J. M. Countiss
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36" gauge, steel rail Headquarters: Mill Location: Barksdale, MS (Sunflower County) Mill Capacity: 0,000 ft/day Years of Operation: 1904? Miles Operated: Locomotives Owned: |
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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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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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