The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1878-11-19

Is a mostelgible natural mill site, and an old
miilii been run for many years, Rich and
wide ,bottOm-ahds lie around it and It's
neighborhood; springs are frequent and the
timber fines coal shales are disclosed In many
places; it is distant from Van Buren, eight
cen miles uorthward.
On Lees Creek, still northward from Van
Buren,, ~ fine coal bed. of the thickness Of
| twenty eight to thirtY-two inches. Coai has
| been tiled by smiths and by them termed fine
1t is easily quarried and in quantity. 1t is
| known as the Naoten bank. This coal, like
all the coal in this field, improves in quality
and thickness as it is penetrated.
| Near Robert Suthefland's on Lees Creek 5.
! II, T. II, Il, 3 is a coal bed which has been
worked; its thickness we do not know. The
bottom and upllnds here are fertile. Grapes
abound on the hillsdes 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. 90, I, 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. \ short distance
from Bryant's from the Boston Mountain.
runs the Blackburn's Fork of Lees Creek. rich
In coal banks. This II 4 good, workable coal.
exposed for thirty inches; has been used by
Smiths for years, and into which have been
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body of the coal SO far used in this valley, is
mi-bituminous. Coal has also. for years
been quaFried and transported from pits on
Cove Creek, Il tributary of Lees Creek, Iii the
northwest corner Of Crawford; it has been
hauled by smiths forty miles This coal Is
very good, it, thickness is about 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 irugenious earths therein; it is covered
with bottom growth of timber, such rs ash
walnut, pawpaw, oak, rich underground, vine
and shrub. Its peculiarly adaptcd for grape.
tobacco. and pastures, the numerous springs
aifording plenty OF water. In early times
cane (reeds) grew on their tops; it produces
extraordinarily Of all the grains, corn and
grasses.
In the neighborhood of Shannon's Mill. s.
ID, 4 10, II 30. on Cedar Creek which empties
INTO Frog Bayou. quartz fragments have been
discovered, and lead also The water is suf-
Gent for the supply of mills, and the low
lands rich. Coal shales also display in thf. |
tract of the country. There Is 4 saline spring
in 5. 81 7 II. 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 manufactures. even in
this close proximity to the eXhaustless saline
waters springs and deposits o the east Ghpro- |
kee country. In sections - aud "a are Heard
and 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 Il resort for spring visitors
There are other sulphur and chalybeate
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 unequaled and the
water wholesome generally obtained for
house use by digging. or in cistcrns and
abundance OF stock water everywhere There
Is no better tract inviting the immigrants
none better for the occupation to be made by
the laborers on your road."