A sign details the history of charcoal kilns used for iron works, accompanied by a vintage photograph of a kiln and workers.
THE CHARCOAL KILN Charcoal was the tuel of choice for the iron works at Iron Cit; created by burning or smoldering wood in a reducea oxygen en'vha W7or12ers would staclz piles of juniper ancl pinyon insicie tile inc-shim: and light a fire underneath. The holes you see in the tar wan 0011va E; i opened as needed to increase or clearease air circulation. It took aha . r clays for one iziln to procluce 50 bushels of charcoal. This wouwt prawn 5-! fuel to process one ton of iron ore. Iron City originally haul two kiineg 7- in: i: , ; due to the destructive power of weather and looters only this one remaina
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