Alpha-Numeric Key: | RR-92 |
Corporate Name: | Stone & Wooten |
Local Name: | |
Owner Name: | R. G. Edwards Sawmill |
Location: | Precinct 5 |
County: | Red River |
Years in Operation: | 2 years |
Start Year: | 1879 |
End Year: | 1880 |
Decades: | 1870-1879,1880-1889 |
Period of Operation: | 1879 to 1880 |
Town: | Precinct 5 |
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: | 30-horsepower steam engine
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: | 650,000 feet during the reporting period of the Census |
Produced: |
Rough Lumber |
Planed Lumber |
Crossties |
Timbers |
Lathe |
Ceiling |
Unknown |
Beading |
Flooring |
Paper |
Plywood |
Particle Board |
Treated |
Other |
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Equipment: | Circular sawmill |
Company Tram: | |
Associated Railroads: | Unknown |
Historicial Development: | The Stone & Wooten sawmill in Precinct 6 during 1879 to 1880 was d a capital value of $4,000 in the 1880 Census. It employed fifteen men at peak production and eight workers normally, earning from $1.25 to $2.50 daily for ten-hour shifts in the winter and eleven-hour shifts in the summer. Stone & Wooten paid out a total of $2,500 in wages for ten months of operations. From $6,000 in supplies and sawlogs, the sawmill manufactured 600,000 feet of lumber valued at $10,500. |
Research Date: | MCJ 04-05-96 |
Prepared By: | M. Johnson |