Research: Sawmill Database

Alpha-Numeric Key: CK-256
Corporate Name: M & H Crates, Inc.
Local Name:
Owner Name: M & H Crates, Inc.
Location: Jacksonville
County: Cherokee
Years in Operation: 13 years
Start Year: 1984
End Year: 1996
Decades: 1980-1989,1990-1999
Period of Operation: 1984 to 1996
Town: Jacksonville
Company Town: 0
Peak Town Size: Unknown
Mill Pond:
Type of Mill: Lumber. Oak, pine. Lumber, pallets, crates, veneers, crossties
Sawmill Pine Sawmill Hardwood Sawmill Cypress Sawmill
Planer Planer Only Shingle Paper
Plywood Cotton Grist Unknown
Other
Power Source: Unknown
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: Sawmill.
Company Tram:
Associated Railroads: Unknown
Historicial Development: The company began in Dialville and moved to Jacksonville after buying Bruce Slover Lumber & Crate at Rusk in 1984. M & H was listed in the 1987 Forest Products Industries in Texas. Sixty employees during 1993 were manufacturing common and select boards, green dimension, and railroad ties.
Research Date: MCJ 01-29-96
Prepared By: M. Johnson