512 RICHMOND COUNTY. 



Manufactures, Mills, &c. — Richmond factory, situated on 

 Spirit creek, 10 miles S. of Augusta. Capital, $35,000 ; spin- 

 dles, 1,500 ; looms, 40; number of operatives, principally whites, 

 70; amount of labour per day, 11 hours. Wages from 10 cents 

 to $1 per day. Character (3f operatives good. One girl has 

 saved i600. Bags of cotton used per annum, 450 ; yards of 

 cloth made per day, 1000 ; 150 lbs. of yarns per day. Quality 

 of the fabrics equal to any in the United States, and sold 

 mostly in Augusta. Main building — three stories, 80 feet 

 long, 34 wide. Houses for the accommodation of operatives, 

 15. One saw-mill, and one grist-mill. For fourteen years 

 this factory has paid a dividend of 16 per cent. It is the pro- 

 perty of Gov. Schley. 



The Augusta Manufacturing Company, organized in 1847. 

 Main building brick, 216 feet" long and 50 wide, five stories 

 high. Picker-house, three stories high. There are comfort- 

 able dwellings for the operatives. Spindles, 5,280, and will 

 soon have 10,000; looms, 200 ; each loom capable of turning 

 out from 40 to 45 yards per day. The home demand for the 

 goods is more than equal to the supply. 



It is contemplated to erect at an early day another cotton 

 factory similar to the above. 



Warren & Colman's mill, in Augusta, built of granite, three 

 stories high, with which are connected saw-mills. 



Cunningham's merchant-mill, in Augusta, built of brick, four 

 stories high. 



A large building, three stories high, is under contract in 

 Augusta for a pail, bucket, and barrel factory. In this establish- 

 ment there will be machinery for cutting and polishing marble. 



Belville factory, seven or eight miles from Augusta, on 

 Butler's creek, is owned by Mr. Geo. Schley. 



Grist-mills in the county, 21 ; merchant-mills, 4 ; steam 

 saw-mills, 3 ; saw-mills, 18. 



Glendenning's quarry is 5 miles from Augusta. 



Walker's quarry is 15 miles from Augusta. 



Murphy's quarry is 15 miles from Augusta. 



There is a machine factory on Butler's creek, 7 miles 

 from Augusta. 



Value of Town Lots, &;c. — The value of town lots, 



