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strongly impregnated with medicinal properties, and the place 

 is beginning to attract the notice of the public. Arrangements 

 are being made to accommodate visiters. There are fine 

 springs in almost every section of the county. 



Forest Trees, Fruits. — The forests abound with valua- 

 able trees, such as the oak (various species), hickory, maple, 

 black walnut, sycamore, birch, locust, pine, &c. The fruit 

 trees are the peach, apple, plum, and pear. Nuts and berries 

 are abundant. 



Minerals. — Gold, lead, silver, zinc, hydraulic limestone, 

 fluor spar, and graphite. Organic remains are abundant. 



Face op the Country, Nature of the Soil. — A con- 

 siderable proportion of the county is mountainous. A view 

 of the country from one of the peaks of the Cohuttah moun- 

 tains, near Spring Place, is calculated to fill the mind with 

 wonder at the grandeur of nature's works. Here can be 

 seen Georgia, Alabama, and Tennessee, and at a distance a 

 continuous ledge of mountains. The lands of this county are 

 generally very fertile, producing all the comforts of life. The 

 lands on the rivers are very valuable, and command high 

 prices. 



The following analysis of the soil of the plantation of 

 Richard Peters, Esq., in the Oothkolaga valley, was made by 

 Dr. Antisell, Chemist to the American Agricultural Associa- 

 tion, and is applicable to much of the soil in Murray county, 

 as well as other portions of Cherokee Georgia. 



The constitution of 1,000 parts of the surface soil con- 

 sisted of 



Moisture, 195.7 



Vegetable matter, .... 73.9 



White silicious sand, .... 630.0 



Alumnia and protoxide of iron, . . 94.8 



Carbonate of lime, . . . . 1.2 



Magnesia, 0.3 



Saline substances, soluble in water, as 



chloride of sodium, . . . 2.1 



Gypsum, and lime with organic acid, . 2.0 



Potash and phosphoric acid, . . traces. 



1,000.0 



