Page 268. Brick. – Rice county contains an abundance of clay for the manufacture of brick but none has been found sufficiently free from iron to make the white or cream colored brick. At Faribault Mr. J. G. McCarthy makes about 700,000 per year, which he sells at $6 per thousand. One season he made one million. All the clay of this section

Page 269. is so clear that to make good brick it is necessary to add sand. (History of Rice County, Including Explorers and Pioneers of Minnesota, Rev. Edward D. Neill, Minnesota Historical Company, Minneapolis, 1882)