| Alpha-Numeric Key: | RU-8 |
| Corporate Name: | Jones & Fears Lumber Company |
| Local Name: | |
| Owner Name: | Harvey D. Jones and Harvey A. Fears |
| Location: | Brachfield at Highway 840 and Highway 1798 |
| County: | Rusk |
| Years in Operation: | 9 years |
| Start Year: | 1939 |
| End Year: | 1947 |
| Decades: | 1930-1939,1940-1949 |
| Period of Operation: | 1939 to at least 1947 |
| Town: | Brachfield |
| Company Town: | 2 |
| Peak Town Size: | Unknown |
| Mill Pond: |  |
| Type of Mill: | Rough and dressed lumber
 Sawmill |
 Pine Sawmill |
Hardwood Sawmill |
Cypress Sawmill |
| Planer |
Planer Only |
Shingle |
Paper |
| Plywood |
Cotton |
Grist |
Unknown |
| Other |
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| Power Source: | Unknown power source
| 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: | 15000: 1947 |
| Capacity Comments: | In 1947, 15,000 feet daily on the sawmill and 20,000 feet on the planing mill |
| Produced: |
| Rough Lumber |
Planed Lumber |
Crossties |
Timbers |
| Lathe |
Ceiling |
Unknown |
Beading |
| Flooring |
Paper |
Plywood |
Particle Board |
| Treated |
Other |
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| Equipment: | Sawmill and planing mill |
| Company Tram: | |
| Associated Railroads: | Unknown |
| Historicial Development: | Harvey D. Jones and Harvey A. Fears, according to The Jacksonville Journal in 1947, had been operating at Brachfield, in Rusk County, since 1939. Fire destroyed the plant completely in 1946 and had been rebuilt with a sawmill and a planing mill. H. D. Jones and H. A. Fears used two trucks and two contract trucks in their logging operations on 500,000 standing feet of timber.
A county history reported that the company was the last sawmill in Brachfield, located on the property of Douglas Bunn. The Clinton-Phillips firm operated a sawmill much earlier at the same site. |
| Research Date: | MCJ 02-12-96 |
| Prepared By: | M. Johnson |