Research: Sawmill Database

Alpha-Numeric Key:	LE-14
Corporate Name:	M. B. Smith
Local Name:
Owner Name:	M. B. Smith
Location:	Enumeration District 388
County:	Leon
Years in Operation:	2 years
Start Year:	1879
End Year:	1880
Decades:	1870-1879,1880-1889
Period of Operation:	1879 to 1880
Town:	Unknown
Company Town:	2
Peak Town Size:	Unknown
Mill Pond:
Type of Mill:	Lumber Sawmill Pine Sawmill Hardwood Sawmill Cypress Sawmill Planer Planer Only Shingle Paper Plywood Cotton Grist Unknown Other
Power Source:	15-horsepower steam engine Horse Mule Oxen Water Water Overshot Water Turbine Diesel Unknown Pit Steam Steam Circular Steam Band Gas Electricity Other
Maximum Capacity:
Capacity Comments:	600,000 feet of lumber during the reporting period of the Census
Produced:	Rough Lumber Planed Lumber Crossties Timbers Lathe Ceiling Unknown Beading Flooring Paper Plywood Particle Board Treated Other
Equipment:	Circular sawmill
Company Tram:
Associated Railroads:	Unknown
Historicial Development:	M. B. Smith operated a steam circular sawmill in Leon County in 1879 and 1880. The Manuscript Census of 1880, reporting for June 1, 1879 to May 31, 1880, detailed the business operations of the sawmill. The sawmill, d a capital value of $3,600, worked fifteen men at peak,and ten men and one child normally. The employees received daily wages of $.75 to $1.50 for eight hour days in the winters and ten-hour days in the winter. Smith paid a total wage of $1,200. From a total value of $4,000 of supplies and sawlogs, the sawmill manufactured 600,000 feet of lumber, worth a gross value of $6,600. The sawmill worked six of the twelve months of the reporting period.
Research Date:	MCJ 03-11-96
Prepared By:	M Johnson