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[[Narrow Gauge Railroads of Oregon|Oregon]] / [[Narrow Gauge Railroads of Oregon#Logging|Logging]] / [[Leland Lumber Company]]

===History===

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<span class="paracap">T</span>'''he''' Leland Lumber Co. was incorporated in early 1920 by E. A. Murphy, C. C. Howard, and O. S. Blanchard.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=M0c1AQAAMAAJ&lpg=PA80-IA10&dq=leland%20oregon%20lumber%20company%201924&pg=PA80-IA10#v=onepage&q&f=false Incorporations - The Timberman, May, 1920.]</ref> During May of that year, company purchased 15,000,000 board feet of timberland near Leland, Josephine County. A steam powered mill was constructed, capable of 25,000 feet of lumber per day. Water for steam generation was diverted from Brimstone Creek to the new mill pond.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=M0c1AQAAMAAJ&dq=leland%20lumber%20josephine&pg=RA8-PA89#v=onepage&q=leland%20lumber%20josephine&f=false Jospehine County, Ore. - The Timberman, July, 1920.]</ref>

To serve the mill a mile and a half of 36” gauge railroad was constructed. In July 1921 the company was reportedly using a Fordson tractor converted to a, locomotive by the Bellingham Machine Works of Bellingham, WA. At this time the company was using 6 log cars, each capable of moving 4000 board feet of lumber. Two additional cars were added to the roster by 1924.

The mill closed indefinitely in 1926.<ref>John Taubeneck, e-mail message to author, May 28, 2017.</ref>

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