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 imestone 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. 
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9. Blossom of coal. 
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- (For this section, see Map XIV., No. 5.) 
