The Van Buren press., 1879-01-07

Is most eligible natural mill site and an ole
mil has been run fer many years, Rieh ant
wide bottom-lands lie around 1t and IL
neighborhood; springs are frequent and th,
timber fne; coal shales are disclosed IN many
places; 1t is distant from Van Bnren eight
cen miles northward.
On Lees Greek, still northward from Van
Burcn, Is a fine coal bed of the thickness OF
twenty eight to thirtytwo inches Coal has
been tIied by smiths, and by them termed fine
1t is easily quarried and in quantity. 1t is
known as the Wooten bank. This coal like
all the coal in tlis field improves IN quality
aud thickness as it is penetrated.
! Near Robert Sutherland on Lees Greek, \.
II, I. II, Il. 81, is a coal bed, Which has been
worked its thickness we do not know. The
bottom and uplnnds here are fertile. Grapes
abound ON the hillsides us they do elsewhere
+ in traw ford. The water is abundant and
! good shales occur from this to Joseph Bry-
ants on Lees Greek, at the toet of Boston
| Mountain, ). 20, L, II. X. 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, white oak being among the prevalent
oaks and pine being absent. A short distance
from Bfyant's. from the Boston Mountain
runs the Blackburn's Fork of Lees Greek, rich
in coal banks. This is a good, workable coal
exposed for thirty inches; has been used BY
smiths for years and into which have been
suih IOHllttll pllS. IlIlS coal line lue great
body of the coal so far used In this valley, is
semi bituminous, Coal has also, for years,
been quarred and transported from pits on
Cove Greek, tributary of Lees Creek, in the
north-w west 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 aud
there frngenious eartls therein; 1t is covered
with bottom growth OF timber, such as ash,
walnut, pawpaw oak rich underground, vine
and shrub. ltis' peculiarly adapted for grape.
tobacco, and pastures. the numerous springs
atfording plenty of water. In early times
cane (recds) grew on their tops; it produces
extraordinarily of all the grains, corn and
grasses.
In the neiglborhGod of Shannon's Mill, S. !
10 I 10, X 30 on Cedar Greek which emptes
into Frog Bayou, quartz fragments have been
discovered, and lead also. The water is sutli |
cient for the supply OF mills and the low
lands rich. Coal slale~ also display in this |
tract of the country. There is a saline spring
in 5. 32 7. II, K. 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 eXhaustlcss saline
waters, springs and deposits of the east Ghero-
kee country. In sections - and 81 are Heard |
and Pennywtt Sulphur Springs, from which .
run health giving waters, and which are ta
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
tneky, and become resort for spring visitors.
There are other sui Jhur and chalybeate
springs in this county. On Frog Bayou or
Clear Creek, near FrHzier's gin, the land is !
very fine, as Frog Bayou land all is,
The land is exceedingly fertile, the timber
most excellent. the range unequaed and the
water wholesome - generally obtained for
house use by digging, or in cstcrns, 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