Land is undulating and in some places quite hilly. Several sulphur springs, ores and much stone coal. Staple products are corn and oats. Mammoth Cave situated here. Eastern middle, bordered on both sides by the Kentucky river.
Land is broken and mountainous.
Iron ore and coal in great abundance. Red River Iron Works situated here. Irvine the only town. Lies in the middle portion of the state on the waters of the Kentucky and Elkhorn. 25 miles north south.