| Alpha-Numeric Key: | SH-205 |
| Corporate Name: | Risinger & Dunaway |
| Local Name: | |
| Owner Name: | Z. D. Dunaway & D. L. Risinger. Blount & Smith Brothers tie mill. |
| Location: | Near Timpson, on the A. C. Thornburg survey, in western Shelby County |
| County: | Shelby |
| Years in Operation: | 5 years |
| Start Year: | 1908 |
| End Year: | 1912 |
| Decades: | 1900-1909 |
| Period of Operation: | 1908 to 1912 |
| Town: | near Timpson? |
| Company Town: | 2 |
| Peak Town Size: | 978 in 1905 |
| Mill Pond: |  |
| Type of Mill: | Hardwood lumber
 Sawmill |
 Pine Sawmill |
Hardwood Sawmill |
Cypress Sawmill |
| Planer |
Planer Only |
Shingle |
Paper |
| Plywood |
Cotton |
Grist |
Unknown |
| Other |
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| Power Source: | 9-inch by 12-inch Ames engine and an Ames boiler and an International gasoline 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: | Unknown |
| Produced: |
| Rough Lumber |
Planed Lumber |
Crossties |
Timbers |
| Lathe |
Ceiling |
Unknown |
Beading |
| Flooring |
Paper |
Plywood |
Particle Board |
| Treated |
Other |
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| Equipment: | A Reeves sawmill complete,10-ft by 44-inch DeLoach edger, one galvanized tank, four lumber buggies, one dust conveyor
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| Company Tram: | |
| Associated Railroads: | Unknown |
| Historicial Development: | Blount & Smith Brothers had a tie mill in western Shelby County after 1900. They mortgaged 2,700 oak ties to the Bank of Garrison for $500 in 1908.
By 1910, Dunaway and Risinger were operating the mill. Dunaway was operating another mill close by in the area a few years earlier. Wilson-Strube Lumber Company loaned them a $1,000 on the following equipment: a 9-inch by 12-inch Ames engine and an Ames boiler, a 10-ft by 44-inch DeLoach edger, 1 sawmill complete, one galvanized tank, four lumber buggies, and one dust conveyor. Wilson-Strube took a lien on the mill until the debt would be paid. Apparently Dunaway and Risinger were not able to make their mill operations financially sound, for on
In 1912, the J. R. Bogue Lumber Company mortgaged to Blount and Smith Brothers for $550 part of the equipment “known as the Risinger mill outfit”: one International gas engine, a Reeves sawmill and carriage,and two saw edgers. Bogue most likely moved the equipment to his mill located on the Laborn Jopling place.
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| Research Date: | MCJ 03-02-96 |
| Prepared By: | M Johnson |