Suber’s Corn Mill is one of a handful of grist mills still operating in South Carolina. Located at 2002 Suber Mill Road in Greer, the mill rests on the slope of a hardwoods-covered hill.
Milling Process
Water from a holding pond above pours down a wooden chute and spills onto the paddles of a large vertical wheel, keeping it in a steady, rhythmic spin. Driven by a wheel, gears, pulleys and shafts turn slowly inside the wooden building. Shelled corn is fed into a chute on top and gravity sends it tumbling to the crushing millstones below. One floor down, the fine white powder emerges where it is bagged and stacked for sale.