There are quite a few line shacks and cabins out in central Nevada built on the same principle...only out of railroad ties, easy to heat, in many cases just a wood fired cook stove, short on windows though, either by design for heat retention or difficulty cutting ties. Nothing quite like a dirt saturated tie to ruin a sharp saw.
that stewing in creosote vapors probably killed off the crabs from the monthly visits to the bawdy houses in town too.
