The census of 1860 records that Vance & Durham mill had a $3,000 investment, $1,000 in the sawmill and $2,000 in the grist mill. The sawmill employed two men and one woman at a monthly average wage of $18 and $10 each, respectively, while the grist operations employed two men at an average monthly wage of $20 each. The sawmill manufactured 500,000 feet of lumber valued at $5,000. The grist mill ground 5,800 bushels into meal valued at $6,400.