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e. Barytes ... 



f. Coal 



g. White sandstone 

 k. Coal 



0' 



Ft. 

 2" 



In. 



1' 



10" 





2' 



0" 





3' 



0" 







... 15 









... 1 









... 12 









310 







2. White sandstone 

 3- Yellow sandy clay 

 4. White sandstone 



This coaly shale and coal evidently represent the thick seam of the 

 northern portion of the field, but it is difficult to understand how it has 

 deteriorated so in quality, and I am inclined to doubt the correctness of 

 the terms assigned. I had no opportunity of ever seeing the samples, 

 being on sick leave in England when this boring was carried out (Novem- 

 ber 1871). At the depth at which the seam was pierced, 245 feet from 

 the surface, it would be more in accord with expectation to find coal, and 

 not coaly shale."* 



Another strange feature is the occurrence of barytes with the coal, 

 and of black carbonaceous shalef in the Kamthis at 86' and again at 90' 

 from the top of the hole. The only other bore-holes in which this is 

 repeated is that of Mukta, already referred to, and Kawarsa. 



The total depth of the Wiin hole was 310 feet, and it was put down 

 in 48 days. This, considering the thickness of coal passed through in 

 which progress is always slow, is a feat well worthy of record, and I 

 question whether, with mere windlass power, ordinary cutters, and facility 

 for unscrewing only 2 lengths of rods at a time, it has ever been surpassed 



* Since writing the above I have had an opportunity of speaking to Mr. Smyth. He 

 tells me that the pump brought up very soft material quite black, that retained that color 

 when dried, and in which there were hard pieces of coal. This soft black material I consi- 

 der to have been coal, for shale invariably dries to a lighter tint than coal. The hard pieces 

 of coal alluded to as coming up in the pump are evidence that coaly shale is not the term 

 which ought to have been used. 



t See Bore-Hole Returns. 



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