The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1878-10-15

is "A most eligible natural min site, and an old
mil has been run Tor many years. l.ch and
vide .hntton-lands lie around 1t aud It's
: neighUolhood; springs are frequent and the
timber fine: eoal shiles are disclosed In many
places; Il Is distant from Van Buren, eight
een miles northward.
On Lees Greek, still northward from Van
Buren,. is fine coal bed. of the thickness OF
twenty eight to thirty-two inches Coal has
been tried by smiths. and by them termed fine,
1t is easily quarried and in quantity. 1t is
known as the Wooten bank. This coal like
all the coal in this field. improves in quality
and thickness as it is penetrated
Near Robert Sutherland's on Lees Greek. S.
Il, T. Il, II. -. is "a coal bed. which has been
worked its thickness we do not know. The
bottom and uplands here are fertile. Grapes
abound on the hilsdes as they do elsewhere
in Crawford The water is abundant and
good; shales occur from this to Joseph Bry-
ants on Lees Greek, at the foot OF Boston
Mountain. s. 20, I, II. X. 81, with occasional
outcrop of limestone. Great bluffs OF sand
stone rise up, and are full of iron, and yield
4 a good building rock. The timber Is excel
| lent, white oak being among the prevalent
oaks and pine being absent. A short distance
from Bryant's from the Boston Mountain.
! runs the Black burns Fork of Lees Creek, rich
in coal banks. This ia a good. workable coal,
exposed for thirty inches; has been used by
smiths for years, and info which have been
sunk fourteen pits. This coal like the great
body of the coal SO far used in this valley. Is
semi btaminous. Coal has also, tor years,
been quarried and trans ported from pits on
Cove Creek. Il tributary of Lees Creek IN the
northwest corner OF Crawford; It has been
hauled by smiths forty miles, This coal is
very good its thiCkne SIS Is bout twenty-seyen
inches Boston Mountain Is famous for its
very rich benches, hilslopes and table land.
the soil being enriched by the limestone and
there trugenious earths therein; it is covered
with bottom growth of timber such as ash,
walnut. pawpaw, oak, rich underground. vine
and shrub. tits peculiarly adapted for grape.
tobacco, and pastures, the numerous springs
ailording plenty OF water. In early times
caps refdsl grew on their iol..s Ia a"ed""os
extraordinarily OF all the grains, corn and
grasses.
In the neighborhcod of Shannon's Mill, S.
10, 1. 10, X 30, on Cedar Creek which empties
into Frog Bayou quartz fragments have been
discovered, and lead also. The water is sutii-
Gent for the supply of mills, and the low
lands rich. Coal shales also display in this
tract of the country. There is saline spring
in ). 81 I. H., Il. 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 Chero-
ket country. In sections ~ ana "a are Heard
and Pennywitt sulphur Springs. from which
run health giving waters, and which are fa-
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 a resort for spring visitors
There are other sulphur and chaly beate
springs in this county, On Frog Bayou or
Clear Creek, near Frazier's gin. the land is
very fine, as Frog Bayou land all is.
The land is exceedingly fertile, the timber
most excellent the range uneaualed and the
water wholesome = generally obtained for
house use by digging, or in eisterns. and
abundance of stock water everywhere There
is no better tract inviting the immigrant,
none better for the occupation to be made by
the laborers on your road