Rice and Roberts, according to the 1860 Census, operated a multi-mill combination producing lumber, meal, and flour, with capital investments of $1,000 invested in the sawmill and $1,000 in the grist mill. They paid six men and one woman total monthly wages of $120 and $12 in lumber operations, and two men $40 monthly at the grist mill. Raw materials included $5,000 in trees, $5,000 in corn, and $200 in wheat. The mills manufactured 750,000 feet of lumber worth $13,900, 7,800 bushels of meal worth $7,800, and 40 bushels of flour worth $320.