The wood structure was built on a sandstone foundation and served Reliance Mines No.

The perishable portions of the earlier tipple have disappeared, leaving only the sandstone foundations and some artifacts buried in the tailings pile.

This tipple operated until 1955, when the Union Pacific Railroad, the chief consumer of the mine's coal, phased out steam locomotives.

[2] The tipple operated as a sorting station for coal to be shipped from the Reliance Mine.

Rail spurs were built to central points in each district to collect and ship coal.