Research: Sawmill Database

Alpha-Numeric Key: SA-167
Corporate Name: Rosepine (Rose Pine) Lumber Company
Local Name:
Owner Name: Rosepine (Rose Pine) Lumber Company. V. T. Emerson. R. L. Phelps.
Location: Unknown
County: San Augustine
Years in Operation: 3 years
Start Year: 1911
End Year: 1913
Decades: 1910-1919
Period of Operation: 1911 to 1913
Town: Unknown
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: 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: Unknown
Historicial Development: V. T. Emerson put together a sawmill plant from two different sawmill firms. V. T. Emerson mortgaged from Rose Pine Lumber Company for $750 a Brownell 44-inch by 14-foot boiler, a 10-inch by 12-inch Brownell steam engine, a Curtis sawmill, an Henderson engine, one Beaumont 6 1/2-inch shotgun steam feed, one 2-block carriage, one bull wheel and track, eight lumber dollies, a sawdust chain, and all lumber in the mill house and shed. Six days later V. T. Emerson mortgaged from R. L. Phelps for $300 a sawmill, a cutoff saw, a 50-inch by 16-foot Brownell boiler, a 10-inch by 12-inch Brownell steam engine, and a 6 1/2-inch shotgun steam feed thirty feet long, all in the sawmill Emerson bought from Phelps. The Rosepine Lumber Company had passed from Emerson's hands by 1912 when Rosepine Lumber Company by A. Murphy made in trust all machinery tools, belting, shafting, all lumber and standing timber to the First National Bank of San Augustine to secure a $6,000 debt to the bank.
Research Date: MCJ 02-19-96
Prepared By: M Johnson