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XXIV.—Mopant.* 
This field is one of high importance, in consequence of its position 
with reference to the railway. It is situated 95 miles (by rail) 
W.S.W. of Jabalpur, and 322 miles from Allahabad, or 83 miles 
nearer than the Karharbari field to the same place. 
The area in which coal has been proved to exist is small, though 
recently an important addition appears to have been made. The 
old area is much cut up by faults, and the largest seam has been 
destroyed by fire. The seams are :— 
1. Inferior coal, 3 ¢ : . 12 feet not worked. 
2. Good cooking coal, . : ; . 18-20 feet, on fire. 
3. Good a ‘ : A . 38 feet 4 inches) worked 
4. 10 feet good ,, : - c . 12 feet t together. 
These seams are and have been worked for many years by the 
Narbada Coal and Iron Company. In 1874, the out-turn ranged 
from 700 to 1,000 tons per month. It was sold to the railway 
company at about ten rupees, or at from three to four times the 
price of Ranigunj and Kaharbari coals. It could command this 
price in consequence of the cost of carriage respectively of 
Kaharbari and of English coal from Bombay. 
In 1878, the average cost of Kaharbari coal on the line between 
Jabalpur and Allahabad amounted to £1 2s. 4d. per ton. 
XX V.—Tawa.t 
The coal seams of the Tawa Valley are of no great promise ; 
they are of irregular thicknesses, and the coal is generally inferior. 
XXVI.—PEncuH.t 
There are many seams in this area, some of which are of con- 
siderable thickness, and the coal is often of fair quality. The 
position of the field, surrounded by hilly country, renders it im- 
probable that it will ever be of much commercial value. 
* Medlicott, ‘‘ Memoirs Geological Survey of India,” Vol. II., 1859; Vol. X., 1873. 
“‘ Records,” Vol. III., 1870; Vol. IV., 1871; Vol. V., 1872 Vol. VIII, 1875; Vol. 
XII., 1879. 
{+ “Manual,” Vol. I., p. 218. ne Lhe 
