The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Otago & Southland Provincial Districts]
Glenburn Mill
Glenburn Mill (Messrs McCallum and Co., proprietors), Otautau. This mill is situated about three miles from Otautau, to which the timber is hauled over a tramway, which runs alongside the road. Twenty-five persons are employed, and the average output is 100,000 feet per month, all the year. The plant includes an eighteen horse-power boiler, a twenty horse-power engine, and full sets of page 966 sawing machinery. The planing machine, under a separate roof, is driven by an eight horse-power portable engine. There is an eight horse-power hauling engine. The mill commands 800 acres of very good bush.