50 HUGHES: WARDHA VALLEY COAL-FIELD. 



South of Borgaon the thick seam was proved near Junara. Sixty- 

 two feet o£ coal and shale were passed through, 

 «9?n?wv ? eam ° ver and tne bottom of the seam not reached. As the 



04 in thickness. 



coal here was evidently the continuation of that 

 discovered on the opposite side of the river, there was no necessity to pro- 

 ceed with it. 



Below Junara near the villages of Pipalgaon and Ukni, small faults 



affect the continuity of the rocks, and just oppo- 

 Pipalgaon. No coal, 



site the point at which No. 1 Telwasa boring oc- 

 curs, the series has been thrown down to the south of a fault which 

 crosses the river. This has enabled some of the beds higher in the series 

 overlying the coal to be here preserved, and they overlap the coal-mea- 

 sures to a greater extent than is seen in the adjoining and more denuded 

 area. To test this part of the field, a bore-hole was put down, which, 

 however, was not sufficiently far to the west, to avoid this great over- 

 lapping, and which therefore only touched the extreme outcrop of the 

 top coal. The area near Pipalgaon is evidently one of disturbance, and 

 troubles may be anticipated if attempts are made to open out the coal. 



A much more favourable tract for colliery enterprise exists to the 



south at Nilja and Belora, where the Barakars for the first time occur 



on this side of the field in the vicinity of the Wardha. The strata dip 



at low angles, 5° and 6°, and the coal has been proved. 



Two bore-holes were commenced at Nilja. In the first one the 



coal was not struck, as the auger and rods 

 Kflja seam 81' 3". 



jammed ; but in the second, placed a few feet from 



No. 1, it was cut at 86' 4" from the surface. 



Section. 



Ft. In. 



1. Surface soil ... ... ... 1 



2. Variegated sandstone ... ... ....3 6 



3. Light brown sandstone ... ... ... 5 6 



4. Eed nioorum ... ••» ... 3 2 

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