| Alpha-Numeric Key: | HE-17 |
| Corporate Name: | James Coltharp |
| Local Name: | |
| Owner Name: | James Coltharp |
| Location: | About ten miles northwest of Tyler and near the Neches River |
| County: | Henderson |
| Years in Operation: | 10 years |
| Start Year: | 1859 |
| End Year: | 1868 |
| Decades: | 1850-1859,1860-1869 |
| Period of Operation: | 1859 to about 1868 |
| Town: | Northwest of Tyler |
| Company Town: | 2 |
| Peak Town Size: | Unknown |
| Mill Pond: |  |
| Type of Mill: | Lumber and cornmeal and flour
 Sawmill |
 Pine Sawmill |
Hardwood Sawmill |
Cypress Sawmill |
| Planer |
Planer Only |
Shingle |
Paper |
| Plywood |
Cotton |
Grist |
Unknown |
| Other |
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| Power Source: | Two steam engines: one 20-horsepower and one 40-horsepower
| 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: | 250,000 feet of lumber, 6000 cornmeal bushels, and 500 flour bushels during the reporting period of the Census |
| Produced: |
| Rough Lumber |
Planed Lumber |
Crossties |
Timbers |
| Lathe |
Ceiling |
Unknown |
Beading |
| Flooring |
Paper |
Plywood |
Particle Board |
| Treated |
Other |
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| Equipment: | Sawmill, grist mill, and wool-carding factory |
| Company Tram: | |
| Associated Railroads: | None |
| Historicial Development: | The James Coltharp multi-purpose set of four mills, according to the Census of 1860, manufactured lumber and ground meal and flour. The operation was valued at $12,000, with $8000 in lumber manufactures and $4000 in grist milling. In twelve months of operation, Coltharp paid five men at the sawmill a total of $550 and four men in the grist mills $450. Raw materials including $500 in sawlogs, 6000 bushels of corn, and 500 bushels of wheat. Lumber sawing produced 250,000 feet valued at $5,000. Milling produced 5000 bushels of cornmeal at a value of $5,000, and 500 bushels of wheat flour valued at $750.
Dr. Woldert, according to Dr. Woldert, who was raised in Tyler from the age of four in 1849, believed the mills were “abandoned soon” after the end of the Civil War. |
| Research Date: | MCJ 05-04-96 |
| Prepared By: | M. Johnson |