| Alpha-Numeric Key: | UP-22 |
| Corporate Name: | Cone and Watkins |
| Local Name: | |
| Owner Name: | Cone and Watkins |
| Location: | Rhonesboro, about twelve miles west of Gilmer, on the Texas Southern RR |
| County: | Upshur |
| Years in Operation: | 38 years |
| Start Year: | 1880 |
| End Year: | 1917 |
| Decades: | 1880-1889,1890-1899,1900-1909,1910-1919 |
| Period of Operation: | Early as the 1880s to about 1917 |
| Town: | Rhonesboro |
| 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: | Unknown
| 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: | Sawmill |
| Company Tram: | |
| Associated Railroads: | Texas Southern (became Marshall & East Texas in 1909) |
| Historicial Development: | Cone and Watkins were reported by The Gilmer Mirror to have a sawmill at or near Rhonesboro after the turn of the century. G. H. Baird noted in his work A Brief History of Upshur County that a Cone operated a sawmill near Grice (Hamils Chapel) near the Big Woods during the 1880s. The earlier mill was probably the precursor to the Cone and Watkins operation. |
| Research Date: | MCJ 05-03-96 |
| Prepared By: | M Johnson |