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HUGHES : WAttDHA VALLEY COAL-FIELD. 



Ghugus coal. 



Compared with the class of coal from the Raniganj field that finds 

 its way into the market, and commands the largest sale, this is inferior, 

 no doubt, but it is of a serviceable standard. 



The Barakars south of Telwasa are faulted against Vindhyan shales. 



They do not appear again until they show in the lands of Ghugus, 

 and in the Wardha. Here one of. the earliest dis- 

 coveries of coal by Major Lucie-Smith was made, 

 and a pit was opened and sunk to a depth of 30 feet. A considerable 

 quantity of coal for experimental trials was raised from it, after which 

 the pit was abandoned, as it was within the limits of the ordinary flood 

 level of the Wardha. Another pit, 10 feet in diameter, was commenced 

 about 300 yards from the river, where the precaution had been taken to 

 previously prove the T3oal. The recorded section of the boring at this 

 pit is — 



1. Surface clay 



2. Red moorum ... 



3. Variegated sandstone 



4. White sandstone 



5. Yellow clay 



6. Dark-brown clay 



7. Black shale 



8. Coal seam 



a. Coal 



b. Dark sandy shale 



c. Coal 



d. Blue shale 



e. Coal 



f. Coal mixed with pyrites .. 



g. Coal ... ,, 

 h. Shale 



*. Coal(not all cut through) 





Ft. 



In. 





3 



O 





5 



O 





40 









8 









6 









10 









2 









47 



6 



3' 



0" 





3' 



0" 





3' 



0" 





5' 



6" 





12' 



0" 





4' 



0" 





5' 



0" 





0' 



6" 





11' 



0" 





Total 



121 6 



The pit was visited by Lord Mayo, and ceremoniously opened by 

 him in March 1870. In commemoration of the 

 circumstance, it was named the Mayo shaft. 

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Mayo pit. 



