Alpha-Numeric Key: | MO-203 |
Corporate Name: | Price and Collins |
Local Name: | |
Owner Name: | Price and Collins |
Location: | 19th Subdivision, 1870 Census, Danville post office |
County: | Montgomery |
Years in Operation: | 16 years |
Start Year: | 1869 |
End Year: | 1884 |
Decades: | 1860-1869,1870-1879,1880-1889 |
Period of Operation: | 1869 to 1884 |
Town: | Danville post office |
Company Town: | 2 |
Peak Town Size: | Unknown |
Mill Pond: | |
Type of Mill: | Lumber and cornmeal
Sawmill |
Pine Sawmill |
Hardwood Sawmill |
Cypress Sawmill |
Planer |
Planer Only |
Shingle |
Paper |
Plywood |
Cotton |
Grist |
Unknown |
Other |
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Power Source: | 1870: 60-horsepower and 24-horsepower steam engines
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: | 1,000,000 and 800,000 feet of lumber during the reporting period of the 1870 Census for two sawmills. |
Produced: |
Rough Lumber |
Planed Lumber |
Crossties |
Timbers |
Lathe |
Ceiling |
Unknown |
Beading |
Flooring |
Paper |
Plywood |
Particle Board |
Treated |
Other |
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Equipment: | Sawmill and grist mill |
Company Tram: | |
Associated Railroads: | None |
Historicial Development: | Price & Collins operated a 60-horsepower steam sawmill and grist mill in Montgomery County for eight months during the census year ending June 1, 1870, producing 1,000,000 feet of lumber (valued at $15,000). James M. Collins operated a 24-horsepower steam saw and grist mill in Montgomery County for six months during the census year ending June 1, 1870, producing 800,000 feet of lumber (valued at $12,000). He was listed in the 1880 Census's population schedule at Precinct 4, Residence 134. In 1884, he appeared in a railroad directory with a sawmill listed at Montgomery. |
Research Date: | JKG 9-22-93, MCJ 03-21-96 |
Prepared By: | J. Gerland, M. Johnson |