Research: Sawmill Database

Alpha-Numeric Key: PA-101
Corporate Name: M J Shiver
Local Name:
Owner Name: M J Shiver
Location: Beckville
County: Panola
Years in Operation: 1 year
Start Year: 1907
End Year: 1907
Decades: 1900-1909
Period of Operation: 1907
Town: Beckville
Company Town: 2
Peak Town Size: 606 in 1906
Mill Pond:
Type of Mill: Lumber
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: Texas & Gulf
Historicial Development: M J Shiver appears first in Beckville in the edition of the Reference Book of the Lumbermen's Credit Association, Chicago, January 1907 as a sawmill operation.
Research Date: MCJ 02-08-96
Prepared By: M. Johnson