| Alpha-Numeric Key: | PK-72 |
| Corporate Name: | L. Mason |
| Local Name: | Seven Oaks Mill |
| Owner Name: | L. Mason. Charles N. Fisher and Daniel M. Fleming. Contract cutting for W. H. Norris in 1899. |
| Location: | Seven Oaks: depot and Southern Pacific tracks west of Highway 59 |
| County: | Polk |
| Years in Operation: | 25 years |
| Start Year: | 1875 |
| End Year: | 1899 |
| Decades: | 1870-1879,1880-1889,1890-1899,1900-1909 |
| Period of Operation: | 1870s to about 1899 |
| Town: | Seven Oaks |
| Company Town: | 2 |
| Peak Town Size: | Unknown |
| Mill Pond: |  |
| Type of Mill: | Longleaf and shortleaf yellow pine
 Sawmill |
Pine Sawmill |
 Hardwood Sawmill |
Cypress Sawmill |
| Planer |
Planer Only |
Shingle |
Paper |
| Plywood |
Cotton |
Grist |
Unknown |
| Other |
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| Power Source: | Steam
| 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: | 30000: 1893 |
| Capacity Comments: | 30000 feet daily in 1893 |
| Produced: |
| Rough Lumber |
Planed Lumber |
Crossties |
Timbers |
| Lathe |
Ceiling |
Unknown |
Beading |
| Flooring |
Paper |
Plywood |
Particle Board |
| Treated |
Other |
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| Equipment: | Sawmill |
| Company Tram: | |
| Associated Railroads: | Houston East & West Texas |
| Historicial Development: | Charles W. Fisher, Sr., built and operated a mill at Seven Oaks in Polk County sometime during the 1870s. It continued operations until he moved to Liberty County in the 1880s and opened the Liberty Lumber Company. The mill came under the control of L. Mason thereafter. A newspaper reported that the mill was cutting 30,000 feet daily in 1893. This mill was cutting and sawing lumber under contract to W. H. Norris Lumber Company, at Houston, in 1899.
Two photocopies of the abandoned L. Mason and Charles N. Fisher sawmill at Seven Oaks in 1902 and 1907 are included in the East Texas Sawmill Data Base Project files at the Texas Forestry Museum. |
| Research Date: | MCJ 02-27-96 |
| Prepared By: | M. Johnson |