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Daniel Dumire, George Auvil, David Gloss and Rowlesburg 

 Lumber and Iron Company all operated shingle mills in the 

 white pine section on Cheat river. The greater part of the 

 white pine in this section was manufactured into shingles by 

 the 5 mills named. Joseph Davis operated a shook stave mill 

 at St. George, rafting the staves on the river to Rowlesburg 

 where they were marketed. During all the years of the first 

 and second periods large numbers of logs were rafted down the 

 Cheat river, some passing through from Randolph and others 

 taken from Tucker. These were disposed of at different points 

 on the river outside the county. Some were taken as far as 

 Point Marion, Pennsylvania, and sawed on the mill of Marcus 

 Hulings and later by Dewing and Sons. Others were manu- 

 factured into lumber by Geo. E. Hayes, Hinkle and Company, 

 and others at Rowlesburg. 



"When the West Virginia Central Railroad (now Western 

 Maryland Railroad) was extended into the county in 1885, it 

 opened the great timber areas in the eastern and central sec- 

 tions. Numerous small mills came in and large stationary mills, 

 some provided with circular saws and others with band saws, 

 were located at various points along the road. Among the first 

 of these were the mills at William and at Davis. The latter was 

 built in 1887 and has operated under the following names : The 

 Blaekwater Boom and Lumber Company, 1887-1893; The Black- 

 water Lumber Company, 1893-1905; Thompson Lumber Com- 

 pany, 1905-1907; The Babcock Lumber and Boom Company, 

 1907 to the present. Another large band mill has been running 

 at Hambleton since 1890; first, as The Hulings Lumber Com- 

 pany, later, as Welch Brothers Lumber Company, and still later, 

 as the Otter Creek Boom and Lumber Company. A new field 

 was opened up a few years ago by the building of the Dry Fork 

 Railroad and its branch to Laneville. Several large mills have 

 begun operations in this section of the county within the past 

 few years. 



