S. A. Jones & Son

36" gauge, wood rail Headquarters: Columbia Mill Location: Columbia, MS (Marion County) Mill Capacity: 15,000 ft/day  Years of Operation: 1902-1910 Miles Operated:  Locomotives Owned: 1?	Equipment:	Click Map for Larger Version
History by Gil Hoffman: On December 1, 1902, S. A. Jones leased a sawmill and 800 acres of pine timber from the Singley family. The timber was located about six miles northeast of Columbia, in the vicinity of Wolf Island and Graves creeks. The lease on the mill and timber was to run for eight years, until December 1, 1910. The price agreed on was $5 per acre plus $1 per thousand feet cut. The Jones sawmill had a cutting capacity of 15,000 feet per day. The lease on the mill and timber was renewed on October 2, 1905 for five years with the terms of the lease being slightly altered from the original.  A narrow gauge tramroad was built to log the mill in the latter part of 1904 and a 13-ton Shay purchased. Unfortunately, this engine was repossessed the following year. Whether another engine was purchased is not known.
ROSTER by Gil Hoffman:          Road No.   Type   Builder   C.N.   Date   Cyls.   Dri. Dia.   Engine Wt.   Previous Ownership   Disposition   ?   13-2 Shay   Lima   174   5/1887                      2-7x12   26   26000   Powell Lumber Co. # , Pocahontas, TN Built for wood rail. Frank Eastman, Tampa, AL, in 1888. Tampa Lumber Co., Tampa, AL, on 7/12/1889. Birmingham Rail & Locomotive Co. Oconee Milling Co., Ivey, GA, on 9/18/1899. Birmingham Rail & Locomotive Co. J. L. Cooley & Co., Mt. Olive, MS, on 1/10/1902. Mt. Olive Lumber Co., Mt. Olive, MS, on 12/10/1902. S. A. Jones & Son, on 10/10/1904. Cost $1,500.   Repossessed by Mt. Olive Lumber Co.. Bowie Lumber Co., on 2/14/1906. Changed to steel rail.

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