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5. Dark-grey sandstone 



Total 



Ft. In. 

 14 10 



158 6 



Paoni seam over 60* 

 thick. 



In the journals supplied to me, the levels of the surface arenot<nven s 

 and as the positions of the holes on the map are,, 

 I believe, open to correction, no definite estimate 

 as to the lie of the seam can be made. I confess 

 to a certain amount of surprise at coal having been proved near Paoni, 

 unproductive Barakars and Talchirs occurring on either side, the 

 probability thus being that the thick coal would have been absent. But 

 I presume the registers are to be relied on, and the circumstance, that a 

 coal seam of 60 feet occurs west of Paoni, must be admitted. The 

 area it occupies would appear to be very small, as evidenced by the 

 results of the numerous bore-holes put down within a short distance of 

 the one in which the seam was first struck. Tabulating the results, we 

 find— 



No. of 

 hole. 



36 

 37 



38 



39 



40 



42 



43 



44 

 45 



46 



47 

 48 



49 

 50 



Depth bored in I 

 feet. 



Results. 



Ft. In. 

 73 



217 



168 



170 



178 



84 



175 



203 



42 6 



41 



158 6 



107 9 

 154 



Hole in Talchirs. 



Coal seam 64 feet, struck at 141 from surface, or 87' 6" from 



rock surface. 

 No coal. Surface soil 13 feet. Barakars absent, Kamthis 



resting upon Talchirs 

 No coal. Passed into Kamthis at 33 feet from surface, and into 



unproductive lower measures at about 129 feet. 

 No coal. Surface soil 7 feet. Stopped in horizon below coal. 

 No coal. But carbonaceous shale 10 feet. Evidently below hori- 



zon of coal. 

 No coal. 



No coal. Stopped in grey sandstone below coal. 

 Coal struck at 70' from surface, or 44' from rock surface 



67, 1( S, neSS ° f Seam 42 ' 9 ' or includin S top and bottom shale 



No coal. Talchirs. 



Indefinite result. 



Coal Thickness of seam 57' 2" or including carbonaceous shale 



and shaly coal at top 66' 2." Struck at 77' 6" from surface, or 



33 feet from rock surface. 

 No coal. 



No coal. Appears to have passed through Kamthis, and Barakars 

 below the coal. 



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