In 1870, the capital investment of the B. Goodson sawmill, according to that year's Census Products of Industry Schedule, was d to be $6,000. Ten men earned earned $4,000 in ten months. Raw materials included $5,300 worth of logs and and $1,000 in unmilled corn. The sawmill manufactured 1,537,000 feet of lumber valued at $31,000. The grist mill produced cornmeal valued at $1,700.