The Watkins (Minn.) Brick Mfg. Co. has been incorporated with $10,000. Incorporators are H. J. Watman, Henry Ehlers, and T. P. Jones. (Clay Record, Clay Record Publishing Company, Chicago, IL, February 14, 1908, Volume XXXII, Number 3, Page 36)
Second Hand Brick Machinery For Sale. 8,000 new fire brick; 12,000 second hand fire brick. 140 single Grates as good as new, size 3 ft. 9 in. 18 Kiln doors on frames. 60 double Grates, size 3 ft. 10 plain fire doors. 5 Brick Trucks. 6 Brick Wheel Barrows. One 40 H. P. Engine. One 40 H. P. Boiler in good condition. Several pumps, One Bottom Dump Car, 800 ft. Small Rail, 2 Switches, 60 ft. 8 inch Canvas Belting, 52 ft. 6 inch Belting, used one year. Address, Henry Ehlers & Bro., Watkins, Minn. (Clay Record, Clay Record Publishing Company, Chicago, July 15, 1909, Volume XXXV, Number 1, Page 36)
South of Watkins, the gray drift is very widespread, but would require the usual cleansing treatment before successful use could be made of it. An attempt to use the clay without these precautions failed. (Clays and Shales of Minnesota, Frank F. Grout and E. K. Soper, The University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 1914, Page 129)