The Van Buren press., 1878-09-10

| i 8 h5.t eligible natural nili-sitei ana ah ela
mill has been run for many years, Rieh and
/ wide .hottom-lunds lie around II and It's
i neighhorhood; springs are frequent anu the
! timber fine; coal shales are disclosed IN many
! places. II Is distant from Van Buran eight
cen uiies northward.
! On Lees Creek still northward from Van
! Ruren. 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 quarricd aud in quantity, It 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 Sutherlands on Lees Greek. >.
-. r. Il, il, p, is coal bed, which has been
worked; Its thickness NC do not know. The
bottom and uplands here are fertile. Grapes
abound on the hillsides as they do elsewhere
in Crawford. The water is abundant and
good; shales occur from this to Joseph Bry-
ants on Lees Greek, mt the foot OF Boston
Mountain, s. 20, T.l2. X. 81, with occasional
oUtcrnp of limestone. Great bluffs OF sand
stone rise up. and are full of iron, and yield
n good huldiag rock. The timber is excel
lent white oak being among the prevalent
oaks and pine being absent. \ short distance
from Bryants. from the Boston Mountain.
runs the Blackbnin's Fork of Lees Greek, rich
in coal banks. This Is n good, workable coal,
Nposed for thirty inches; has been used by
Smiths for years and iufo which have been
sunk fourteen pits. This coal, like the great
body of the eoal so far used in this valley, is
semi-bituminous. Coal has also, for years
been qaarried and transported from pits OH
Cove Greek, n tributary of Lees Creek, in the
north west corner of Crawford; it has been
hauled by smiths forty mites. This coal is
very good, It's thickness isaboHt twenty
inches Boston Mountain is famous for its
very rich henehes hiilsloprs aud table land,
the soil being enriched bv the limestone aAQ
In IT b Ia
with bottom growth OF timber such rs ash
walnut, p1wpaw, oak. rich undergrewth, vino
auG shrub, Its peculiarly adapted for grape,
tobacco, and pastures, the numerous springs
allording plenty of water. In early times
cane {rGeds) grew on their tops; it produces
extraordinarily of all the grains, corn and
grasses.
In the ncigliborhcod of Shannon's Mill S.
10, II 10, X 80. on Cedar Creek which empties
into Frog Bayou. quartz fragments have been
discovered, and lead also. The water is sun-
Client for the supply of mills and the low
binds rich. Coal .hales also display in this
tract of the country. There is a saline spring
in 5. 3, /. II, X. -, 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 manufacturers even in
this close proximity to the eShaustless saline
waters, springs and deposits of the east Chefo-
kee country. In sections 81 and 81 are Heard
and Pennywtt sulphur Springs, l'om which
run health giving waters, and which are IA
nous in their locality. The preciptatcs are
white, and We're they improved by digging,
cleansing them out and walled they would
probably equal springs in Virginia and Ken
lucky, and become a resort for pring visitors.
There are other sulphur and chalybeate
springs in this county. On Frog Bayou or
Clear Greek, near trazier's gin, the land is
very fine, as Frog Bayou land all is.
The land is exceedingly fertile, the timber
most excellent. the range uHequaled and the
water wholesome - generally obtained for
house use by digging, or Ia 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 laborers on your road"