There was little work done cooperatively as a public enterprise in Garden City. P.W. Cook erected a mill for grinding w heat at Swan Creek in the spring of 1865. Before the mill was finished, grinding was done by a hand mill which had previously been used in Round Valley. The first mill was a crude makeshift made of two large stones set in a a frames. Later P.W. Cook went to Salt Lake City and got a set of burrs from President Brigham Young paying $500.00 for them.
He installed a saw mill. It had an upright saw. Later a circular saw was installed.
At Salt Lake City P.W. Cook got a picker and two carding machines. A Mr. Crawford operating the carding machines. He was an expert at this work. Some of the weaving was done by Eliza Hall. Mary R. Cook ran the picker. Alexander Sims was one of the early flour millers at Swan Creek.
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