Research: Sawmill Database

Alpha-Numeric Key: RR-92
Corporate Name: Stone & Wooten
Local Name:
Owner Name: R. G. Edwards Sawmill
Location: Precinct 5
County: Red River
Years in Operation: 2 years
Start Year: 1879
End Year: 1880
Decades: 1870-1879,1880-1889
Period of Operation: 1879 to 1880
Town: Precinct 5
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: 30-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: 650,000 feet 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: The Stone & Wooten sawmill in Precinct 6 during 1879 to 1880 was d a capital value of $4,000 in the 1880 Census. It employed fifteen men at peak production and eight workers normally, earning from $1.25 to $2.50 daily for ten-hour shifts in the winter and eleven-hour shifts in the summer. Stone & Wooten paid out a total of $2,500 in wages for ten months of operations. From $6,000 in supplies and sawlogs, the sawmill manufactured 600,000 feet of lumber valued at $10,500.
Research Date: MCJ 04-05-96
Prepared By: M. Johnson