The Miller | February 21, 2011
This is one of my favorite photos. Karen is talking to Mildred (Lady we bought the mill from). I’m taking photos of the place. The blue spot on the left is Karen’s arm. I was trying to hide my excitement … but, I think Mildred saw through it. She was showing us around and telling [...]
The Miller | February 21, 2011
This photo was taken from the rear of the building. Guess I didn’t see the holes in the siding and the torn plastic in the windows?????
The Miller | February 21, 2011
Looking through old photos I found some taken in 1994. This is when we first started talking to Mildred Weise about buying the old mill.
The Miller | December 23, 2010
The small washout gate (12in.) on the head race has frozen over with ice. I circled it is red. The water is still moving – red arrow. The other washout gate (2′ X 4′) is open a little and still flowing. These gates should keep the mill pond from silting in again. If the weather [...]
The Miller | September 23, 2010
Dave Gahimer donated 4 oak posts to replace the jacks I have under the mill. When I finish raising the floors we will slide the posts into place. On the left Nathan Roe is bringing post to mill with tractor. Middle photo – Dave and Rob Jones are getting it ready to lower into basement. [...]
The Miller | September 7, 2010
I planned to build a security fence from the mill to the walkway. This way I could walk from the door (I restored) to the walkway and rake the trash rack. I was concerned about folks walking around on the walkway and the fence would keep them off. I had put up a sign [...]
The Miller | September 6, 2010
Once the 2 pieces were connected we used ropes to pull it up. I put bolts in the sign and predrilled holes in the mill for it to fit into. Karen used a pole to push it away from the mill if it got caught on something (From a lower window). It took 5 people [...]
The Miller | September 6, 2010
On the left you can see the new sign for the mill. A friend (Rob Jones) started a sign business and cut out the letters for me. I mounted them on 2 X 4s. We carried em down to the foundation – “31 ft long”. Below you can see Karen handing down the rest of [...]
The Miller | August 31, 2010
There is a room under the new addition of 1940 that was sealed off with concrete sometime after 1969. I’ve told folks it is the “Secret Room” – No one has been in there for years, not even me. Well ….. I was in there, accidentally. There is a hole where the wheat was shoveled [...]
The Miller | August 26, 2010
As you can see the concrete wall that fell into the creek is gone. I had a mini excavator come in and remove it. I found the channel I’ve been looking for, it was under the concrete. But it only goes about 30 ft. and then there is bedrock. This ain’t gona work. Maybe [...]