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ing in every respect like the sandstone at Telwasa under the coal, is 

 seen, which I should have had little hesitation in placing amongst the 

 Barakars had it not been that some of the beds underyling it had too 

 much affinity of appearance to the Kamthis. The rocks cropping up 

 at the mouth of the little stream (Chanda side) , at Lathi gMt, are un- 

 doubtedly Kamthis ; and so also are those in the stream south of Chicholi. 

 There is no unconformity between them and the underliyng nodular sand- 

 stone, whereas lower down the river there is a variation in the direction 

 of dip, which may indicate some unconformity ; but the sequence of the 

 strata being broken, it is only of small significance, and I have preferred 

 to carry my line farther to the south. The indeterminateness of the 

 boundary does not invalidate the conclusions already arrived at regard- 

 ing the relationship of the Barakars and Kamthis, but merely shows 

 that near Chicholi there is an absence of critical evidence. 



Coal occurs at Antargaon, a little south of the Lathi ghsit. It does 



not form the top bed of the measures, as in so many 

 Antargaon seam 6' 0' . - 



other parts of the field, and I cannot say positively 



whether it is the representative of the thick seam. It can only be 



examined by digging away the river mud that overlies it ; and then 



the following section is exposed : — 



Ft. In. 



Coal ... ... ... ... 2 6 



Shale ... ... ... ... 9 



Coal ... ... ... ... 2 9 



Total ... ... 6 



The direction in which it dips is not well defined ; but it has a general 

 slope to the north-east. The coal presents a very fair appearance, and 

 though the analyses of the samples that I forwarded to the Geological 

 Survey Office do not indicate a high class of fuel, it must be borne in 

 mind that the specimens submitted to examination were from the surface, 



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