Pascagoula Lumber Co.

60" gauge pole road Headquarters:  Mill Location: Moss Point, MS (Jackson County) Mill Capacity: 100,000 ft/day Years of Operation: 1887-1897 Miles Operated: unk Locomotives Owned: unk	See also: Robinson Land & Lumber Co. Equipment:	Click Map for Larger Version
History by Gil Hoffman: On July 16, 1886, George W. Robinson purchased the sawmill plants and equipment formerly belonging to Emil DeSmet from H. C. Vaughan, Receiver. The price was $65,000 and included two sawmills, planing mill, logs on the boom and river equipment. To operate this property the Pascagoula Lumber Company was incorporated in 1887 with George W. Robinson as president. The DeSmet mills were transferred to the new company by Robinson on July 14, 1887. The sawmills were of the circular type with a combined cutting capacity of over 100,000 feet per day, of longleaf yellow pine. Logging of these mills was done on the Pascagoula and Dog rivers and their tributaries. Numerous logging contracts were awarded by the company to operators as far north as Hattiesburg for logs to be floated down the rivers to the boom. A tramroad was also in operation by 1888, according to the Northwestern Lumberman. On February 20, 1897, the sawmill plants and equipment were sold to the Robinson Land & Lumber Company by the First National Bank of Pensacola, Florida, for $30,000. This sale included 6,820 acres of timberland.
ROSTER : unknown... probably pole road locomotives

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