| Alpha-Numeric Key: | GR-4 |
| Corporate Name: | August May (?) |
| Local Name: | |
| Owner Name: | August May (?) |
| Location: | Plantersville Precinct |
| County: | Grimes |
| Years in Operation: | 2 years |
| Start Year: | 1879 |
| End Year: | 1880 |
| Decades: | 1870-1879,1880-1889 |
| Period of Operation: | 1879 to 1880 |
| Town: | Plantersville Precinct |
| 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 |
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| Power Source: | 35-horsepower steam engine
| Horse |
Mule |
Oxen |
Water |
| Water Overshot |
Water Turbine |
Diesel |
Unknown |
| Pit |
Steam |
Steam Circular |
Steam Band |
| Gas |
Electricity |
Other |
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| Maximum Capacity: | 7000: 1880 |
| Capacity Comments: | 500,000 feet produced 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 |
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| Equipment: | Sawmill |
| Company Tram: | |
| Associated Railroads: | International & Great Northern |
| Historicial Development: | August May (the spelling is uncertain because of the illegible nature of the handwriting), according to the Census of 1880, owned and operated a sawmill facility in the Plantersville Precinct of Grimes County from 1879 to 1880. The mill was d a capital value of $5,000 and powered by a steam boiler and engine, generating 35-horsepower. The mill force included eight men who earned between 75 cents and $1.00 per each eight-hour day they worked. The work force was paid a total of $750 in wages during the reporting period. The mill, operating for five months on a half-time basis, produced five hundred thousand board feet of lumber from $3,650 worth of raw materials and was valued at $6,000.
This mill conducted its own logging near the vicinity of the mill. |
| Research Date: | MCJ 03-04-96 |
| Prepared By: | M Johnson |