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The most northerly discovery of coal was made at Zagra, exactly 

 opposite to Aikona. A patch of Kamthis crops out in the bed of 

 the Wardha, and Mr. Smyth, who was in charge of the boring establish- 

 ment in the Berars, sank a hole here. Coal was struck at 50' 8* from the 



surface, and 7 feet proved. It was not all gone 

 Zagra coal. 



through, it being deemed that that thickness was 



enough to show that the top coal had been found. South of Zagra a 

 large area of trap occurs, in which it would have been impossible to make 

 any borings, had it not been that in a few places in the beds of rivers, the 

 trap had been cut down to the underlying strata — in most cases Kamthis. 

 There could be no doubt from stratigraphical evidence, that the coal ex- 

 tended under this covering of trap, but at what depth was quite conjec- 

 tural. 



The first boring was commenced near the border of the Mukta and 



Mukta boring stopped Zagra lands about half a mile from the hole in the 

 atlB? 1 . Sandstones ran. Wardha# A gmall patch of Kamthis, about 4 



yards square, afforded the opportunity of a fair beginning. The rocks 

 passed through were — 



KdmtM. 



Ft. In. 



1. Yellow sandstone ... ... ... 12 



2. Eed sandstone ... ... ... 10 



3. Coarse white sandstone ... ... ... 11 



4. Yellow sandstone ... ... ... 2 6 



5. Yellow clay ... ... ... ... 6 



6. Carbonaceous shale ... ... ... 6 



7. Yellow argillaceous sandstone ... ... 10 



8. Yellow ferruginous sandstone ... ... 2 



9. Yellow sandstone ... ... ... 10 



10. White sandstone .. ... ... ... 3 



11. Yellow argillaceous sandstone ... ... 9 



12. White sandstone ... ... ... ... 5 



"13. Yellow argillaceous sandstone ... ... 2 8 



14. Ironstone ... ... ... ... 4 



15. Whitish yellow sandstone ... ... ... 3 



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