Wildrose Charcoal Kilns Wood Print

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The Wildrose Charcoal Kilns by Charles Dobbs with the massive Sierra mountains. The Kilns were completed in 1877 by the Modock Consolidated Mining Company, above Death Valley in the Panamint Range, and were used to reduce pinyon and juniper tree wood to charcoal in a process of slow burning in low oxygen. This fuel was then transported to mines in The Argus Range, 25 miles to the west, to feed smelting and ore extraction operations.

Although the mines themselves were worked intermittently until about 1900, there is no clear evidence that the charcoal kilns were operational after 1879. They were restored by Navajo Indian stonemasons from Arizona in 1971.

Charles is a Native Texan currently living in the Dallas/Fort Worth area and has been doing photography since 2007 as a second career. While his photographic style is a continuous evolution, he pursues to look for something different in order to bring his photography to life. He has been published in several publications including a book cover, and his photographs have sold worldwide. Copyright Charles Dobbs Photography. All photographs and artworks in this portfolio are copyrighted and owned by the artist, Charles Dobbs. Any reproduction, modification, publication, transmission, transfer, or exploitation of the content, for personal or commercial use, whether in whole or in part, without written permission from the artist is strictly...