An individual named Scarborough operated a steam circular sawmill in Harrison County in 1879 and 1880.
The Manuscript Census of 1880, reporting for June 1, 1879 to May 31, 1880, detailed the business operations of the sawmill. The sawmill, d a capital value of $200, worked six employees a week and four men and one child normally. The employees received daily wages of $1.00 to $1.50 for eight hour days in the winters and ten-hour days in the summer. Scarborough paid a total wage of $400. From a total value of $1,050 of supplies and sawlogs, the sawmill manufactured 288,000 feet of lumber, worth a gross value of $2,000.