Research: Sawmill Database

Alpha-Numeric Key: HA-110
Corporate Name: Vance & Durham
Local Name:
Owner Name: Vance & Durham
Location: Unknown
County: Harrison
Years in Operation: 2 years
Start Year: 1859
End Year: 1860
Decades: 1850-1859,1860-1869
Period of Operation: 1859 to 1860
Town: Unknown
Company Town: 2
Peak Town Size: Unknown
Mill Pond:
Type of Mill: Lumber and cornmeal
Sawmill Pine Sawmill Hardwood Sawmill Cypress Sawmill
Planer Planer Only Shingle Paper
Plywood Cotton Grist Unknown
Other
Power Source: Eighteen-horsepower steam engine
Horse Mule Oxen Water
Water Overshot Water Turbine Diesel Unknown
Pit Steam Steam Circular Steam Band
Gas Electricity Other
Maximum Capacity: 
Capacity Comments: 500,000 feet of lumber during the reporting period of the Census
Produced:
Rough Lumber Planed Lumber Crossties Timbers
Lathe Ceiling Unknown Beading
Flooring Paper Plywood Particle Board
Treated Other
Equipment: Saw and grist mills
Company Tram:
Associated Railroads: Unknown
Historicial Development: The census of 1860 records that Vance & Durham mill had a $3,000 investment, $1,000 in the sawmill and $2,000 in the grist mill. The sawmill employed two men and one woman at a monthly average wage of $18 and $10 each, respectively, while the grist operations employed two men at an average monthly wage of $20 each. The sawmill manufactured 500,000 feet of lumber valued at $5,000. The grist mill ground 5,800 bushels into meal valued at $6,400.
Research Date: MCJ 02-05-96
Prepared By: M. Johnson