Eureka Lumber Co.
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Standard gauge, 35-lb rail Headquarters: Mill Location: Eastabuchie, MS (Jones County) Mill Capacity: 90,000 ft/day Years of Operation: 1901-1912 Miles Operated: 14 miles in 1910 Locomotives Owned: 6 known |
See also: Eastabuchie Lumber Co Equipment:
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History by Gil Hoffman: The Eureka Lumber Company was incorporated at Lux, Jones County, on August 23, 1901, by A. W. Stevens, of Chatawa; J. H. Stevens, Jr., of Chatawa, John Hough, of Magnolia, and W. R. Brumfield with authorized capital stock of $30,000. The original officers were: W. A. Stevens, president; J. H. Stevens, Jr., vice president, and John Hough, secretary and treasurer. On July 1, 1901 the incorporators purchased the timber holdings of the Rush Lumber Company (amounting to 1,040 acres) near Lux, barely into Jones County. This was followed on September 28, 1901, by purchase of the plant and timber holdings of the Eastabuchie Lumber Company, at Eastabuchie, Jones County, for $81,230. The Eastabuchie company's sawmill, which had burned several months before the purchase, was replaced by a double band and gang mill which began cutting about May 1902. In 1910 the cutting capacity of this mill was 90,000 feet per day. In the latter part of October 1912 the Eureka mill cut out. Shortly afterward the railroad and rolling stock were sold to A. Marx & Sons, of New Orleans, and in March 1913 the mill machinery was sold to the Komp Machine Works, of Hattiesburg.
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| ROSTER by Gil Hoffman: 1 0-4-2T Porter 1185 6-1890 9x14 28000 Purchased from Eastabuchie Lumber Co. #1, Eastabuchie, MS, on 9-28-01. Built as Eastabuchie Lumber Manufacturing Co. #1, Eastabuchie, MS; to Eastabuchie Lumber Co. #1, Eastabuchie, MS, on 6-30-94. Sold to J. J. Haney, Igo, MS, about 6-1902.
2 0-6-0T Porter 1585 3-1895 11x16 34000 Purchased from Eastabuchie Lumber Co. #2, Eastabuchie, MS, on 9-28-01. Sold to Batson-McGehee Co., Millard, MS, on 5-22-02.
3 2-6-2 Rogers 44 16x22 80000 Purchased from Smith & Kilby Co., Anniston, AL (dealer), on 6-19-02. Sold to A. Marx & Sons, New Orleans, LA (dealer), in late 1912.
4? Rod Baldwin 80000 Purchased secondhand. Sold to A. Marx & Sons, New Orleans, LA (dealer), in late 1912.
5 2T Heisler Heisler 1182 -1910 36 15x12 100000 Purchased new. Sold to Major-Sowers Saw Mill Co. #5, Epley, MS, transferred to Tallahala, MS, in 1922; to Leakesville Veneer & Lumber Co. #5, Leakesville, MS, about 1929. Scrapped 1949.
7 2T Shay Lima 2039 4-1908 28 3-8x12 64000 Purchased from W. C. Wood Lumber Co. #7, Collins, MS. Sold to A. Marx & Sons, New Orleans, LA (dealer), in late 1912; to Gammill Lumber Co. #7, Pelahatchie, MS; to Sherrill Hardwood Lumber Co. #7, Merryville, LA; to Kirby Lumber Co. #97, Merryville, LA, in 1-1926. Scrapped about 3-1929. |
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