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iding sed o repae hemi n ed had asudy n oof which pre-sev o h nror

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e estimates ha theheel spn aou s o e gims per me. A seres ouleys ransferred aenergy e 500punmi snes wic turnea 80 1 tes peme a oud grn 00o 0 punds f orn perour

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e road rmn More smakig new bukes fr hewheel an w aemp aa em e rignaae spkes. e peyssnes ad her mechanicaeqipment was efunhe n te basemeno he m an r. Worasai e as ust aou every-ing e nees o ge hewrks going again.

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Sme f ha o qip-men is geing har o comeb he said

Oside e oor and hisfriends have p on a nwmt roof ad exteror pan-eling

Once he srucure anmecanics of he mill are

uy phPulleys stones and other echancal'equpment were leftuntouched n the basement of the imms ll whch Dr

Dad Wortham caIled a stroke of uck as tries to get theworks going aga afte 0 year.

ompee w si e ning mre han a adaverunil ts ear he waterwhee, strs eating ag.r. Wrham plans o pwer wee with waterpumed frm he creek tesame approach sed by sas perars e reas fresrng e ml pon _creae a uly aheni operan he doesn own alhe necessy proper

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incde he rmains o arik slice ha f waer

a neary urnepoweresawmll an pera com

ony assoa wih grismls sne hey aso usewater owe

n similar piggybakingfashion. t grs milswaerwheel also pered agrain mer and a w lahe te mi prper

We perang n teearly par o as\ cenu mil was us ater aspecof a woking farm thatemploy p t 0 peope DrWorthm sai

Wen the docor earned h rokendow scue ayear and a ha ag hthogh i w be nie o

see t wrng again fr hebenft o he negbr

m enusasts At tee e was no ti 1 ".lrf 1 ,

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es earne i weaoring t ery tewar. a74yearo rtired ministerwh bit and now perates arepia of te Goden reekMll Ease e semms a D Wramsaon. an was

impessed.Hes approaing his

rsoraion n an rdery andaref ner ewartsaid

he Soiey fr ePrservaton of Od Mils r SPOOM he its anuacerence n lemsn hsye a r. Wha was iaeance e an oermemers vsed oenreek i ad ago Mi.owned an resoredbyPckens Coun

Syey alma OOMsariv is said e groupforme as he resul f amovemen la the1960s o save radiiona misand preserve heir r n

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, : l I )( vd e ; n ' sr were e bk andn or ese egorhoos.

e re srure rp-resenng ms Ml s noeigie for te NaionalRegser o isric aceseause it s less han 50yars he s sel seigie. Dr. Wram s -g e rs a ns fgeng hs roery eis

egardss Mr Swarsai a sord ms Milou o for AnersonCony wha agoo anoden Crk wi also sno on the nainl regiser hav ne fr ikensCo

ey are bh op rawsfr rss acrg annu ep base on comens mad by sors aWecome Ceners an oherpaces

Hgood ill is mymode Dr Worham said he bigges hing is peplegeng excie abou i vemet al ese people, who jusle to stop by and see washappeg epe e sne-gru waerpwered grsand corn meal.

Grist mill once contone of ettles' uvivalBy Kely avisddM

rit ms feedng farmers andhir liesck once dottedndson oty and muc of eong naion u fel prey to emrn hihay system and gr-ce usry aer Wr War II am an sa

Teres a rue of umb" saidydny alma arcvist for theSocey for te Preservaton of Old

s Durng the ate 18h enturyand h cen you woud probaly fid a gis mi witin a 2milediameer of all he setlments.

Tat as ose noug for mostpeople o ge the ml a backe n on ay ae e gra

ground nto meal or grits, e sadThe me was an portan ingreen te iet of rral peope antheir livestock

As the 1800s moved frward thnuber f mills increased neevery 0 r 5 es ypay cae were a suppy f waer wasreliable l year, e sad

ut the mls' value began towane at he turn of the 20th enur

Yu ave new technolog} esad nstead of grnding lorsng snes yo hav steel rlerswih groves tat grind kernesin our"

As a became morenustraized tose ur opera

ions became lrger. Tey re stlfamyowed bt many grist misstl cldn 't cmpee

t was ceapr y our abag off te grcery sre seves"Mr ama sa. a we aveay s an ugrowh of ose procton ming operatons."

n som places ncldingAnderson oun people continedtaking corn and wheat o heir localgrst mi but t became an ncreas

ingly rare practice Gris mll activity rtualy dsappeare aerWrd War I wen e merngway sysem revluonzdfod isributon Mr. Hma said

lso many ld mils cou notme nw federal santation stan

dards for commercial prdcinTow mg xes int te m,and tas a ot f srkes n asmer pera e sa

e m prservatn scetywas formed in 1970 riing a wave ofmil restoraion tat still takesadvantge of te demand for heritage turism

One f e best kown rstratins is als Mil owned by Jand Jane Lovtt in BelvereQ,

Ten I peraes year run as acury sre a museum, a gristm an a log cab beandbreakfast wwsmcom als Miis unsal n tat it was but as a

waterpowere texte factory 29years ago and oy atr convered

int a gragrnng peranae e sa

eres someing nostagc orromanic about sng an odmi se said Maybe its just tem stream itse, or just areminder of ow your gradparents did thgs. A over the cnt people are begnnig recognze the value of preseng hispart of hist orTe scey e saua meeg emsn s

yar tkng avtage f he prox-mty of Goldn reek M nasey and Hagood Mi in ckens

Both mis ar majr touristdraws n the Upstate, 7yearoldGolden ree owner Leroy tewartsai