Alpha-Numeric Key: | UP-76 |
Corporate Name: | John A. Mathis |
Local Name: | |
Owner Name: | John A. Mathis. J. A. Graham, J. A. Mathis, and J. T. Baird |
Location: | Pinacle, near Gilmer |
County: | Upshur |
Years in Operation: | 1 year |
Start Year: | 1907 |
End Year: | 1907 |
Decades: | 1900-1909 |
Period of Operation: | 1907 |
Town: | Pinacle |
Company Town: | 2 |
Peak Town Size: | 1,758 in 1905 |
Mill Pond: | |
Type of Mill: | Rough yellow pine 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: | St. Louis Southwestern (Cotton Belt); Texas Southern |
Historicial Development: | The John A. Mathis sawmill was listed in the Reference Book of the Lumbermen's Credit Association, January 1907. J. A. Graham, J. T. Baird, and J. A. Mathis, the owners of a new sawmill located at Pinacle on the St Louis Southwestern, contracted in 1907 to sell the sawmill cut to Mathis. |
Research Date: | MCJ 05-03-96 |
Prepared By: | M. Johnson |