North Mississippi Lumber Co.
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Standard gauge Headquarters: Memphis, TN Mill Location: Corinth, MS (Alcorn County) Mill Capacity: 100,000 ft/day Years of Operation: 1908-1910 Miles Operated: 8 miles Locomotives Owned: 1 known |
Other Equipment: Purchased
Clyde Iron Works Decker Loader #1144 on 6-29-1908; sold to Central Lbr.
Co., Brookhaven, Miss.
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History by Gil Hoffman and Tony Howe: In
the fall of 1907 the North Mississippi Lumber Company built a sawmill with a
cutting capacity of 100,000 feet per day at Corinth, Alcorn County. The mill
was equipped with a resaw and included a planing mill, finishing mill and
dry kilns. The company was said to control about 200,000,000 feet of timber
near Corinth. On
September 5, 1910 the company filed voluntary bankruptcy in Federal Court at
Aberdeen, Miss. The
machinery in the mill was sold to the Pocahontas Lumber Company and removed.
In early 1914 the Hubert F. Young Lumber Company took a long term lease on
the North Mississippi company's plant at Corinth and installed new
machinery. The refurbished plant was intended to do a wholesale lumber and
milling-in-transit business. The
company's logging railroad was located in Tishomingo County, and logs were
delivered to the mill in Corinth over the Illinois Central RR.
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| ROSTER by Gil Hoffman: 1
2T Shay
Lima 2115
10-1908
29½
3-10x12
84000
Purchased new. Sold to Hall & Legan Lumber Co. #1, Morton, MS, in
1910; to Adams-Banks Lumber Co. #1, Morton, MS, on 2-18-22; to Copiah Gravel Co. #1,
Crystal Springs, MS, in 7-1929; to Gatesville Gravel Co. #1, Gatesville,
MS.
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For more information contact Tony Howe at tonyhowe76@yahoo.com or David S. Price at dsprice46@bellsouth.net