The Van Buren press., 1879-02-01

isa most eligible natural mill site, and an olo
mill has been run for many years Ken anu
wide bottum-ands lie around 1t ana i's
meighborhood springs are frequent anu the
/ timber ilue; coal -hales are disclosed IN many
places: ii i distant from Van Buren eight
/ cen miles northWard.
| On Lees Creek still northward from Van
/ Buren,. is Il fine coal bed. of the thickness OF
/ twpnty-cieht 10 thirtvtwO inches. Coal has
! been Il led by smiths and by them termed fine,
/ It is easily quarfied and in quantity, IL 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 Sutherand'- on Lees Creeks.
/ L. T. II, K. D. is Il coal bed, which has been
worked; its thickness we do not know. HE
/ bottom and uplands here are fertile. Grapes
abound Oh the htilsides as they do elsewhere
in Craw ford. The water Is abundant and
good shaes occur from this to Joseph Bry-
ants on Lees Greek at the foot OF Boston
Mountain, ). 20, I. IL, X. 81, with occasional
outeFop OF limestone. Great bluffs Of sand
stone rise mp aud 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 \ short distance
from Bryant's. from the Boston Mountain.
runs the Black burns 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
sunk fourteen pits. This coal like the great
body of the coal so far used in this valley. Is
semi btuminous. Coal has also, Tor years
been quarred and transported from pits on
Cove creek. Il tributary of Lees Greek, 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, hllslopes and table land,
the soil being enriched by the limestone and
there frugenous earths therein; it is covered
with bottom growth OF timber, such AS ash,
walnut, paWpaw, oak, rich underground. vine
anG shrub. ltis peculiarly adapted for grape.
tobacco, and pastures the numerous springs
atlurding plenty of water. In early times
cane (reeds} grew on their tops; it produces
extraordinarily of all the grains, corn and
grasses.
In the neiglborhcod of Shannon's Mill s.
10. T 10, Il 30, on Cedar Creek which empties
into Frog Bayou. quartz fragments have been
discovered. and lead also The water is sut
cient for the supply of mills, and the low
h,i.,ss rich. Coal shales also display Iii this
tract of the country. There is 4 saline spring
in 5. b, 7. Il. 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 eNhaustless saline
waters. springs and deposits OF the east Chero-
kee country. In sections 32 and "a are Heard
and Pennywitt sulphur Springs. from which
run health giving waters. and which are fa-
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 or
Clear Creek. near Fraziers gin, the land is
very fine, as Frog Bayou land all is.
The land is exceedingly fertile, the timber
most excellent. the range uneqnaled 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