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GODAVERI VALLEY. 
XX VIJ.—BANDAR.* 
This field is situated near the village of Chimur, thirty miles 
N.E. of Warora, in the Chanda district. The existence of coal 
measures under a small tract of Kamthi beds, 5 to 6 miles 
square, has been proved by boring. Three seams of coal have 
been ascertained to exist, and these have a maximum total thick- 
ness of 38 feet. The coal is similar in character to that of Warora. 
XXVIII.— WARDHA OR CHANDA, &e.t 
This coal field constitutes the northernmost extremity of an 
immense tract of Gondwana rocks, which extend for about 285 
miles from north-west to south-east in the valleys of the Wardah 
Pranhita, and Godavari basins. 
The groups of rocks exposed are as follows :— 
Upper Gondwana. 
Kota Maleri, : : ‘ : 5 UO) feet. 
Kamthi, ¢ : : : : . 2,500 to 3,000 ,, 
Barakar, : ¢ 3 é , 5 PAD) a 
Talchir, : ; : : . - 500 45 
Any attempt to give an idea of the distribution of coal measures 
throughout this area, without employing a mass of detail unsuited 
to this paper, would certainly fail. Ishall therefore confine myself 
to quoting Mr. Hughes’ estimate of the amounts of coal, in several 
of the particular tracts, where its existence has been proved by 
actual outcrops or by borings. 
Actual Quantity. Amount Available. 
Tons. Tons. 
Warora basin, : ; : 20,000,000 : : : 14,000,000 
Ghugus, : : 4 . 90,000,000 6 ‘ : 45,000,000 
Wun, : 4 ; . 2,100,000,000 c : - 1,500,000,000 
Between Wun and Papur, . - 105,000,000 : : 5 50,000,000 
Between Junara and Chicholi, . 150,000,000 : ‘ : 75,000,000 
Sasti and Paoni basins, é . 60,000,000 : < , 30,000,000 
2,525,000,000 1,714,000,000 
* Hughes, ‘‘Memoirs Geological Survey of India,” Vol. XIII., pp. 145-154. 
“Manual,” Vol. L., p. 226. 
+ Hughes, l. c. pp. 1-145. 
