The W. S. Robinson saw-, planing, and shingle mills were listed in a railroad directory in 1884 at Longview. Robinson had two mills, according to Harrison County records. One mill seemed to a planing mill only, located three-quarters of a mile from Longview. The second mill was located eleven miles southeast of Longview on the Barnen mill site. On October 2, Robinson sold both mills to G. T. Merrill. The sawmill at Barnen included the boiler, a 12-inch by 14-inch steam engine, a gang edger, a cut-off saw, a lath mill, twenty-nine oxen, six wagons, and 960 acres of white oak and pine timber.