| Alpha-Numeric Key: | MA-58 |
| Corporate Name: | Ware & Driskell |
| Local Name: | |
| Owner Name: | Ware & Driskell |
| Location: | Office at Jefferson and mill at Sarber |
| County: | Marion |
| Years in Operation: | 30 years |
| Start Year: | 1928 |
| End Year: | 1957 |
| Decades: | 1920-1929,1930-1939,1940-1949,1950-1959 |
| Period of Operation: | 1928 to 1957 |
| Town: | Office at Jefferson and mill at Sarber |
| Company Town: | 1 |
| Peak Town Size: | ca. 400 in 1947 |
| Mill Pond: |  |
| Type of Mill: | Gum, oak, shortleaf yellow pine
 Sawmill |
Pine Sawmill |
Hardwood Sawmill |
 Cypress Sawmill |
| Planer |
Planer Only |
Shingle |
Paper |
| Plywood |
Cotton |
Grist |
Unknown |
| Other |
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| Power Source: | Steam
| 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: | 40000: 1928 |
| Capacity Comments: | 1928: 40,000 feet daily |
| Produced: |
| Rough Lumber |
Planed Lumber |
Crossties |
Timbers |
| Lathe |
Ceiling |
Unknown |
Beading |
| Flooring |
Paper |
Plywood |
Particle Board |
| Treated |
Other |
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| Equipment: | 1928: Circular sawmill, planing mill, edgers, trimmers, steam dry kilns |
| Company Tram: | |
| Associated Railroads: | 1928: Texas & Pacific and the Missouri, Kansas & Texas |
| Historicial Development: | The Ware & Driskell lumber mill was listed in various directories at Jefferson from 1928 to 1957. The mill itself was located some miles to the west of the town at Sarber. A sawmill community with commissary and tenant housing was provided for the workers. Webb describes Sarber, on mail route from Lasater in central part of county, as a sawmill site in the 1930s. Fred Tarpley's Jefferson: Riverport to the Old Southwest (1983) describes briefly the operation of the Ware & Driskell Lumber Company. Located at Sarber, nine miles west of Jefferson, in 1926, it filled a void after the the closing of the Boice & Clark Lumber Company's longtime operation at Jefferson. Driskell & Ware began as a shingle mill with two mules and grew to a medium-sized operation that lasted until the 1950s. It had a commissary, tenant housing, and a tram road, which ran six and one-half miles from Black Cypress Bayou to White Oak. In 1947 the company employed 150 to 200 men. |
| Research Date: | MCJ 05-04-96 |
| Prepared By: | M Johnson |