R. L. Mitchell Lumber Co.
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36" gauge, 25, 30 & 35-lb rail Headquarters: Mill Location: Louisville, MS (Winston County) Mill Capacity: 75,000 ft/day (3 mills combined) Years of Operation: 1921-1926 Miles Operated: Locomotives Owned: 2 known |
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History by Gil Hoffman: In
March 1921 the R. L. Mitchell Lumber Company bought the operation of the A.
C. Schryver Lumber Company, at Louisville, Winston County. The purchase
included a sawmill, planing mill, logging railroad and equipment, about
2,000,000 feet of lumber on the yard, and 4,000 acres of timber, lying about
five miles north of Louisville. The R. L. Mitchell Lumber Company was
composed of R. L. Mitchell, J. W. Mitchell, J. W. Chancey and L. H.
Stubblefield. R. L. Mitchell had been general manager of the Estes Lumber
Company, at Estes, Winston County, and L. H. Stubblefield was the former
general manager of the A. C. Schryver Lumber Company. In February 1926 the D. L. Fair Lumber Company, of Louisville, Winston County, took over active control of the R. L. Mitchell Lumber Company.
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Shay
2-7x12 26"
36" gauge
#? Lima 1540 12-1905 Kaufman Stave & Lumber Co. #1, Spot, TN (wood rail); to Louis C. Mathey, Spot, TN; to A. C. Schryver Lumber Co., Louisville, MS, in 3-1921; R. L. Mitchell Lbr. Co., Louisville, MS; For sale 7-1922. (GHH) 22-B Shay 8x8 26 ½" 36" gauge #1 Lima 2064 12-17-1907 Tallahatta Lbr. Co. #4, Chunky, Miss.; to Climax Saw Mill Co., Climax, AL by 11-1918; to A. C. Schryver Lumber Co., Louisville, MS; to R. L. Mitchell Lumber Co. #1, Louisville, MS, in 3-1921; to D. L. Fair Lbr. Co. #4, Louisville, MS in 2-1926, For sale 2-1929. (GHH)
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