The Van Buren press., 1878-06-25

| is most eligible natural mill site, and an ola
/ mill has been run for many years. Rlcl anu
| wide bottom-lands lie around 1t ana us
neighborhood; springs are frequent ana tue
timber fine; coal shales are disclosed In many
| places; it i, distant from van BIreh e'Eht-
ccn miles northward
On Lees Greek, still northward from Van
B,tren. is fine coal bed. of the thickness of
twcnty-eight to thirty two Inches. Coil has
been tried hv smiths. and by them termed fine
It Is easily quarred aud In quantity. 10 Is
known as the Wooten bank. This coal, like
all the coal in this field, improves III quality
and thickness as 1t is penetrated.
Near Robert Sutherlands on Lees Creek y.
u T. II. H. 81 is Il coal bed. which has been
worked; its thickness we do not know. The
bottom and uplands here are fertile. 6fapes
abound on the hllsides rs they do elsewhere
In Crawford. The water l. abundant ana
good slales occur from this to Joseph Try
ants on Lees Greek. at the foot OF Boston
Mountain. :. 20, r. H. K, 81, with occasional
outcrop of limestone. Great bluffs OF sand
stone rise up and are full of iron, ana yield
"A rood building rock. The timber Is excel
lent. white oak being among the prevalent
oaks and pine being absent. snort distance
from Brvant's. from the Boston Mountnln'
run, the Black burns Fork of Lees Greek. rich
in conl banks. This is a good, workable coal,
exposed for thirty inches; has been used by
smiths for years and tnro which have been
sunk fourteen pits. This coal. like the great
body of the coal so far used in this valley. Is
semi hitumnous. Coal has also. Tor years,
been quarried and transported from pits on
Cove Creek. n tributary of Lees Creek, in the
north west corner of Crawford; it has been
hauled by smiths forty miles, This coal is
very good. its thickness is about twenty-seVen
inches Boston Mountain is famous for its
very rich benches, hillslopes and table land.
the soil being enriched by the limestone and
there frugenions earths therein; II Is covered
with bottom growth OF timber such rs ash,
walnut paw paw. oak rich underground. vine
and shrub. Its peculiarly adapted for grape.
tobacco. and pastures the numerous springs
allording plenty of water. In early times
cane (reels) grew on their tops: 1t produces
extraordinarily of all the grains, corn and
grasses.
In the neigl,borhGod of Shannnn's Mill. $.
10. I. 10, II 80. on Cedar Creek Which emptes
into Frog Bayou. quartz fragments have been
discovered and lead also The water is snili-
eicnt for the supply of mills, and the low
lands rich. Coal shales also display In this
tract of the country. There Is i saline spring
in 5. 32, I. IL. Il. -, from which the brine
many years ago. was worked, and tile 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 eNhaustless saline
waters. springs and deposits of the east Ghero-
kce country. In sections - and "a are Heard
and Pennywitt sulphur Springs. from which
run health giving waters. and which arc fa-
nous in their locality. The precipitates are
white, and were they improved 10y digging,
cleansing them out and walled they would
probably equal springs in Virginia and Ken
tncky. and become a resort for spring visitors
There are other sulphur and chalybeate
springs in this county. On Frog Bayou or
Clear Creek, near Fraziers gin, the land is
very 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
house use by digging, or in cisterns. and
abundance of stoc, water everywhere There
Is no better tract inviting the immigrant,
none better for the occupation to be made by
the laborers on your road