CHANDA DISTRICT. 



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Thick coal was proved in the bend of the river a short distance above 

 the ghat, but the workable area is too small for any practical utility. 

 The section of the hole was — 



Barakar, 



Surface soil 

 Kamthi 



1. Brown clay 



2. Clay mixed with shale]... 



3. Black shale 



4. Coal seam... 



a. Coal ... 



b. Shale... 



c. Coal ... 



d. Shale... ... ,„ 



e. Coal ... 



5. Shale 



6. Shale mixed with sandstone 



7. White sandstone mixed with dark coaly shale 







Ft. In. 





... 



29 2 







32 5 







3 8 





,. 



11 





... 



1 11 





... 



58 10 



. 29' 



0" 





. V 



6" 





. 4' 



5" 





. 12' 



9" 





. ir 



2" 



4 9 



5 7 

 3 5 



As many as 42 samples of the coal brought up at different depths 

 from this hole* were assayed by Mr. Tween, and they gave an average 

 composition of — 



Carhon... 

 Volatile matter 

 Ash ... 



4394 

 33-15 



22-91 



lOO'OO 



Portions of the seam are much better, as, for instance, the lower 

 11 feet of (a) which average about — 



Carhon... 

 Volatile matter 

 Ash ... 



5000 

 3200 

 38-00 



100-00 



* Kecords, Geological Survey of India, 1870, Volume III, Part 2, page 49. 



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