The mill is powered by a 12 foot overshot wheel set on babbet bearings.  It was converted from a wooden spoked, steel rimed wheel to the current metal spokes in the 1960's.  The mill has been renovated three times in its life, the most recent in the late 1980's.  The mill itself is a vertical mill with two 16" flint/granite stones.  It was built by the Meadow's Milling Company in North Wilkesboro, North Carolina.  For the millers, milling is a past time and a passion.  The mill operator is Woody Malot, Physics instructor in Rabun Gap.  His family has been mill operators and builders since the 1750's.  Barker’s Creek Mill is proud to produce whole-wheat flour, buckwheat flour, corn meal and grits (both course and medium).  We try to buy locally produced nonhybrid corn and encourage the local farmers to keep the heirloom varieties going.  We will custom grind your small grain or grind ours for you.