BELMONT COUNTY. : 567 
preserves its average thickness. From Captina Creek a vast body of this 
valuable seam of coal could be mined to the north and north-west. 
WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP. 
This township lies west of York and south of Smith, and is drained | 
by Captina Creek and its tributaries. The valleys are somewhat nar- 
row, but the abundant limestones make the soil of valleys and hill-sides 
extremely rich and fertile. 
A careful section was taken at Armstrong’s Mills, as follows: 
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Bed of Captina Creek. (See Map XIV., No. 18.) 
