Bear Creek Mill Co.

Standard gauge, 45-lb rail Headquarters: Mobile, AL Mill Location: Leakesville, MS (Greene County) Mill Capacity: 50,000 ft/day in 1917 Years of Operation: 1908-1925 Miles Operated: 15 miles in 1917	Equipment:	Map of the company's logging railroads for Google Maps
History by Gil Hoffman: The Bear Creek Mill Company was incorporated at Leakesville, Greene County, on October 26, 1908, by William H. Louisell, J. T. McKeon and Willie T. Stone, all of Mobile, AL, with authorized capital stock of $30,000. At that time the company took over the sawmill of the Leakesville Lumber Company, at Leakesville. The two companies maintained separate identities with the Leakesville Lumber Company doing the logging for the Bear Creek Mill Company. The sawmill had a cutting capacity of 50,000 feet per day in 1917. The company went out of business in 1925.  Before incorporating at Leakesville in 1908, the Bear Creek Mill Company had operated a sawmill at Manistee, AL, under the same name.
ROSTER by Gil Hoffman:      Road No.   Type   Builder   C.N.   Date   Cyls.   Dri. Dia.   Engine Wt.   Previous Ownership   Disposition   2   36-2 Heisler   Heisler   1150   1909   13x12   36   72000   New.   Homewood Timber Co., Uriah, AL, on 2/7/1925. Brownlee Lumber Co. #2, Chickasaw, AL Changed to 36" gauge.   4   2-8-0   Vulcan   2292   5/1914   15x24   42   88000   New. Named Tom Shepard.   Homewood Timber Co., Uriah, AL, on 2/7/1925. Sipsey Valley Lumber Co. #202, Buhl, AL.

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