The historic Ward Cemetery, located one mile east of the town, however, is open to the public and offers a handful of wooden and marble headstones. The Ward Charcoal Ovens remain a popular place to ...

The best-preserved of Nevada's charcoal kilns are found at Ward Charcoal Oven State Park, 18 miles south of Ely off U.S. 93, about 220 miles from Las Vegas.

One of the least visited parks in the Nevada State Parks system, Ward Charcoal Ovens State Historic Park is located off U.S. 93 some 18 miles south of the town of Ely.

Scattered across Nevada are a handful of 19th century charcoal ovens that resemble nothing less than giant stone beehives. These stone or brick domes were once used to convert wood, often pinon pine, ...

Constructed in 1876 of stone quarried in the area, the ovens provided charcoal to smelters in the neighboring Ward Mining District, where silver was discovered in 1872.

Ward Charcoal Ovens. Clip: Season 1 Episode 109 | 5m 44s Video has Closed Captions | CC. John travels to the Ely area to check out the historic Ward Charcoal Ovens. Aired 04/05/2016 | Rating NR ...