64 hughes: wardha valley coal-field. 



Taking no 'note of the water (8*7 per cent.) the composition of the 



coal is — 



Carbon ... ... ... •» 51'26 



Volatile ... ... ... ... 28-25 



Ash ... ... ... ~ 20-49 



Total ... ... 100-00 



An anticlinal, west of Antargaon, causes the dip of the Barakars near 



the base of the hills that sweep round from 



Coal at Kondai-ka-pahar. , , vj_- ■ ,, , 



Anur to be in a reverse direction to that seen 



in the river ; and. I believe the Antargaon seam is again exposed in the 

 portion of the Amir range called Kondai-ka-pahar/ dipping south-south- 

 west at 10° At all events, a bed of coal 5 feet thick crops out a short 

 way up the face of the hill. The place where it occurs is not an easy- 

 one to find, but near it is a trickling fall of water in the cold season, 

 strongly impregnated with calcareous matter. This water the natives 

 say is very effective in protecting their crops from the ravages of larvoe, 

 and I saw some men carry away several bamboo cups full of it for use. 

 Immediately above the coal is carbonaceous shale, 3 inches, then carbo- 

 naceous sandstone. The boundary of the Kamthis occurs higher up 

 the face of the hill. I could not measure the section ; neither could I 

 trace the seam for any distance along its strike. 



There are no other outcrops of coal within the limits assigned to the 

 Wardha valley field. 



To the south, the Damiidas are overlaid by rocks belonging to higher 



series, and there appears to me little chance of find- 

 No coal at moderate 

 depth between Sirpiir ing coal at anything like a moderate depth between 



Sirpur and Sironcha, which is the farthest point 



I have been to down the valley of the Pranhita. 



In this field the seam is absent in several places where, judging by 



superficial stratigraphical evidence, it might rea- 



The Kamthi-Barakar sona ki y h ave b een supposed that the sites chosen 

 unconformity. J 



for boring would have been successful in proving 

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