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Ward Charcoal Ovens State Historic Park


TripAdvisor Traveler Rating: 4.0 of 5 stars
TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #2 of 2 attractions in Ely
Traveler Description: Museum on former site of Ward, a small mining town.
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Attraction type: Museum, Park
Address: Ely, NV
Tel: 775-728-4460

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5 of 5 stars
A TripAdvisor Member
Yuma Arizona
Dec 23, 2005
2
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Add this to your day trip itinerary while you're in the northeast Nevada area. In early silver mining days, charcoal was in great demand. For those of you who only use gas for outdoor cooking, charcoal will be a novel idea. Somewhere between chopping wood and bagged briquettes, the mining business needed large amounts of charcoal. The charcoal oven was... more

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4 of 5 stars
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Silver Springs NEVADA
Aug 9, 2005
3
people found this review helpful

We visited the Charcoal ovens in September 2004, the ovens are about 20minutes south of Ely NEVADA, via U 93, the last 10minutes are on dirt road which is well graded and smooth, your luxury sedan will work just fine.. Mining operations began here in 1872.. Silver production brought the need for charcoal for use in the smelters which processed... more

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Ward Charcoal Ovens State Historic Park Address

Ely, NV
Tel: 775-728-4460