The David Long sawmill was listed in Precinct 1 of Morris County in the 1880. By 1884, it appears Long had taken a partner by the name of Gaggers. The facility was listed in the latter year at Cason in an 1884 railroad directory.
The d capital value of the mill was $1,500 in 1880. Long employed six workers at peak production and normally five men. He worked the sawmill eight months at three-quarters capacity. His men were paid wages of $1.00 to $2.50 daily for eight-hour shifts in the winter and ten-hour shifts during the summer, receiving a total wage of $900. From $1,650 worth of supplies and sawlogs, the facility milled three hundred thousand feet of lumber valued at $3,000.
Logging was done on Boggy Creek.