H. B. Blanks Lumber Co.

36:gauge, 20-lb rail Headquarters: Vicksburg, MS Mill Location: Brunswick, MS (Warren County) Mill Capacity: 40,000 ft/day  Years of Operation: 1908-ca. 1913 Miles Operated: 5 miles in 1910 Locomotives Owned:	Other Equipment: Purchased Clyde Iron Works Ground Skidder #2139, shipped to Brunswick, Miss. 8-28-1912. Purchased Clyde Iron Works Stump Puller #2189, shipped to Erwin, Miss. 6-13-1917.	Click Map for Larger Version
History by Gil Hoffman: The Brunswick mill of H. B. Blanks was built in the summer of 1908 and was located on the Mississippi River. It had a cutting capacity of 40,000 feet per day and employed about 150 men. Timber holdings consisted of 6,000 acres of hardwoods. The Brunswick mill cut out in late 1912 or early 1913, after which the company moved its main business office to the First National Bank Building, in Vicksburg.  In addition to the mill at Brunswick, in 1912 the company had sawmills at Cary and Shiloh, MS. The sales office was at Cairo, IL.
ROSTER by Gil Hoffman:    Road No.   Type   Builder   C.N.   Date   Cyls.   Dri. Dia.   Engine Wt.   Previous Ownership   Disposition   ?   No Data                           Unknown. H. B. Blanks Lumber Co., by 1910.

36" gauge, 30-lb rail Headquarters: Vicksburg, MS Mill Location: Arcadia, MS (Issaquena County) Mill Capacity: 30,000 ft/day  Years of Operation: 1914-1919 Miles Operated: 3 miles in 1917 Locomotives Owned: 1 known	Other Equipment: Purchased Clyde Iron Works Ground Skidder #2139, shipped to Brunswick, Miss. 8-28-1912. Purchased Clyde Iron Works Stump Puller #2189, shipped to Erwin, Miss. 6-13-1917.	Click Map for Larger Version
History by Gil Hoffman: The sawmill at Arcadia was built about 1914 on the Mississippi River and had a cutting capacity of 30,000 feet per day. Apparently, the mill ceased operations about 1919.
ROSTER by Gil Hoffman:  #?             0-4-0T       Glover             8141             5-1902                               8x14                Purchased from Southern Iron & Equipment Co. #943, Atlanta, GA, on 5-14-1915. Cost $1,075. Built as Stratton Brick Co., Macon, GA; to Hancock & Hissu; to Southern Iron & Equipment Co. #632, Atlanta, GA; to Johnson, Porter & Peck, Winston-Salem, NC, on 10-25-1909; to Southern Iron & Equipment Co. #943. Sold to Birmingham Rail & Locomotive Co., Birmingham, AL; to Warner Iron Co., Cumberland Furnace, TN, on 6-10-1919.

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