Alpha-Numeric Key: | CK-309 |
Corporate Name: | R. M. Salmon logging camp in Cherokee County |
Local Name: | |
Owner Name: | R. M. Salmon. Blount-Decker Lumber Company. |
Location: | Unknown |
County: | Cherokee |
Years in Operation: | 1 year |
Start Year: | 1912 |
End Year: | 1912 |
Decades: | 1910-1919 |
Period of Operation: | 1912 |
Town: | Unknown |
Company Town: | 2 |
Peak Town Size: | Unknown |
Mill Pond: | |
Type of Mill: | Sawlogs and sawtimber
Sawmill |
Pine Sawmill |
Hardwood Sawmill |
Cypress Sawmill |
Planer |
Planer Only |
Shingle |
Paper |
Plywood |
Cotton |
Grist |
Unknown |
Other |
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Power Source: | Unknown
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: | Unknown |
Produced: |
Rough Lumber |
Planed Lumber |
Crossties |
Timbers |
Lathe |
Ceiling |
Unknown |
Beading |
Flooring |
Paper |
Plywood |
Particle Board |
Treated |
Other |
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Equipment: | Logging equipment |
Company Tram: | |
Associated Railroads: | Unknown |
Historicial Development: | Salmon on March 25, 1912, mortgaged to Blount-Decker Lumber Company for $5,000 a logging outfit, consisting of twenty-one mules, thirty-two oxen, ten wagons, plus buildings and other logging equipment. He was probably logging for the lumber company. |
Research Date: | MCJ 01-30-96 |
Prepared By: | M. Johnson |