| Alpha-Numeric Key: | CH-10 |
| Corporate Name: | Jake Higginbotham |
| Local Name: | |
| Owner Name: | Jake Higginbotham |
| Location: | Precinct 2 or 3, 1880 Census |
| County: | Chambers |
| Years in Operation: | 19 years |
| Start Year: | 1878 |
| End Year: | 1896 |
| Decades: | 1870-1879,1880-1889,1890-1899 |
| Period of Operation: | 1879 to 1896 |
| Town: | Unknown |
| Company Town: | 2 |
| Peak Town Size: | Unknown |
| Mill Pond: |  |
| Type of Mill: | Lumber
 Sawmill |
 Pine Sawmill |
Hardwood Sawmill |
Cypress Sawmill |
| Planer |
Planer Only |
Shingle |
Paper |
| Plywood |
Cotton |
Grist |
Unknown |
| Other |
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| Power Source: | 8-horsepower steam engine (1880)
| 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: | |
| Capacity Comments: | Unknown |
| Produced: |
| Rough Lumber |
Planed Lumber |
Crossties |
Timbers |
| Lathe |
Ceiling |
Unknown |
Beading |
| Flooring |
Paper |
Plywood |
Particle Board |
| Treated |
Other |
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| Equipment: | Circular sawmill |
| Company Tram: | |
| Associated Railroads: | None |
| Historicial Development: | The 8-horsepower steam sawmill of Jake Higginbotham ran 6.5 months during the census year ending May 31, 1880. During that time it employed five hands (two children under the age of sixteen) and operated on an eight hour day. Wages paid averaged from $1.00 to $2.50 per day, and the Higginbotham paid $400 in wages during the year. The mill did all its own logging. Higginbotham had $1000 invested in the mill. He logged in the vicinity of Turtle Bayou and shipped his product down the Bayou to Galveston Bay.
Higginbotham still operated the mill at Turtle Bayou in 1896, when in that year he dismantled and moved it to Wallisville or San Jacinto. |
| Research Date: | JKG 9-22-93, MCJ 04-02-96 |
| Prepared By: | J. Gerland, M Johnson |