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e. Bright, strong bituminous coal 



f. Inferior coal, dark band 



g. Grey and dark shale 



h. Iron pyrites, not regular 

 i. Inferior coal, dark band ,,, 



j. Strong, good coal'va. band 

 h. Strong grey shale 



I. Strong, bright coal, very full of pyrites and brown sand 

 m. Strong, dark, shaly band o.. 



n. Strong, good, bright coal in band 

 o. Inferior coal, strong band 

 p. Strong, good, bright coal, with iron pyrites 

 q. Inferior coal in band 

 r. Strong, good, bright coal with iron pyrites 



Ft. 



In. 



2 



2 



2 











4* 







H 



2 







1 







2 







1 











6 



3 



3 







2 



2 











2 



2 







Total ... 27 



This estimate of the coal was found, by practical experiments con- 

 ducted in Bombay, to have been a very fair one, and bore out Mr. 

 Blanford's valuation made in 1867, that the seam would yield fairly 

 useful fuel for all purposes. The best coal is the V 7* at the 

 bottom. Two ordinary assays made by Mr, Tween of samples from the 

 outcrop in the river gave — 



I. II. 



Fixed carbon 



51-2 





49-9 



Volatile 



39-0 (Water 



4-5) 



42-4 



Ash 



9'8 





77 



100-0 100-0 



The quantity of ash is much under the average of Indian coals. The 

 water, however, as usual, is excessive. The sulphur yielded was *77. 

 The thick seam in the Paoni basin was, according to the journals 

 proved in Nos 37, 45, and 48. The sections of the 



Paoni thick seam. 



first and last are — 



No. 37, (14th May 1873).— Ft. In. 



1. Surface soil ... „. ... 53 Q 



2. Variegated and white-grey and yellow sandstones ... 87 6 



3. Coal seam ... ... ... 64 



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