Research: Sawmill Database

Alpha-Numeric Key:	SA-28
Corporate Name:	Booth Lumber Company
Local Name:
Owner Name:	Booth Lumber Company R. E. Booth doing business as Booth Lumber Company (possibly the old Fisher Lumber Company - Sturgis Lumber Company mill)
Location:	On twenty acres of E. Quick Grant, Abstract 35, one mile southeast of San Augustine
County:	San Augustine
Years in Operation:	1 year
Start Year:	1957
End Year:	1957
Decades:	1950-1959
Period of Operation:	1957
Town:	South of San Augustine
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
Power Source:	Steam 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:	Corliss sawmill and # 94 Berlin planer
Company Tram:
Associated Railroads:	Unknown
Historicial Development:	According to San Augustine county records, R. E. Booth as Booth Lumber Company sold for $10 to Hutchings Sealy National Bank of Galveston a sawmill and planing mill, located one mile southeast of San Augustine. Equipment included one GMC power unit, one HD Corliss sawmill, six circular saws, grinder, one Tower 5-saw edger, one U-2 International power unit, one electric motor, one 18-inch blower, one #94 Berlin planer, one UD-18 power unit, one cutoff saw, one Hall & Brown grinder, one 20-feet Cunningham double-end trimmer, and one lumber shed 24-feet by 100-feet.
Research Date:	JKG, 8-20-93 MCJ 02-19-96, LT 07-31-93
Prepared By:	L Turner, J. Gerland, M. Johnson