I guess I'm too late, but the Busse Mentor
Mike was your Mentor
and according to google your family had a plant in Mentor, KY
from the google:
The Busse Brick Co., Covington, Ky. The Busse Brick Co., of Covington, Ky., has two plants, the main one being at Mentor, Ky., with a 30,000 daily brick capa— city, and the other yard being at Covington, Ky., opposite Cincinnati, with a 25,000 daily brick capacity. The total output of these two yards during the season of 1903 ...