Rock Springs WY 82901, US
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