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11. Brown sandstone 



12. Yellow sandstone 



13. Shale 



14. Light brown clay 



15. Brown clay 



16. Soft brown sandstone 



17. Yellow sandstone 



18. Soft brown sandstone 



19. Variegated sandstone 



20. Shale 



21. Coal seam 



Coal 



Shale 



Coal with shale 



Shale mixed with coal 



Coal 



Shale 



White sandstone 



Shale 



White sandstone 



Coal with shale 



Coal 



Coal mixed with shale 



22. White sandstone 



Bardhar. 







Ft. 



In. 



... 



... 



29 







... 



... 



5 







... 



... 



2 







... 



... 







8 





... 



1 









... 



3 







... 



... 



10 







... 



... 



3 







... 



... 



20 















6 



... 



... 



48 







4' 



0" 







2' 



OP 







3' 



6" 







2' 



0'' 







... 15' 



6" 







V 



0" 







2' 



0" 







1' 



6" 







2' 



6" 







0' 



6" 







«. 11' 



0" 







3' 



0" 



11 





... 



i 







Total 



J32 



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The coal in this hole was struck at 172 ' 8*. 



Drifts are at present being- driven in the 15 feet coal, about 6 feet 

 high, leaving 6 to 7 feet of coal above, and 3 to 4 feet on the floor. The 

 coal has been variously tested, and found capable of good work, when 

 freshly raised. It has a tendency to split, and if 

 exposed to the rains, crumbles. There is a con- 

 siderable quantity of iron-pyrites scattered through the seam in nodules 

 and strings, and the amount of sulphur determined by analysis was large. 

 A good deal of water is held by the coal, but this will diminish to 



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Character of coal. 



