| Alpha-Numeric Key: | NE-69 |
| Corporate Name: | Wiergate Lumber Company, Inc. |
| Local Name: | |
| Owner Name: | Wiergate Lumber Company, Inc. with C. S. Jones, president (1966); Jack Martindale (1970s); Charles W. Jones (1987). Wiergate Lumber Company, Inc. |
| Location: | Wiergate and Burkeville |
| County: | Newton |
| Years in Operation: | 31 years |
| Start Year: | 1966 |
| End Year: | 1996 |
| Decades: | 1960-1969,1970-1979,1980-1989,1990-1999 |
| Period of Operation: | 1966 to 1996 |
| Town: | Wiergate and Burkeville |
| Company Town: | 2 |
| Peak Town Size: | Unknown |
| Mill Pond: |  |
| Type of Mill: | From kiln-dried lumber in 1966 to dimension, flooring, studs, upper grades in 1975, to yellow pine lumber products in 1987
 Sawmill |
Pine Sawmill |
 Hardwood Sawmill |
Cypress Sawmill |
| Planer |
Planer Only |
Shingle |
Paper |
| Plywood |
Cotton |
Grist |
Unknown |
| Other |
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| Power Source: | Steam, electric
| Horse |
Mule |
Oxen |
Water |
| Water Overshot |
Water Turbine |
Diesel |
Unknown |
| Pit |
Steam |
Steam Circular |
Steam Band |
| Gas |
Electricity |
Other |
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| Maximum Capacity: | 60000: 1966 |
| Capacity Comments: | 60,000 feet daily |
| Produced: |
| Rough Lumber |
Planed Lumber |
Crossties |
Timbers |
| Lathe |
Ceiling |
Unknown |
Beading |
| Flooring |
Paper |
Plywood |
Particle Board |
| Treated |
Other |
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| Equipment: | Band, circular, barker, resaw, chipper. Added barker, drop-sorter, and head-rig by 1985. |
| Company Tram: | |
| Associated Railroads: | Missouri & Pacific |
| Historicial Development: | The Wiergate Lumber Company is a Jones family operation, beginning at Wiergate before 1966 with C. S. Jones as President. Charles W. Jones was president in 1987. The company employs between seventy and eight individuals. Equipment included lift trucks, dry kilns, scores of electric motors, compressors, and contracts lumber trucks. In 1973, the mill produced 1.4 million board feet working with loblolly, longleaf, shortleaf, and slash pine. Wiergate Lumber Company has been listed in forest-products journals and directories in the 1970s and 1980s. Texas Logger reported that the Greer Logging, Inc., firm had been logging for Wiergate Lumber Company for three generations. |
| Research Date: | MCJ 01-23-96 |
| Prepared By: | M. Johnson |