The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1878-04-30

is most eligible natural mill site, ana an oiti
mill has been run for many years. Kich ana
wide bottom-lands lie around it and its
neighborhood; springs are frequent anu the
timber fine; coal shales are disclosed III many
places; 1t Is distant from Van Buren, eight
cen miles northWard.
On Lees Creek, still northward from Van
Buren,. Is fine coal bed of the thickness OF
twenty-eight to thirtvtwo inches. Coal has
been tried by smith, and by them termed fine,
1t is easily quarried and in quantity. It is
known as the Wooten bank. This coal, like
all the coal in this field, improves III quality
aud thickness rs it Is penetrated.
Near Robert sutherland's on Lees Greek. 5.
II, T. II, i. 81, is 4 coal bed, which has been
worked; its thickness we do not know. The
bottom and uplaHds here are fertile. Grapes
abound on the hllsides as they do elsewhere
in Craw ford. The water i abundant and
good shales occur from this to Joseph lsfy-
ants on Lees Greek, at the foot OF Boston
Mountain. :. 20. T. II. X. 81 with occasional
outcrop of limestone. Great bluffs of sand
stone rise up and are full of iron, and yield
a good building rock. The timber Is excel
lent, white oak being among The prevalent
oaks and pine being absent. a short distance
from Bryants. from the Boston Mountain.
runs the Blackburn's Fork OF Lees Creek. rich
in coal banks. This is good, workable coal
exposed for thirty inches; has been used by
Smiths for years. and nto which have been
sunk fourteen pits. This coal like the great
body of the coal SO far nsed in this valley Is
semi bituminous. Coal has also, for years,
been quafried and transported from pits on
Cove Creek. a tributary of Lees Greek, in the
north west corner of Crawford; it has been
hauled by smiths forty miles This coal ia
very good. Its thickness Is about twenty seven
inches Boston Mountain is famous for its
very rich benches, Illslopes and table land,
the soil being enriched by the limestone and
81 "a = n,.,.l
with bottom growth OF timber such rs ash,
walnut, pawpaw, oak. rich underground. vine
and shrub. Its peculiarly adapted for grape.
tobacco. aud pastures, the numerous springs
aflording plenty of water In early times
cane (reeds) grew on their tops; 1t produces
extraordinarily of all the grains, corn and
grasses.
In the neighborheod of Shannon's Mill, S.
10 + 10, Il 30. on Cedar Creek which empties
into Frog Bayou. quartz fragments have been
discovered and lead also. The water is sufii-
eient for the supply of mills, and the low
lands rich. Coal sbales also display in this
tract Of the country. There is d saline spring
in 5. 32 7. II, K. 81, from which the brine
many years ago, was worked, and the yield |
Of salt good. Boring, without doubt, would
bring stronger brine and make its boiling |
profitable to the salt manufacturer, even in |
this close proximity to the eXhaustless saline |
waters. springs and deposits of the east Ghero- |
kee country. In sections - ana "a are Heard |
aud Pennywitt sulphur Springs, from which |
run health giving waters and which are ia
nous in their locality. The precipitates are
white, and were they improved by digging,
cleansing them out and walled they would |
probably equal springs in Virginia and Ken
lucky, and become resort for spring visitors.
There are other sulphur and ehalybeate
prings in this county. On Frog Bayou or
lear Creek, near Frazer's gin, the land is
fery fine, as Frog Bayou land all is.
The land is exceedingly fertile, the timber
most excellent. the range unequaled and the
water wholesome generally obtained for
louse use by digging, or in cisterns. and
abundance of stock water everywhere There
5 no better tract inviting the immigrant,
zone better for the occupation to be made by
he laborers on your road