| Alpha-Numeric Key: | JA-24 |
| Corporate Name: | L.T. Parminter |
| Local Name: | |
| Owner Name: | L. T. Parminter |
| Location: | Leeton (Bon Ami) along the Santa Fe tracks |
| County: | Jasper |
| Years in Operation: | 1 year |
| Start Year: | 1904 |
| End Year: | 1904 |
| Decades: | 1900-1909 |
| Period of Operation: | 1904 |
| Town: | Leeton (Bon Ami) |
| 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 |
|
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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: 1904 |
| Capacity Comments: | 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: | Sawmill |
| Company Tram: | |
| Associated Railroads: | Gulf Colorado and Santa Fe |
| Historicial Development: | The Santa Fe System Circular No. 2090, March 1904, notes Parminter's mill at Leeton.
Webb's Handbook of Texas does not mention Parminter's mill or the Bleakwood Lumber Company's 30,000-foot mill of 1905 to 1907, but only that D. J. Lee and his Lee-Irvine Sawmill Company, founded in 1901 at Leeton, was sold to Bean Lumber Company in 1902, which continued to mill lumber until 1928. The publications documenting Parminter and Bleakwood Lumber do not list Lee-Irvine or Bean Lumber at Leeton/Bon Ami; the reverse is true.
Bon Ami was named in honor of a Southwest Louisiana town of the same name by R.J. Cooper, the postmaster of Leeton, in 1902. Leeton was Bon Ami's original name. |
| Research Date: | JKG 8-23-93, MCJ 01-07-96 |
| Prepared By: | J. Gerland, M Johnson |