The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1878-12-03

is mo>teligibfe natural min site, and an old
mill has been ran for many YEARS. Rieh ana
! wide bottam-lapd> lie around 1t and It's
neiehborhood; springs are frequent ana the
timber 1ne; cQa shales are disclosed in many
pIaces; il Is distant from Van Buren, eight
cen miles northward.
| On Lees Creek. still northward from Van
Buren, Is n fine coal bed. of the thickness Of
twenty light to thirty-tWo inches. Coal has
been Il led by smiths and by them termed tine,
1t Is easily quarried aud In quantity, II Is
| known as the Wooten bank. This coal. like
| all the coal IN this field, improves III quality
and thickness n 1t is penetrated.
Near Robert Sutherlands on Lees Greek, ).
Il. +. II, r. 81, il Il coal bed, which has been
worked; its thickness We do not know. The
bottom and uplands here are fertile. Grapes
abound Oh the hilsidcs 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. :. 20. r. IL, Il. 81. with occasional
outcrop Of limestone. Great bluffs OF sand
stone rise mp. 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 Blaekburn's Foik Of Lees Greek, rich
in coal banks, This l. good able coal
eN posed 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 Thu, valley. is
semi-bituminous Coal has also, tor wears
been quaf'fied and trans ported from pits on
Cove Creek. tributary of Lees Creek. in the
northwest corner OF Crawford: II has been
hauled by smiths forty miles This coal Is
very good. it, thickness l. about twenty seven
inches Boston Mountain l. famous for its
very rich benches. hillslapes and table land.
the soil being enriched ht the limestone aud
+
with bottom growth of timber, such as ash,
walnut. paw paw oak. rich underground. Vine
and shrub, Ills peculiarly adapted for grape.
tobacco. and pastures. the numerous springs
aiiording plenty OF water In early times
cane trceds) grew on their tops; it produces
extraordinarily of all the grains, corn and
grasses.
In the neighborhcod of Shannons Mill. s
10, I 10, Il 30. on Cedar Creek which enpties
into Frog Bayou. quartz fragments have been
discovered and lead also The water is sutli-
ricnt for the supply of mills. and the low
lands rich. Conf -hales also display in this
tract oi the country. There Is 4 saline spring
IN =. 30 I II. K. b. from which the brine
many years ago was worked and the Weld
of salt coed. Boring, without doubt would
bring stronger brine aud make its boiling
profitable to the salt manufacturers even in
this close proximity to the eXhaustless saline
waters. springs and deposits Of the east Ghero-
k"p eluhElAt In SECTIONS 81 HFil "a are HEARD
and PennyNtt sulphur Springs. from which
rub Hfalth giving waters. and which are IA
nous In their locality. The preciptntes are
white. and were they improved hY digging,
cleansing them ont and walled they would
probably equal spIincs in Virginia aud Ken
lucky and become resort forsp ing visitors
There are other sulphur and ehaly beate
springs Ia this county. On Frog Bayon or
Clear Greek, near twzier's gin, the land is
very fine ~ 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 cstcrns. and
abundance of stock water everywhere There
Is ne better tract insi.ing the Immigrant
none better for the or upation to be made by
the laborers on your road