Alpha-Numeric Key: | JA-37 |
Corporate Name: | Bunker Hill logging camp of Miller-Vidor |
Local Name: | |
Owner Name: | Affiliated with Miller-Link Lumber Company |
Location: | Bunker Hill |
County: | Jasper |
Years in Operation: | 1 year |
Start Year: | 1909 |
End Year: | 1909 |
Decades: | 1900-1909 |
Period of Operation: | Early 1900s |
Town: | Bunker Hill |
Company Town: | 1 |
Peak Town Size: | About 150 |
Mill Pond: | |
Type of Mill: | Sawlogs and sawtimber
Sawmill |
Pine Sawmill |
Hardwood Sawmill |
Cypress Sawmill |
Planer |
Planer Only |
Shingle |
Paper |
Plywood |
Cotton |
Grist |
Unknown |
Other |
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Power Source: | Steam machinery, mules, oxen
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: | Log loaders and skidders |
Company Tram: | |
Associated Railroads: | Orange and Northwestern Railroad tram |
Historicial Development: | Logging camp transferred from Quigley to Bunker Hill, Jasper County, 30 miles north of Orange, in 1909. Company used steam-powered log loaders and skidders. Tram spurs jutted from both sides of the railroad into the logging fronts. The loggers and their families comprised about 150 people. |
Research Date: | MCJ 01-07-96 |
Prepared By: | M. Johnson |