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J. H. and J. W. Sewell
The Sewell sawmill operated for ten months at three-quarters time during the census year ending May 31, 1880. It was valued at $2,000 and the Sewell's paid $1.00 per day for eleven-hour shifts to three men normally and six men at peak production and logging. The Sewells paid out a total of $600 in wages. The mill produced three hundred thousand board feet valued at $2,800 from $1,600 in sawlogs and supplies.
Mill Details
Alpha Numeric Key:
CS
Owner Name
J. H. and J. W. Sewell
Location
Precinct 7, 1880 U.S. Census, post office at Linden
County
Cass
Years in Operation:
2
Start Year:
1879
End Year:
1880
Decades:
1870-1879,1880-1889
Period of Operation:
1879 to 1880
Town:
Precinct 7, post office at Linden
Company Town:
2
Peak Town Size:
Unknown
Mill Pond:
2
Mill Type
Product
Power Source
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