The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1878-11-26

lisa ,nosteligible natural mill site. and an old
mill has been run for many years. Rich ana
wide bottom lands lie around ii and It's
neighbofhood; springs are frequent ana the
timber fine; coal shales are disclosed in many
places; 1t Ii distant from Van Barren eight
cen miles northward. #l ..H-
On Lees Creek. still northward from Van
Buren,, Is fine coal bed. of the thickness OF
twenty eight to thirtytwo Inches Coal has
been t.ied by smiths. aud BY them termed fine,
1t is easily qnarrled and IN quantity. 1t 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 Sutherland on Lees Creek. ..
i Il I. II. r. 81 isa coal bed, which has been
worked: It's thickness we do not know The
| bottom and uplauds here are fertile. Grapes
| abound ON the i1illsdes as they do elsewhere
( in Crawford. The water is abundant and
good; shalps occur from this TO Joseph Bry-
ants on Lees Greek. at the foot Of Boston
| Mountain, $. 20, T, II, Il. 81, with occasional
| outcrop of limestone. Great bluffs OF sand
stone rise up. and are fun of iron, and yield
a good binding rock. The timber is excel
! lent, white oak being among the prevalent
oak, and pine being absent. short distance
from Bryant's. from the Boston Mountain,
| runs the Blackbufn's Fork of Lees Creek. rich
in coal banks This is good workable coal,
expoacd for thirty inches; has been used by
Smiths for years. and inro which have been
=
body of the coalso far used In this valley. is
semi- bitnminous. Coal has also tor years,
been quafried and transported from pits on
Cove Creek. tributary of Lees Creek. 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 by the limestone and
there frugenious earths therein it is covered
with bottom growth OF timber, such as ash,
walnut. paw paw. oak, rich underground, vine
anG shrub tits peculiarly adapted for grape.
tobacco. and pastures. the numerous springs
aiordng 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 Shannon's Mill, S.
10, r 10, II 30 on Cedar Creek which empties
into Frog Bayou. quartz fragments have been
discovered. and lead also The water is suili-
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 i. 81 T. IL. X. 81, 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 exhaustless saline
waters. springs and deposits of the east Chero-
kee country. In sections % and 81 are Heard
anu eHH1 itt sulphur SpIlHps, Ifom winch
run health giving waters and which are fa-
nous in their locality. The preciptates 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 spring visitors.
There are other sulphur and ehaly beate
springs in this county. On Frog Bayou or
Clear Creek near Frazer's gin, the land is
very fine AZ Frog Bayou land all is.
The land is exceedingly FERTILE the timber
most excellent. the range unegualed and the
water wholesome : generally obtained for
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 laborers on your road"