Tybo Charcoal Kilns - Credit: Wikimedia Commons
Tybo Charcoal Kilns - Credit: Wikimedia Commons
The Tybo Charcoal Kilns are a pair of charcoal kilns located north of Tybo, Nevada. Both kilns are tall and in diameter and were built from rocks and mud. The kilns each have three openings: a top opening, a door at ground level, and a rear window with a ramp for wood wagons. The kilns were among 15 built in 1874 for the Tybo Consolidated Company. The company, which mined the region's silver, used charcoal to fuel its smelting furnace. To acquire its fuel, it imported wood from nearby hills, which it then converted to charcoal in the kilns. Read more on Wikipedia
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