William Fleming Daniel and George W. Cavin built the mill on Dill Creek at Nivac [“Cavin” spelled backwards] to provide ties and timbers for the Texas and New Orleans railroad. It burned down in November 1909 and was abandoned thereafter. Daniel and Cavin accepted a Warranty Deed, dated March 27, 1910, from E. P. and Lou Ann Pirtle in the amount of $1,263 for land at and near Dill Creek.
The Daily Sentinel announced on March 8, 1904 that Industrial Enterprises constitute the sawmills of A. B. Martindale and J. W. Cariker, and G. W. Cavin, located respectively one and two miles from Cushing.
The saw mill of Daniel and Cavin at Cushing appeared in the January 1905 Reference Book of the Lumbermen's Credit Association. The LCA of 1907 reports only the mill at Cushing and nothing at Nivac. The LCA had the tendency to sometimes list mills by a geographical center as opposed to its community. The Southern Lumberman and Industrial Review listed the mill as cutting 20,000 feet of lumber daily in 1906.
In 1907, the mill operation was in Daniel's hands. The Texas and New Orleans gave Daniel a new spur lease, changing it to his name alone from that of Daniel & Cavin.
The Daniel Lumber Company planer was located at Cushing.
W. F. Daniel is enumerated at Residence 38, Precinct 7, at Cushing, in the Census of 1910.
In an oral interview with Melvin C. Johnson, Ms. Lois Daniel, daughter of William Fleming Daniel, stated that “my father's mill site was located on Dill Creek and Nivac Switch.” She stated that her father did not provide tenant housing for his workers.