The Van Buren press., 1878-09-24

L. most eligible natural mill site. and An old
mlil has been ran for many years. Hleh ana
wide tbattom-lands lie around 1t and It's
negihefhood; springs are frequent and the
timber fine; coal shales are disclosed in many
places; ii IS distant from Van Buren, eight
zen miles northward.
On Lees Greek, still northward from Van
Buren,. 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 quarrcd and in quantity. 1t IL
known Us the Woeten bank This coal, like
all the coal in this field, improves in quality
and thickness as 1t is penetrated.
Near Robert Sutherlands on Lees Greek, s,
II, T. II, T. 81, is a coal bed, Which has been
worked; its thickness we do not know. The
bottom and uplands here are fertile. Grapes
+ abound on the hillsdes as they do elsewhere
! in Craw ford. The water Is abundant and
l good shales occur from this to Joseph Dry-
ants on Lees Greek, at the foot OF Boston
| Mountain. >. 20, L, II. Il. 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, whita oak being among the prevalent
oaks and pine being absent short distance
from Bryant's, from the Boston Mountain,
runs the Blackbnrn's Fork of Lees Greek, rich
in coal banks This II good, workable coal,
exposed for thirty inches; has been used by
Smiths for years. and into which have been
body of the coal so far used in this valley, is
emi-bitnminous. Coal has also, for years
been quarriod aud transported from pits on
Cove Greek, a tributary of Lees Greek, in the
northwest corner of awlord; 1t has been
hauled by smiths forty miles This coal is
very good, its thickness is about twenty-seyen
inches Boston Mountain is famous for its
very rich benches, hllslopes and table land,
the soil being enriched by the limestone and
there ifagenious eafths therein; it is covered
with bottom growth OF timber, such AS ash,
walnut, pawEnw. oak. rich underground. vine
anG shrub, Nis peculiarly adapted for grape,
tobacco. and pastures the nnmeroHs springs
plenty of water. In early times |
cane (reeds) grew on their tops; it produces |
extraordinarily Of all the grains, corn and |
grasses.
In the neighborhcod of Shannons Mill, S. |
49, I 10, 30. on Cedar Creek which empties |
into Frog Bayou, quartz fragments have been I
discovered, and lead also. The water is suni- I
cient for the supply of mills, and the low
lands rich. Coal shales also display in this |
tract of the country. There is saline spring |
in 5. -, 7. H. K. 30, 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 manufacturer, even in |
this close proximity to the eXhaustess saline
waters, springs and deposits of the east Ghero-
kee country. In sections - and 81 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 a resort for spring visitors |
There are other sulphur and chalybeate
springs in this county On Frog Bayou or
Clear Greek, 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 cisterns. and
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"