The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1878-03-05

is "A most eligible natural mi l-site, and AN old
mill has been run for many years. Rich ana
wide bottom-lands lie around 1t and It's
neighborhood; springs are frequent and the
timber fine; coal shales are disclosed In many
places; it Is distant from Van Buren, eight
cen miles northward.
On Lees Greek. still northward from Van
Buren,. is a fine coal bed. of the thickness of
twanty-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, Ike
all the coal in this field improves In quality
and thickness as it Is penetrated.
| Near Robert 5atherland's on Lees Creek, ).
II. L. II, II. 81, is % coal bed, which has been
worked; its thickness we do not know. The
bottom and npiands here are fertile. Grapes
abound on the hillsides as they do elsewhere
IN Crawford. The water is abundant and
good shlle5 occur from this to Joseph 3ry-
ants on Lees Greek, at the foot OF Boston
Mountain. s. 20, T. IL II. 81, with occasional
outerop c. limestone. Great bluffs of sand
stone rise up. and are full of iron, and yield
good building rock. The timber IL excel
lent, White OAK being among the prevalent
oaks and pine being absont. short distance
from Bryant'a from the Boston Mountain,
runs the Blaek5urn's Fork of Lees Greek. rich
in coal banks. This is a good, workable coal,
exposed for thirty inches; has been used by
Smiths for years, and into which have been
sunk fourteen pits. This coal like the great
body OF the coal so far used In this valley, is
SEMI bituminoGs. Coal ils also. tor years,
been quarried and transported from pits on
Cove Creek, u tributary OF Lees Greek, in the
northwest 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 b. the limestone and
there frugenious earths therein ii IS covered
with bottom growth OF timber such rs ash,
walnut pawpaw, oak. rich underground, vine
anG shrub, Its peculiarly adapted Tor grape
tobacco. and pastures. the numerous springs
atiording 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. |
10, I 10, II 80. on Cedar Creek which empties
into Frog Bayou quartz fragments have been !
discovered, and lead also. The water is suifi
cient for The supply Of mills, and the low
lands rich. Coal shales also display in this /
tract of the country. There is 4 saline spring
in S. 80, I. H. K. 81, from which the brine |
many years ago, WAS worked, and the held |
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 fhero-
kee country. In sections 80 and 81 are Heard |
and Pennywitt sulphur Springs. from which
runshealth 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 chalyb eate
springs in this county. On Frog Bayou or
Clear Greek, near Frazer's gin, the land is |
very fine rs Frog Bayou land all Is.
The land is exceedingly fertile, the timber !
mos. excellent. the range unequaled and the
water wholesome - generally obtained fer
house use by digging, or in cIsterns, and
abundance of stock water everywhere There |
is no better tract inviting the Immigrant, |
none better for the occupation to be made by |
the lab0re-s on your road"