The Van Buren press., 1878-08-27

Is a most eligible natural mill site, and an oll
mill has been run for many years. klch ana
wide .bottom-lands lie around it ana lls
nrighborhood; springs are frequent ana the
timber lne; coal shales are disclosed in many
places II is distant from Van Buren, eight
cen miles northward.
On Lees Creek, still northward from Van
| Bnfen. l. a nc coal bed. of tie thickness OF
twenty-eight to tlirty-two inches. Coal has
been tried by smiths and by them termed fine,
1t is easily quarried and in quantity, IT. Is
| known as the Wooten bank. This coal. like
all the coal in this field, improves in quality
and thickness as il is penetrated.
/ Near Robert Sutherand's on Lees Greek. ).
/ II. T. IL, Il, ~, Is n coal bed. which has been
wurkod its thickness we do not know. The
| bottom and uplands here are fertile. Grapes
abound on the hillsides rs they do elsewhere
i in Craw ford, The water Is abundant and
good shales occur from this to Joseph Bry-
ants on Lees Greek, at the foot OF Boston
Mountain. :. 20. T. II. X. 81, with occasional
Outcrop of limestone. Great hluits OF sand
stone rise mp. and are full of iron, and yield
Il good building rock. Tie timber IS excel
lent, white oak being among the prevalent
oaks and pine bcing absent. short distance
from Bryant's. from the Boston Mountain.
runs the Blackburn's Fork Of Lees Creek. rich
In coal banks. Thi. Is good, workable coal,
exposed 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 this valley, is
semi bituminous. Coal has also. tor years,
been quarried and transported from pits ON
Cove Creek, a tributary of Lees Greek, in the
northwest corner OF Crawford; it has been
hauled by smiths forty miles This coal l.
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
Gpt,f tT,,IE tInt,. 10 rnl
with bottom growth of timber, such as ash,
walnut, paw paw, OAK, rich underground, vine
and shrub. Its peculiarly adapted for grape
tobacco, and pastures. the numerous springs
atinrding plenty of water In carly times
cane trceds) grew on their tops; it produces
extraordinarily of all the grains, corn and
grasses.
In the neighborhcod of Shannen's Mill, s.
II, I 10, K 30, on Cedar Greek which empties
into Frog Bayou. quartz fragments have been
discovered and lead also The water is suil-
eient 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 ). y, T. II, Il. 32, 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-
htt touhtly' IA ecttioha o. ana ~ are iicalu
and Pennywitt sulphur Springs. from which
run health giving waters. and which are fa-
nous in their locality. The preeiptates are
white, and were they improved by digging,
cleansing them out and walled they would
probably equal springs in Virginia and Ken
taeky,anG become resort for pring visitors.
There are other sulphur and chalybcate
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 eisterns, and
abundance of stock water everywhere There
is no better tract inviting the immigrant,
none better for the occupation to be made by
the laborGrs on your road