J. M. Countiss
36" gauge, steel rail
Headquarters:
Mill Location: Barksdale, MS (Sunflower County)
Mill Capacity: 0,000 ft/day
Years of Operation: 1904?
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History
by Tony Howe:
In January 1904 J. M. Countiss advertised in the
American Lumberman to buy a small secondhand locomotive to haul logs on
36-inch gauge steel track. Barksdale was on the Yazoo & Mississippi Valley
Railroad several miles north of Drew.
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American
Lumberman, 1-16-04, p. 70.
WANTED - A SMALL SECOND HAND LOCOMOTIVE
Engine that will pull
5,000 ft. of logs on a 36-inch gauge steel rail track.
J. M. COUNTISS,
Barksdale, Miss.
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