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D. J. Jones (HO-26)
| sawmill id: | 10764 |
| alpha-numeric key: | HO-26 |
| corporate name: | D. J. Jones |
| local name: | |
| owner affiliation: | D. J. Jones |
| location: | Crockett (Grapeland) |
| county: | Houston |
| years in operation: | 3 |
| start year: | 1905 |
| (qual) | * |
| end year: | 1907 |
| (qual) | * |
| decades: | 1900-1909 |
| period of operation: | 1905 to 1907 |
| town: | Crockett (Grapeland) |
| company town: | ? |
| peak town size: | 2,612 in 1905 |
| mill pond: | ? |
| type of mill: | Lumber |
| sawmill: | Yes |
| pine sawmill: | |
| hardwood sawmill: | |
| cypress sawmill: | |
| planer: | |
| planer only: | |
| shingle: | |
| paper: | |
| plywood: | |
| cotton: | |
| grist: | |
| unknown: | |
| other: | |
| power source: | Unknown |
| horse: | |
| mule: | |
| oxen: | |
| water: | |
| water overshot: | |
| water turbine: | |
| pit: | |
| steam: | |
| steam circular: | |
| steam band: | |
| gas: | |
| diesel: | |
| electric: | |
| other: | |
| unknown: | Yes |
| maximum capacity: | |
| (qual) | |
| capacity comments: | About 7,000 feet daily |
| rough lumber: | Yes |
| planed lumber: | |
| crossties: | |
| timbers: | |
| lathe: | |
| ceiling: | |
| unknown: | |
| beading: | |
| flooring: | |
| paper: | |
| plywood: | |
| particle board: | |
| treated: | |
| other: | |
| equipment: | Sawmill |
| company tram: | No |
| associated railroads: | International & Great Northern |
| historical development: | The D. J. Jones plant was producing 7,000 feet daily in 1906 at Grapeland. Jones is not listed at Grapeland in the 1907 Reference Book of the Lumbermen?s Credit Association, but rather at Crockett. |
| research date: | MCJ 02-20-96 |
| research by: | M. Johnson |
| historical interpretation: | |
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| interpretation date: | |
| bibliography: | ?Lumber Mills of Texas.? Southern Industrial and Lumber Review. September 6, 1906. 27-29. Reference Book of the Lumbermen?s Credit Association, January 1907. Chicago: Lumbermen?s Credit Association, 1907. 14. Reference Book of the Lumbermen?s Credit Association, January 1905. Chicago: Lumbermen?s Credit Association, 1905. |
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