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CONDITIONS BY COUNTIES. 



creek in 1895 and cut a large quantity of good timber from 

 the H. L. Robinson tract of 2,240 acres. Later the I\Iead and 

 Speer Company operated a circular mill on the same tract cut- 

 ting the largest remaining timber. The latter company ceased 

 its operations on this tract in 1902. The West Virginia Pulp 

 and Paper Company cut the pulp timber from an adjoining 

 tract of 2,250 acres^ beginning about the year 1898. 



The Braxton Coal and Lumber Company established a 

 band mill at G-illespie on Elk river in 1894 and operated it for 

 3 years. 



The Holly Lumber Company had a band mill at Palmer 

 from about 1895 to 1900. Most of the timber sawed by this 

 company was from Webster county. 



John Paulhamus and Son operated a band saw mill at Cen- 

 tralia and cut timber from a tract of 13,000 acres in Braxton 

 and Webster. Their operation continued from about 1900 to 

 1906. 



Smith Brothers were extensive operators of portable saw 

 mills on the Elk and Little Kanawha divide between 1903 and 

 1907. 



From 1894 to 1900 Henry Waggy with portable mills cut 

 timber on a 12,000 acre tract on the head of Birch river in 

 Braxton and Webster. His lumber was hauled on a tram road 

 to the Baltimore and Ohio railro'ad. 



J. H. Chapman and Peter Goble purchased 2,000 acres of 

 timber land on Grannys creek near Sutton about the year 1894. 

 and cut the timber from it with a circular mill located at Karl 

 siding. Their operation continued for about 3 years. 



The Interstate Cooperage Company has been operating 

 from 1 to 5 stave mills in the Braxton county part of their 

 large forest lands since 1906. The sawed stave industry in 

 Braxton began with the operations of this company. 



The Meed and Speer Company has been running a band 

 mill at Jennings on Strange creek since 1904. 



A score or more of portable saw mills are sawing irregu- 

 larly throughout the county at the present time. 



