Charcoal Kiln – Death Valley

Charcoal Kiln at Death Valley National Park, California.

These Charcoal Kilns, built in 1867, were used to reduce the local Pinion Pine and Juniper trees to charcoal. The charcoal was then used to smelt gold and lead ore in the local mines. These were abandoned after just a few years of use. In the spring of 1971 a team of Navajo Indians from Arizona repaired the Kilns.

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