A tourist inspects one of the historic beehive-shaped charcoal kilns built in 1877 to make charcoal for ore smelters used in silver and lead mining operations nearby Death Valley, California, USA. The rock and mortar structures were constructed in Wildrose Canyon in the Panamint Mountains near sources of wood that included pine and juniper trees, which were slowly burned for a week to create the charcoal. The 10 kilns were abandoned when the mines shut down but were restored a century later and have become an attraction in Death Valley National Park.
A tourist inspects one of the historic beehive-shaped charcoal kilns built in 1877 to make charcoal for ore smelters used in silver and lead mining operations nearby Death Valley, California, USA. The rock and mortar structures were constructed in Wildrose Canyon in the Panamint Mountains near sources of wood that included pine and juniper trees, which were slowly burned for a week to create the charcoal. The 10 kilns were abandoned when the mines shut down but were restored a century later and have become an attraction in Death Valley National Park.
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Location: in Wildrose Canyon at end of Emigrant Canyon Road, Death Valley National Park, California, USA
Photo credit: © Michele and Tom Grimm / Alamy / Afripics
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