Kiln Canyon Charcoal Kiln at the end of the road, Nye County!


Kiln Canyon Kilns, at the end of the road, Nye County !
	In early days around 1874, there was a stage road going out of Tybo west over the range down through Kiln Canyon and across Stone Cabin valley over to Belmont. The first kilns built to feed the Tybo smelters were located on top of the range, just above Tybo. A few years later after the timber was fairly depleted, they moved down into Kiln Canyon. This was sometime in the later 1870's. They built three sets of Kilns.
The road running through Kiln Canyon came up from Stone Cabin Valley to an intersection. The road to right was a dead end and led to this set of Kilns. The road to the left was the old stage road down from Tybo. There is another set of Kilns ( two kilns) located at that intersection.
	Besides the Kilns on the Kiln Canyon road there is another set of two located over the ridge to the north. in a smaller canyon. Now days there is no road going to this set. It is a young mans hike to reach this set, although they are in fairly good shape still. July of 2005 Wesley and I camp out here in Kiln Canyon for three days to get photos of all the kilns.
We had a great time exploring the area, it is a very peaceful spot to camp. It does get very hot in July, but the nights are great for sleeping. Between Tybo and Belmont lyes a lot of history. You have the Tybo Kilns up on top of the range, Kiln Canyon just below, and across the valley is McCann Stage Station.
	In the mid to late 1870's, the Hot Creek range was a hot spot for mining. Here is where the history and legends were made.
All along Kiln Canyon there are many little stone foundations, which seem to be some kind of ovens. They could have been for assay's or just cooking. At this set was one made out of brick, the rest were of stone.