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Glencoe (Well Annie)

DIRECTIONS: From Tippett, take good road directly east and follow for 23 miles. Exit right and follow for 1.5 miles to Glencoe.

"Initial discoveries at Glencoe took place in 1867 when a group of Overland Stage employees located silver claims here. It wasn't until 1868 that development began and the camp of Glencoe came into existence. The Mammoth Mine was discovered in June 1868. In spring 1869 a large group of men from Kern County, California, moved to Glencoe. By summer of that year the Pinyon, Buttercup, Sentinel, Spartan, Artic, Goshute, and East End mines had begun production. Glencoe began to attract attention, and the Nevada state mineralogists came in 1869 to survey Glencoe's mines.

One of the more prominent Glencoe residents was John Tippett, founder of nearby Tippett. Tippett and Frank Bassett were the discoverers of the Glencoe Mine. The two were once offered $100,000 for the mine, but refused to sell. Unfortunately the mine never came close to producing that much ore. Tippett and Arta Young ran the one store at Glencoe. While mining activity declined during the 1870s and early 1880s (only 34 residents were here in 1881), Tippett remained, working his claims. In 1890 Tippett and Young discovered the Well Annie Mine. The following May, Tippett was made the recorder of the Glencoe Mining District. Forty new claims were made and two new mines, the Harrison and the Paymaster, began production. A post office, with Tippett as postmaster, opened at Glencoe on September 2. In December the Well Annie Mining and Milling Company was organized. Oscar Hardy was appointed president, and 250,000 $1 shares were printed. Tippett and Young were each given 87,500 shares for rights to the mine. In May 1892 an eighteen-inch-wide vein was discovered and showed values of 40 to 600 ounces of silver per ton. Close to 50 men were employed by the company, and the camp of Glencoe reached its peak population of 75. By summer 1894 most mines had been worked out, and by fall, mining activity had ceased. The post office closed on October 17, and Glencoe was abandoned by winter. Today only faint ruins and tailings mark the site."

 

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