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Hike Leeds Creek Kiln Trail, Leeds, Utah
The Leeds Creek Kiln was built about 1885, restored by locals in the mid-1990s and is in fairly good condition, it represents a unique piece of Southern Utah history.
The kiln supported the mining operations for the Silver Reef Mining Area and was used to make charcoal from the surrounding oak and juniper forest. Loggers worked the nearby slopes of the Pine Valley Mountains to provide pinyon pine and scrub oak to fill the kiln. The wood was set on fire and allowed to smolder until the logs became charcoal. Teamsters would then unload the charcoal logs through the main entryway onto wagons and haul the logs to the smelter at Silver Reef.
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