Descriptive Pamphlet of the Richmond Mill Furnishing Works / All sizes of mill stones and complete grinding and bolting combined husk or portable flouring mills, portable corn and feed mills; smut and separating machines; zigzag and oat separators, dustless separators, warehouse separators, water wheels; mill shafting; pulleys; spur and bevel, iron and core, gearing....

by Richmond Mill Furnishing Works

What One of Our three feet and 26 Inch Under-Runner Mills will do.

Houstonia, Pettis Co., Missouri, March 3, ’72.

Messrs. Nordyke, Marmon & Co.:—

Gents:—The balance of the things we ordered came to hand yesterday. We have started the corn mill and the way it ground, we were all surprised; 30 bushels per hour of fine meal is a side show for it. The miller says he can grind 40 bushels per hour of corn into fine even meal, every part of the works go off right; will be ready to start the wheat mill last of this week. Our miller is an old experienced hand, and is doing a good job in putting the wheat stones in flouring condition; will write you soon again how we succeed in making flour; have strong competition, and it must do 1st class work to prove a good investment.

Yours, respectfully,
J. L. Williams & Co.

Under date of March 11th, 1872, they say, after ordering another flour bolt, “That you sent us a splendid pair of wheat burrs; they grind so rapid that we find we need the other bolt to do the work. I think we have the best mill in the State or any other State. The machinery works well, beyond my expectation. On the one run of wheat stones we can make with the new bolt 6 to 7 one hundred pound sacks of good flour per hour. Ship as soon as you can with the numbers of cloth as describe in your letter. We want to send some lots of fancy flour to St. Louis. Our miller is an old St. Louis miller, and he says with this addition he can compete with any mill in St. Louis or any other place.

“Yours,
J. L. Williams & Co.”

The mill-wright who set up and started this mill, writes from same P. O., dated March 17, ’72, “That I have to write you that this mill beats any mill of its size that I ever saw. We started the wheat mill last Saturday in the afternoon, and run it three-and-a-half hours, and ground 65 bushels of wheat, and could have ground more if we could have bolted it. Everything runs like a top; they will send you a specimen of their flour as soon as they get some sacks, then you can see what kind of flour it makes; 30 bushels per hour for the corn mill is an easy thing, and it does nice even work.

“Respectfully, yours,
Alonzo M. Cole.”

Westfield, Clark Co., Illinois, May 11, 1872.