Estes Lumber Co.
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Standard gauge, 25 & 30-lb rail Headquarters: Mill Location: Estes, MS (Winston County) Mill Capacity: 40,000 ft/day Years of Operation: 1915-1920 Miles Operated: 8 miles in 1920 Locomotives Owned: 2 known |
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History by Gil Hoffman: The
Estes Lumber Company was a partnership composed of Robert Lee Mitchell,
Floyd Herrington and W. S. Pettis, all of Ellisville, MS. The company
purchased the sawmill, logging railroad and timber holdings of W. W. Estes,
at Estes, Winston County, on February 24, 1915. The sawmill was of the
circular type with a cutting capacity of about 35,000 feet per day and
produced shortleaf and rosemary pine lumber and timbers. Estes was on the
Gulf, Mobile & Northern Railroad, four miles south of Louisville. R. L.
Mitchell was manager of operations and Floyd Herrington was in charge of
sales. On April 1, 1920 the entire holdings were sold to the Legan & McClure Lumber Company for $200,000.
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| ROSTER by Gil Hoffman: 17-2 Shay 7x12 26 Standard gauge (a) Lima 1998 7-1907 Built as Bellgrade Lumber Co. #999, Bellgrade, MS; to Birmingham Rail & Locomotive #1051, Birmingham, Ala.; to Estes Lbr. Co., Estes, Miss., on 3-10-15; Traded to Southern Iron & Equipment Co. #1034, Atlanta, GA, on 12-1-16 as part payment on #1; to Baxter Lbr. Co. #1, Wildsville, La., on 4-5-16, renumb. #9.(GHH) 28-2 Shay 8x10 27 ½ Standard gauge 1 Lima 2571 11-1912 orig-Colon Monroe #42 (or 49, GHH), Brooksville, FL; to E. J. Roux, Brooksville, FL; to Suwannee Pine Co., Trilby, FL; SI&E #1000; to Estes Lumber Co. #1 at Estes, MS lettered “E. L. Co. #1" on 12/1/15 for $4,200 = $1,100, their 18ton Shay allowed $1,000 in trade, and $2,100 in 14 months at 5%. (SI&E data card in DSP collection); to Legan & McClure Lbr. Co.#1, Estes, MS, on 4-1-20; to Lamiss Lbr. Co. , Estes, MS, on 4-6-31 (SI&E 1996 list; GHH)
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