In the 1870s these amazing structures were built to support mines and smelting operations owned by George Hearst, father of William Randolph Hearst.  While they operated, the kilns creating charcoal for smelters roughly 25 miles away near the mines and only burned for about three years as the mines never played out as hoped.  There are lots of stories to go along with this picture – the trek to get there, the camping, the lighting, the comical fall in the middle of the night firing flashes…but for now, enjoy another wonderful spot in the aptly named Death Valley National Park!

Death Valley Charcoal Kilns

Charcoal Kilns Death Valley featured History JCKing Photography JCKINGPHOTO.COM John King Landscape Landscape and Night Photography Landscape Photographer Modoc Mines National Parks OptOutside Southern California Photographer

One Reply to “Death Valley Charcoal Kilns”

1. Marina says:

   April 12, 2022 at 7:35 pm

   These photos are simply stunning and such an incredible demonstration of your talent. Thank you for sharing with the world!

   Reply

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Enter your comment here...

Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in:

Email (required) (Address never made public)

Name (required)

Website

You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. ( Log Out /  Change )

You are commenting using your Facebook account. ( Log Out /  Change )

Cancel

Connecting to %s

Notify me of new comments via email.

Notify me of new posts via email.

Δ