| Alpha-Numeric Key: | SB-87 |
| Corporate Name: | Sabine County Lumber Company |
| Local Name: | |
| Owner Name: | Tom Jeans, president of Sabine County Lumber Company (1919). |
| Location: | Three miles west of Hemphill; later moved to Geneva |
| County: | Sabine |
| Years in Operation: | 5 years |
| Start Year: | 1919 |
| End Year: | 1923 |
| Decades: | 1910-1919,1920-1929 |
| Period of Operation: | 1919 to 1923 |
| Town: | West of Hemphill; later Geneva |
| Company Town: | 1 |
| 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: | Steam
| 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: | 30000: 1920 |
| Capacity Comments: | 30,000 feet daily |
| Produced: |
| Rough Lumber |
Planed Lumber |
Crossties |
Timbers |
| Lathe |
Ceiling |
Unknown |
Beading |
| Flooring |
Paper |
Plywood |
Particle Board |
| Treated |
Other |
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| Equipment: | Sawmill |
| Company Tram: | |
| Associated Railroads: | Lufkin, Hemphill, and Gulf railway (the Knox Lumber Company tram road) |
| Historicial Development: | On March 25, 1919, Tom Jeans, president of Sabine County Lumber Company, bought two miles of track, beginning at Watson Junction, from Hiram Knox, president of Knox Lumber Company. Watson Junction was on the Knox company tram road, the Lufkin, Hemphill, and Gulf railway. Drayton Speights, of Hemphill, Texas, recalled that the steam sawmill had a planer, employed about fifty men in the mill and the woods. Logging was done by oxen. Six court judgments between 1921 and 1923 gives strong indication that the mill was eventually sold at a sheriff's auction to satisfy creditors.
E. D. Watson also had a financial interest in J. B. Christensen's Talltimber Lumber Company.
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| Research Date: | MCJ 02-13-96 |
| Prepared By: | M Johnson |