The Van Buren press., 1878-07-30

isa most eligible natural mill site. and an Old
| mil has been run for many years. Rich and
| wide ,bottom-lands lie around 1t and It's
nelghborhood 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,. l. tlne coal bed. Of the thickness of
twcnty-eight to thirtY-tWo inches. Ceal has
been tried by smiths, and by them termed fine
1t is easily quarried and in quantity, It Is
known rs the Wootcn bank. This coal, like
all the coal in this field, improves in quality
and thickness as it is penetrated.
Near Robert Sutherlands on Lees Creek, ),
II, T. IL, Il. -, 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 hillsldes as they do elsewhere
in Crawford. The water is abundant and
good shales occur from this to Joseph Bry
ants on Lees Greek, ut the foot OF Boston
Mountain, $. 90, 4, II. Il. 81, with occasional
outerep of limestone. Great bluffs of sand
stone rise up. and are full of iron, and yield
good building rock, The timber is excel
lent, white oak being among the prevalent
oaks and pine being absent. a short distance
from BrYant's, from the Boston Mountain.
runs the Backburn's Fork of Lees Greek, rich
in coal banks. This is good, workable coal,
exposed for thirty inches; has been USED by
Smiths for years, and INFO which have been
sunk fourteen pits. This coal, like the great
body of the coal so far used in this valley, is
semi -bitamnous. Coal has also, Tor years,
been qnarricd and transported from pits on
Cove Creek, a tributary of Lees Creek, In the
northwest corner of Crawford; it has been
hauled by smiths forty miles. This coal is
very good It's thickness Is about twenty seven
inches Boston Mountain is famous for its
very rich benches, hillslopes and table land.
the soil being enriched by the limestone and
there frugenious earths therein; ii is covered
with bottom growth of timber, such as ash,
walnut, pawpaw, oak. rich undergrowth vine
and shrub. It's peculiarly adapted for grape,
tobacco, and pastures, the numerous springs
ailordng plenty of water. In carly 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, Il 30, on Cedar Creek which empties
into Frog Bayou quartz fragments have been
discovered, and lead also. The water is su
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. %, I. H. Il. 32, from which the btinei
many years ago, was worked, and the yieia
of salt good, Boring, without doubt, wS;tn.u.
bring stronger brine and make its boi,iH;s
profitable to the salt manufacturer, evef;,ann
this close proximity to the eXhaustless sa
waters. springs and deposits of the east HI
kec country In sections 81 and 81 are I1ial,
and Pennywitt Sulphur Springs, from WI f..
run health giving waters, and which are are
nous in their locality. The precipitates no.
white, and were they improved by diggufd
cleansing them out and walled they Wen
probably equal springs in Virginia and hrs
lucky, and become resort for spring visit tate
There are other sulphur and chalybt or
springs IN this county. On Frog. Bayou is
Clear Creek, near Frazier's gin, the liant
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
louse use by digging, or in cisterns. and
abundance Of stock water everywhere There
5 no better tract inviting the Immigrant
zone better for the occupation to be made by
he laborers on your road.