Resources of the North Cumberland Valley, Vol. 6: Comprising Parts of Whitley, Knox, Bell, Harlan, and Letcher Counties; Part IV (Classic Reprint) by John R Procter (Paperback / softback, 2016)
Excerpt from Resources of the North Cumberland Valley, Vol. 6: Comprising Parts of Whitley, Kx, Bell, Harlan, and Letcher Counties; Part IV I believe the name Black Mountains was given to designate the deep, rich soil with which these mountains are covered. The soils of this entire region surpass any coal-measure soils within my kwledge. Dr. David Dale Owen, Director of the first Geological Survey, says. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art techlogy to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.