The Van Buren press., 1879-01-25

is a mosteliyible natural mill site, and an old
| mill has been run for many years. hicn anu
wide bottom-lands lie around 1t ana I've
ncighborhood; springs are frequent anu llie
timber fine; coal shales are disclosed IN man.
places; 1t is distant from Van Bnreh elSht-
cen miles northWard.
| ON Lees Greek. still nortbward from van
| Buren, is fine coal bed. of the thickness OF
twenty y-eight to thirty-two inches. ooai mas
been tiied by smiths, and by them termed llhe,
1t is easily quarried and in quantity, IL Is
known M the Wooten bank. This coal, like
all the coal in this field, improves III quality
and thickness as it Is penetrated.
Near Robert Sutherlands on Lees Creek ..
IL II. II, 4. 80, Is II coal bed, which has Deeh
worked its thickness we do not know. Inc
bottom and uplands here are fertile. hrape1
abound on the hillsides AS they DO elsewhere
, In Crawford. The water Is abundant ana
good shales occur from this to Joseph Bry-
ants on Lees Greek, Mt the foot OF Boston
Mountain 5. 90 Z. II. X. 81, with occasional
outcrop of limestone. Great blu1fs OF SAND
stone rise up. and are full of iron, and yield
good hniding 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 Blackburn's Fork of Lees Creek, rich
in coal banks. This Ia good, workable coat,
exposed for thirty inches; has been used Dy
Smiths for years, and iuto which nave Deeh
sunk fourteen pits. This coal, like the great
body of the coal so far used in this valley, Is
semi btumn0us Coal has also Tor years
been quarried and transported from pits on
Cove Greek. a tributary of Lees Greek, in the
north west corner OF Crawford; II 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
~. tIap.
with bottom growth of timber, such as ash,
walnut pawpaw. oak rich underground, vine
anG shrub. Its peculiarly adapted for grape.
tobacco, and pastures, the numerous springs
aflording plenty Of water. In early times
cane (reeds) grewspn their tops; it produces
extraordinarily of all the grains, corn and
grasses.
In the neglborhood of Shannon's Mill, S.
10, T 10, r 80, on Cedar Greek which empties
into Frog Bayou. quartz fragments have been
discovered. and lead also. The water is sulf-
cicnt 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 5. 32, 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 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 32 and "a are Heard
and Pennywitt sulphur Springs, from which
ruh 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 beate
springs in this county. On Frog Bayou or
Clear Greek, near Frazer's GIN the land is
very fine. 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 tract inviting the immigrant,
none better for the occupation to be made by
the laborers on your road