JONES SAWMILL
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Lane County - 2 Mi. W of Cottage Grove
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September 3, 1892: "Mr. Albert Butts, an employee in the Jones sawmill two miles west of town, met with a very painful accident Monday that will no doubt discontinue his work in the mill for some time. He was in the act of turning a large log on the carriage with the cant hook when his hand caught between the hook and log, completing stripping the flesh from the bones of his fingers. The next day---Tuesday, another employee received a very painful wound by letting an axe glance and cutting off two toes from his left foot. The wounded men were brought to town and properly cared for, and at last accounts were getting along nicely." (Eugene City Guard)
March 9, 1895: "Mr. Johnson Taylor is repairing the flume for Mr. Jones' saw mill." (Cottage Grove Echo=Leader)
April 27, 1895: "J. I. Jones is sawing about 700 railroad ties a day, and they are being delivered at Latham as fast as sawed. We learn that he sold a nice bill of lumber at Roseburg last week." (Cottage Grove Echo=Leader)
April 27, 1895: "Seven two-horse teams have been hauling ties past the Echo-Leader office for several weeks, from J. L. Jones' saw mill to the railroad in Lemati. It is heavy work but brings in many dollars." (Cottage Grove Echo=Leader)
July 20, 1895: "Jas. Jones, visited the important towns of Southern Oregon last week, in the interest of J. I. Jones's saw mill west of Cottage Grove. We learn that he met with good success." (Cottage Grove Echo=Leader)
April 18, 1896: "When J. I. Jones finishes the flume from his sawmill to the railroad he will have a bonanza in the lumber business." (Cottage Grove Echo=Leader)
May 9, 1896: "J. I. Jones moved Wednesday from Cottage grove to Jones, a new town on the railroad about three miles north of this town. This is where the five mile lumber flume is to connect with the S. P. railroad. About two miles are to be built yet, before Mr. Jones can run lumber from his mill five miles in the mountains, to the railroad. In places the flume is built 83 feet above the ground---three feet higher than any shown by record in the United States. Mr. Jones expects to do an immense lumber business." (Cottage Grove Echo=Leader)