BELMONT COUNTY. 555 



feet higher, will correspond in vertical position to the very highly bitu- 

 minous slate found high in the hill near Lewis's Mill. 



So far as noticed, the soil in this township is excellent. There must 

 be limited areas over which the soil is made from decomposed shales and 

 sandstone containing little or no lime, and this soil, where long culti- 

 vated, and having lost its original organic matter, is thin and poor, ap- 

 pearing all the poorer by contrast with the rich limestone lands in the 

 neighborhood. 



SMITH TOWNSHIP. 



This township lies directly east of Goshen. McMahon Creek runs 

 along its northern border, and its tributaries drain the north half of the 

 township, while the southern portion is drained to the south by tribu- 

 taries of Captina Creek. No sections were taken in this township ex- 

 cept along the line of the railroad. 



At Lewis's Mill a section was taken from the top of the hill south of 

 the station to the bed of the stream, including the cut a little east of the 

 bridge. It is as follows : 



Ft. In. 



1. Summit of hill. 



2. Notexposed 10 



3. Yellowshale 10 



4. Limestone and shales, not seen in detail 35 



5. Highly bituminous laminated black slate 10 



6. Not exposed 10 



7. Buff limestone (not measured) perhaps 1 



8. Not exposed, except sandstone at bottom 22 



9. Blossom of coal. 



10. Not exposed 28 6 



11. Yellow shale • 8 



12. Sandstone and shale 15 



13. Reddish clay shale 2 6 



14. Slaty coal 1 



15. Coal 3 6 



16. Clay shale, thickness at west end of cut 13 



17. Sandrock, with more or less sandy shales 23 



18. Blue clay shale * ° 



19. Coal 1 10 



20. White clay parting ° * 



21. Coal ° 8 



22. Not exposed here ; elsewhere containing a stratum of limestone ..6 



23. Sandstone 4 ° 



24. Shale X ° 



25. Buffclay 3 ° 



26. Notexposed 10 ° 



27. Limestone, several layers in bed of stream 4 



(For this section, see Map XIV., No. 5.) 



