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