30 HUGHES : WATtDITA VALLEY COAL-FIELD. 



At Majri Barakars, appear at the edge of the alluvium. They are 



considerably disturbed near the base in places, and 

 Majri, seam 50' 8". 



many of the dips range as high as 22° and 40°. 



There are three well-defined faults. A boring was put down, about half 



a mile south-west of the village, but it proved nothing, as it was stopped 



at 86 feet 8 inches in green clay of the Kamthis, which,, with other beds 



of clay above it, gave much trouble. Another site was consequently 



selected by myself nearer to the Wardha river, and here coal was found 



at 75 feet from the surface. Thickness including partings 50' 8". 



Dip 12°. 



The seam could not be proved in the Kunara lands, for a trial bore 



situated to the N.-N.-E. of the village, after 



Kunara. No coal. 



passing through the Kamthis, entered sandstones 

 belonging to the horizon below the coal. 



On the other side of the Wardha at Agasi, the same result was ob- 

 tained. According to expectation, coal ought to 



Agasi. No coal. ' 



have been found; but it may just be possible 

 that sufficient allowance was not made for overlap ; and as long as such 

 a probability exists, the question of the coal having been denuded pre- 

 vious to the deposition of the Kamthis cannot be decided by the evi- 

 dence of these holes. One thing, however, is clear, and that is, that 

 Kunara is an unproductive portion of the field. 



Near Chargaon and Dhorwasa, the Barakars are seen in almost their 

 full strength. There is no exposure of coal, and there is scarcely any 

 room for it to come in between the Wardha and the boundary of the 

 Kamthis. The rocks dip in a westerly direction. 



The nodular sandstone which occurs immediately below the coal is 



exposed in the Wardha at the water-ghat of Tel- 

 Telwasa, seam 58' 10". 



wasa, and may be here studied by those who wish 



to become acquainted with its appearance. It is an excellent guide in 



the northern part of the field to the position of the coal. 



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