PARKERSBURG MILL
Parkersburg
November 29, 1879: “It is rumored here that Mr. Parker has sold out his interest in the mill at Parkersburg, to Messrs. Hanscom and Cook, his partners.” (The Coast Mail)
December 27, 1879: “Ash Timber---The managers of the Parkersburg mill are about to get out a quantity of ash timber for the San Francisco market. They propose to pay $8 per thousand for the logs, delivered at the mill boom.” (The Coast Mail)
January 3, 1880: “The mill at Parkersburg will start again in about a week.” (The Coast Mail)
January 24, 1880: “Cedar for Portland.---It is understood that Parker's mill on the Coquille will cut a small cargo of cedar lumber soon for the Portland market, and that it will be shipped direct. The cedar now used there is obtained in the San Francisco market, and if it can be supplied direct from the Coquille, it will be mutually to the advantage of the producer and consumer.” (The Coast Mail)
January 24, 1880: “Charles Olive has taken the post of sawyer in Parker's mill on the Coquille.” (The Coast Mail)
February 14, 1880: “Albert Snede had the misfortune to cut off two of the fingers from his right hand in Parker & Co's mill on the 24th ult. He was edging, and carelessly put his hand on the saw. It was first supposed that he would lose his hand by amputation; but he will be enabled to retain it---thanks to the skill of Dr, Angell.” (The Coast Mail)
May 15, 1880: “Sailed from Coquille.---The schooner 'Champion' sailed from Coquille river last Thursday with a cargo of ash lumber from Parker's mill. On the day following, the 'Mose' crossed the bar with a cargo of cedar from Grube's mill.” (The Coast Mail)
January 3, 1884: “The Parkersburg mill is running regularly and cutting about 21,000 feet of lumber per day with one saw. It is probable that the pony saw has been started by this time and the capacity of the mill increased thereby.” (The Coast Mail)
January 31, 1884: “The Herald says Capt. Parker recently received instructions from San Francisco to cut only sufficient lumber at the Parkersburg mill to keep the schooner Parkersburg running. The reason assigned was the decline in the price of lumber. The Captain's reply was that he would have to cut more lumber than the Parkersburg could carry or cut none at all. What the final result will remains ti be seen.” (The Coast Mail)
February 14, 1884: “Capt. Parker was on the bay this week. His mill is running on three-quarter time. John Walstrom is still head sawyer, while Fred Webber runs the pony. The schooners Mose and Danielson are at Parkerburg, awaiting cargoes of lumber. Last week the schooner Truckee was loading at Hermann's mill at Coquille City.” (The Coast Mail)
April 10, 1884: “Parker's mill is shut down this week, undergoing improvements to increase its capacity and facilitate work at the ship yard below the mill. The mill will start up again next week.” (The Coast Mail)
November 27, 1884: “The saw-mill at Parkersburg has shut down indefinitely, the tug has been tied up and Capt. Tom Floyd has moved his family to Empire.” (The Coast Mail)
January 29, 1885: “Capt. Parker was on the bay last Sunday and left for home Monday. At that time it was his intention to start his mill Monday on a run of two or three million feet of lumber, most of which will be stored under the sheds at the mill and allowed to season until there is an improvement in the lumber trade, but it is probable that the schooner Parkersburg will be kept carrying lumber to San Francisco.” (The Coast Mail)
March 26, 1885: “The mill at Parkersburg is again shut down.” (The Coast Mail)
May 21, 1885: “Capt. Parker is on the bay. His mill is again running on full time. No schooners were in the Coquille at the time the captain left there, but the Truckee is due.” (The Coast Mail)
July 2, 1885: “The Herald says Robt. Frederick had the flesh of one of his arms badly lacerated by the planer at the Parkersburg mill last Monday.” (The Coast Mail)
July 30, 1885: “When the Parkersburg mill now runs it runs on full time, but it only runs half time---i.e., two weeks on and two weeks off. This the employes prefer to reduce time in any other way, as most of them are residents of the village and vicinity and can improve their time at their own premises when they are not at work at the mill.” (The Coast Mail)