Research: Sawmill Database

Alpha-Numeric Key:	UP-34
Corporate Name:	E. B. West
Local Name:
Owner Name:	E. B. West. T. C. Mitchell. T. C. Mitchell and C. E. McClelland.
Location:	Gilmer
County:	Upshur
Years in Operation:	1 year
Start Year:	1907
End Year:	1907
Decades:	1900-1909
Period of Operation:	1907
Town:	Gilmer
Company Town:	2
Peak Town Size:	1,758 in 1905
Mill Pond:
Type of Mill:	Rough and finished yellow pine lumber Sawmill Pine Sawmill Hardwood Sawmill Cypress Sawmill Planer Planer Only Shingle Paper Plywood Cotton Grist Unknown Other
Power Source:	11-inch by 14-inch Atlas 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:	Unknown
Produced:	Rough Lumber Planed Lumber Crossties Timbers Lathe Ceiling Unknown Beading Flooring Paper Plywood Particle Board Treated Other
Equipment:	Fisher and Davis sawmill, a 48-inch by 12-inch Atlas steam boiler, a Curtis edger, a #522 Franks planer, eight mules, two log wagons, and a Fisher & Davis pony surfacer
Company Tram:
Associated Railroads:	St. Louis Southwestern (Cotton Belt); Texas Southern
Historicial Development:	The Reference Book of the Lumbermen's Credit Association, January 1907 reported that E. B. West had a planing mill at Gilmer in 1907. The T. C. Mitchell sawmill at Gilmer was sold to E. B. West in September 1907 for $7,000, according to Upshur County records. Property included the sawmill plant, sawtimber contracts, and the land on ten acres leased from J. O. Reynolds, which in included a Fisher and Davis sawmill, an 11-inch by 14-inch Atlas steam engine, a 48-inch by 12-inch Atlas steam boiler, a Curtis edger, a #522 Franks planer, eight mules, two log wagons, and a Fisher & Davis pony surfacer. The site earlier belonged to T. C. Mitchell and C. E. McClelland.
Research Date:	MCJ 05-03-96
Prepared By:	M. Johnson