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Charcoal Kilns |
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The Charcoal Kilns (built in 1867) where used to reduce the local Pinion Pine and Juniper tree's to charcoal by a process of slow controlled burning, the charcoal was then used to smelt gold and lead ore in the local mines. After just a few years of use, they where abandoned and left to decay. In the spring of 1971 a team of Navajo Indians from Arizona, repaired the Kilns and they remain to this day in good condition. There are ten Kilns in all, measuring 30-32ft in diameter and 25 feet in height. |
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