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| | The Ward Mining District is located south of Ely, Nevada. There was a mining boom in Ward in the 1870's and these kilns were needed to provide charcoal for smelting silver ore. |
| | These ovens were built by Swiss-Italian Carbonari or 'charcoal workers'. I wonder how you get into that particular line of work? |
| | Each cycle of loading, burning, and unloading took 13 days. The inside of these ovens is not quite a 'happy place'. |
| | There isn't much evidence of the actual town of Ward, except the cemetery and a few mine works here and there. |
| | This is quite a lonely place in the winter. |
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