| Alpha-Numeric Key: | JA-22 |
| Corporate Name: | Greer Lumber Company |
| Local Name: | Greer's Mill |
| Owner Name: | Greer Lumber Company |
| Location: | Near Roganville (Rogan), same ? as Ohio-Texas Santa Fe tracks |
| County: | Jasper |
| Years in Operation: | 4 years |
| Start Year: | 1912 |
| End Year: | 1915 |
| Decades: | 1910-1919 |
| Period of Operation: | 1912 to 1915 |
| Town: | Roganville (Greer's Mill) (Rogan) |
| Company Town: | 2 |
| Peak Town Size: | 300 in 1902; 1000 by 1910s |
| Mill Pond: |  |
| Type of Mill: | 75% of products were ties and timbers from pine and hardwood
 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: 1912 |
| Capacity Comments: | 30,000 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: | Sawmill |
| Company Tram: | |
| Associated Railroads: | Gulf Colorado and Santa Fe |
| Historicial Development: | Jasper County records reveal that the Greer Lumber Company was operating in 1912. That year it mortgaged to Jasper State Bank for four yoke of oxen, yokes and chins, and an 8-wheel wagon. Greer Mill, near Roganville, appeared in a 1915 directory of sawmills as having a daily cutting capacity of 30,000 feet. The mill cut pine and hardwoods, mostly into ties and timbers. The largest stock the mill could cut was 32-feet by 16-inches by 16-inches.
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| Research Date: | JKG 10-15-93, MCJ 12-08-95 |
| Prepared By: | J. Gerland, M Johnson |