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Code:	217
Corporate Name:	Mauthe Mill No. 2 tram road
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Ownership:	Jacob Mauthe
Years of Operation:	1870s
Track Type:	Standard Gauge Wooden Rails
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Locations Served:	Gregg
Counties of Operation:	Gregg, Upshur, Rusk
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Track Information:	Tram Road Logging / Industrial Common Carrier Logging Camp
Equipment:	Ninety-six oxen, two two-horse wagons, five tram cars and sets of harness, and a log turner.
History:	During the 1870s, Jacob Mauthe operated two mills: one known as Mauthe Mill No. 2, at the International & Great Northern crossing of the north bank of the Sabine River and a second mill known as the Monkey Lake Mill, about eight miles west of Longview along the tracks on the Texas & Pacific. At least Mauthe Mill No. 2 had a tram road. It probably consisted of wooden tram poles and wooden logging cars. No mention is found of a steam locomotive. The wooden logging cars were probably pulled by mules or oxen along the tram tracks to the mill. A Gregg County record notes that the mill was located on the Armstrong tract of land on the north bank of the Sabine River, which was the crossing for the International & Great Northern. Equipment and animals at this site consisted of steam machinery, the sawmill, two lath machines, three planers, two resaws, a band saw, a spoke lathe, three sets of blacksmith tools, three mules.