| Alpha-Numeric Key: | NA-89 |
| Corporate Name: | Cal-Tex Lumber Company |
| Local Name: | |
| Owner Name: | Cal-Tex Lumber Company with Leon Ray, general manager. George Schmidbaur, company president, with mills in California and Texas. |
| Location: | Nacogdoches |
| County: | Nacogdoches |
| Years in Operation: | 17 years |
| Start Year: | 1980 |
| End Year: | 1996 |
| Decades: | 1980-1989,1990-1999 |
| Period of Operation: | 1980 to 1996 |
| Town: | Nacogdoches |
| Company Town: | 2 |
| Peak Town Size: | 32,000 |
| Mill Pond: |  |
| Type of Mill: | High grade dimension lumber, pallet lumber, bark mulch, wood chips, shavings, and boiler fuel
 Sawmill |
Pine Sawmill |
 Hardwood Sawmill |
Cypress Sawmill |
| Planer |
Planer Only |
Shingle |
Paper |
| Plywood |
Cotton |
Grist |
Unknown |
| Other |
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| Power Source: | Probably 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: | |
| Capacity Comments: | Unknown |
| Produced: |
| Rough Lumber |
Planed Lumber |
Crossties |
Timbers |
| Lathe |
Ceiling |
Unknown |
Beading |
| Flooring |
Paper |
Plywood |
Particle Board |
| Treated |
Other |
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| Equipment: | Three lattice gang saws |
| Company Tram: | |
| Associated Railroads: | Unknown |
| Historicial Development: | Cal-Tex Lumber Company opened a plant in Nacogdoches in the 1980s as a result of harvest interruptions in California, which the company believes is caused by extremist environmental groups. The latest technology permits, according to Bob Currie, “much higher conversion factors of logs to product, . .”. The mill is able to cut curved lumber because of the use of lattice gang saws that are to follow curves in a log. Currie also notes that the volume of sawdust is reduced with this kind of saw.
The company is working with Northcutt Woodworks in perfecting the drying and curing procedures that will make “Southern yellow pine stock a replacement for Western white pine” in trim and mold milling. |
| Research Date: | MCJ 02-10-96 |
| Prepared By: | M Johnson |