The Van Buren press., 1879-01-14

t.u mastqlipihle natural mill site, and an old
mill has been run for many years hletl anu nv
wide boltohi-laHds lie around IL ana its
ncighbofhood springs are frequent anu lie
timber fine; coal sAales are ulscioseu IN 'hali.
places il Is distant from Van Bhreh eight
cen miles northwam.
On Lees Creek, still northward from Van
Huen. Is a fine coal bed. of The thickness oil
twenty eight To thirty-tWO inches. toai has
been II led by smiths and by them termed ilhe'
1t j. easily 4uarried and IN qnantlty. IL Is
known as the Wooten bank. This coal, like
all the coal in this field, improves III quaiity
and thickness as it is penetrated.
Near Robert Sutherand's on Lees Creek D
II, T. H. Il. -. i Il coal bed, which has been
worked: its thickness we do not know. Inc
bottom and uplands here are fertile. dfapea
abound on the hillsides as they DO elsewhere
in Crawford. The water is abundant anu
good shaIes occur from this to Joseph bfy-
ant. on Lees Greek, at the foot OF Boston
Mountain, s. 20, +, II. Il. 81, with occasional
outerop OF limestone. Great blulls OF sand
stone rise up. and are full of iron, and yield
good building rock. The timber Is excel
lent, white eak being among the prevalent
oaks and pine being absent short distance
from Bryants, from the Boston Mountain,
runs the Blaekbnrn's Fork Of Lees Creek, rich
in coal banks. This Is good workable coat
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 -bitumin0us. Coal has also, Tor years,
been quarfied and transported from pits on
Cove Greek, Il tributary of Lees Greek, III tile
northwest corner OF Crawford; 1t has been
hauled by smiths forty miles, llis coal Is
very good. its thickness is about twenty y-seyen
inches. Boston Mountain is famous for its
very rich benches, hillslopes and table land,
the soil being enriched by the limestone and
there irugenious earths therein; it is covered
with bottom growth OF timber, such as ash
walnut, paw paw. oak, rich nndergroWth, VINE
anG shrub, Its peculiarly adapted for grape
tobacco, and pastures, the numerous springs
atlording plenty of water. In early times
cane (reeds) grew on their tops; it produces
extraordinarily of all the grains, corn and
grasses.
In the neiglborheod of Shannon's Mill 5.
10 7 10 L 30. on Cedar Creek which emptieS
into Frog Bayou. quartz fragments have been
discovered. and lead also. The water Is suifi-
cicnt for the supply OF mills, and the low
lands rich. Coal shaPs also display in this
tract of the country. There is i saline spring
in $. -, I. II. X. 32, from which the brine
many years ago, was worked, and the yield
of salt good. Boring, without doubt. would
bring stronger brine aud make its boiling
profitable To the salt manufacturer. even in
this close proximity to the eNhaustless saline
waters. springs and deposits Of the east Ghero-
kee country. In sections 30 and 81 are Heard
and Pennywitt sulphur Springs, from which
run health giving waters. and which are ta-
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 chaly
springs IN this county. On Frog Bayou nr
Clear Greek, near Flazier's gin, the lana is
very fine. It's 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
abundance of stock water everywhere There
Is no better traet inviting the immigrant,
none better for the occupation to be made by
the laborers on your road