F. A. Shamburger & Son, Jas. Quinn, R. B. Kuteman, with Kuteman putting up $3,000, organized a sawmilling company in Cherokee County in 1901. Equipment included the sawmill, a 12-inch by 15-inch engine, a 48-inch by 26-foot boiler, a 48-inch by 22-foot boiler, a 14-inch by 20-inch steam engine, two 8-inch Fay planer matchers, a 14” Triumph planer matcher, a resaw, double 60 Buffalo fan, a saw frame and carriage, three head blocks, a 3-saw edger, a 4-saw edger, thirty-two oxen, four mules, six log wagons, one horse, and 265,000 feet of pine lumber.