| Alpha-Numeric Key: | HA-88 |
| Corporate Name: | Mauthe |
| Local Name: | |
| Owner Name: | William, Jacob, & Herman Mauthe. S. B. Cain, J. Elliott, and J. J. Deckard. S. B. Cain and J. Elliott. Barrette Gibbs. |
| Location: | One and a half miles west of Hallsville |
| County: | Harrison |
| Years in Operation: | 38 years |
| Start Year: | 1870 |
| End Year: | 1907 |
| Decades: | 1870-1879,1880-1889,1890-1899,1900-1909 |
| Period of Operation: | 1870 to 1907 |
| Town: | West of Hallsville |
| Company Town: | 1 |
| Peak Town Size: | Unknown |
| Mill Pond: |  |
| Type of Mill: | Pine Lumber
 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: | |
| Capacity Comments: | 1,500,000 in 1879 to 1880 Census reporting period. |
| Produced: |
| Rough Lumber |
Planed Lumber |
Crossties |
Timbers |
| Lathe |
Ceiling |
Unknown |
Beading |
| Flooring |
Paper |
Plywood |
Particle Board |
| Treated |
Other |
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| Equipment: | Circular and muley sawmill. By 1906, sawmill, planing mill, and a pony planer. |
| Company Tram: | |
| Associated Railroads: | Texas & Pacific, using Abney Switch |
| Historicial Development: | Kingsland & Ferguson sold a sawmill to Barrette Gibbs, who sold it to S. B. Cain and J. Elliott in 1870. The Cain & Elliott sawmill was listed in an 1880 Chicago lumberman directory at Hallsville. During the 1880 Census, the sawmill, d a capital value of $1,500, employed twenty workers at peak production and twelve men normally. In nine months, the mill produced 1,500,000 feet of lumber from $8,500 worth of supplies and sawlogs. The workers, for twelve hours daily in the summer and ten in the winter, were paid $1.25 to $2.50 and received a total wage of $3,500. Cain and Elliott soon took J. J. Deckard as a partner.
The mill was sold on December 16, 1880, to Jacob, Henry, and William Mauthe for $7,250. Equipment included the mill buildings, a 44-inch by 20-foot steam boiler, eighteen oxen, and six wagons. Timber was located about three-quarters of a mile from the sawmill. 1883 was a year of growth as the Mauthes took mortgages for supplies and a portable sawmill.
The Lumbermen's Credit Ratings for 1905 and 1907 show a William Mauthe at Marshall in 1905 and 1907. By 1906, William Mauthe's plant, according to county mortgage records, had a sawmill, planing mill, and pony planer. |
| Research Date: | MCJ 02-05-96 |
| Prepared By: | M. Johnson |