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 The principal streams are Indian
Creek, Hardin Creek, Shoal Creek, Buffalo River, Bush Creek and Second
Creek. Mill
Creek is a tributary of Hardin
Creek, Butler Creek, Big, Middle and Little Cypress and Factor Fork are
all tributaries of Shoal Creek. Forty-Eight Creek, Moccasin, Rock House,
Mill Opossum, Chapel Creeks and Green River are all tributaries of Buffalo
River. Wayne has lands
particularly suited for farming and grazing and the remainder for
minerals. Of the 700 square miles of land in the county, about 200 square
miles of it is mineral lands of iron ore. This seems to lie in
inexhaustible beds of fine quality, the yield at the furnace being
forty-four per cent. For working this ore the Wayne Furnace was built
about 1835, and in 1868 the Gaylord Iron & Piper Company bought the
old Wayne Furnace and 21,000 acres of land for $40,000. They increased the
capacity of the furnace to twenty-four tons per day. The agricultural land
is found in the river
and creek bottoms, and covers about ninety square
miles of fine lands. These lands yield heavy crops of all the cereals,
cotton, peanuts, and other lands are suited for grazing. From the
extensive ranges, stock-raising can be carried on at little expense and at
immense profit. Wayne County affords an immense growth of valuable timber.
In the southern portion of the county are immense growths of yellow pine.
The ridges furnish oak, chestnut and poplar and the glades furnish cedar.
Large quantities of the chestnut oak bark is used in the various tanneries
in the county. Great quantities OT timber are used at the furnaces for wood and charcoal in smelting.
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