Henry Durham, of Faribault, burns about 300,000 per year and finds lying immediately under the clay a stratum of sand for mixture with it. Another brickyard has been started at Faribault, which has been a success. (History of Rice County, Including Explorers and Pioneers of Minnesota, Rev. Edward D. Neill, Minnesota Historical Company, Minneapolis, 1882, Page 269)
Abundance of material for brick is found here, and we have in this town two brickyards (Fairbault in 1858). (History of Rice County, Including Explorers and Pioneers of Minnesota, Rev. Edward D. Neill, Minnesota Historical Company, Minneapolis, 1882, Page 281)