In Carver, Carver county, two brick yards have been run the past season, producing 2,000,000 of brick each, and each employed about twenty-five hands. (Saint Paul Daily Globe, Monday Morning, November 8, 1880, Volume III, Number 313, Page 2)
The four brick yards of Chaska, Carver county, turned out the last season 10,100,000 bricks. They were shipped to all parts of the State and to portions of Iowa and Wisconsin. The greater part, however, went to St. Paul and Minneapolis. (Saint Paul Daily Globe, Tuesday Morning, November 16, 1880, Volume III, Number 321, Page 2)
The tow boat Aunt Betsy brought down from Carver yesterday a big barge load of brick for the Gilfillan block. (The Saint Paul Daily Globe, Saturday Morning, November 5, 1881, Volume IV, Number 309, Page 1)