The Joshua McEhelung operation (worth a capital investment of $300) as recorded in the 1860 Census is a cabinet shop, not a saw mill. It is included because it demonstrates a certain level of diversification and sophistication in the Texas lumber wood-fiber industry prior to the Civil War. The shop kept two employees busy at an average monthly wage of $25 each. With raw materials including 5,000 feet of pine ($100) and 4,000 feet of ash and oak and etc ($100), the shop produced thirty bedsteads worth a total value of $300, five bureaus worth $120, four sofas worth $100, and eighty chairs worth $100.