The Horace Blinn sawmill operated for twelve months during the census year ending May 31, 1880. It was valued at $10,000. Blinn normally employed fifteen men and increased it to twenty-five as needed. He paid them $1.25 to $1.75 daily for ten-hour shifts. The mill produced 2,500,000 board feet worth $25,000 from $14,000 worth of sawlogs and supplies.