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MOUND EXPLOKATIONS.' 

 INDEPENDENCE ("OITNTY. 



Tlie isuiface of tliis county is brokeu and billy, and is crossed tiom 

 tlie northwest to the soiftheast by White river. The Oil Trough bot- 

 tom in tiie southwest part, where the mounds mentioned are situated, 

 is a rich alluvial tract lying along the west side of White river. 



Fill. KW.—Eujjiavi-il shell (llmiicnii iicroersiiiii) Iviiiii niiiiiliil, Iiiililiciiili'Uct' i-mml\. Arkansas. 



The only works reported in this county are two mounds near Akron 

 and 9 miles uoi'thwest of Jacksouport. 



