APPENDICES. 149 



gical works for the production of iron, it has 



geotl^o^lTi alrea ^ been P° inted ™* b 7 my«« * that the 

 dating Pipalgaon an d Bandar coal basin would be the most advan- 



.Lohara Iron fields. 



tageous site for accommodating the ore-fields of 



Pipalgaon and Lohara. This would, however, necessitate the opening out of 

 new pits ; and if the past experience in sinking be taken as the gauge of 

 the cost of future shafts, it maybe well to bear in mind the recom- 

 mendation of the Chief Engineer of the Central Provinces, to employ 

 the large sum of money such operations would certainly require in 

 assisting in the construction of a tramway from Pipalgaon to the mines at 

 Warora * thus making Warora the head-quarters of the iron and coal 

 works of the Wardha valley. 



Bandar. 

 A. Bore-hole. 



Commenced 3rd January 1874. 

 Finished 13th February 1S74. 



1. Sand 



2. Red sandstone ... 



3. Yellow clay 



4. Variegated carbonaceous clay 



5. White sandstone 



6. Variegated sandstones 



7. Dark carbonaceous clay 



8. Yellow sandstone 



9. Dark carbonaceous clay 



10. Yellow clay 



11. White sandstone 



12. Dark yellow clay 



13. White, brown and variegated sandstones 



14. Shale, very dark 



15. White sandstones 



16. Bluish white sandstones 



Total 



WALTER NESS, 

 Superintendent, Warora Colliery. 



Ft. 



In. 



26 







3 



0. 



4 







2 







3 







20 







6 







2 







4 







6 







1 







6 







31 







5 







31 







21 







171 







* A private company would probably open out the Bandar field at a much less cost 

 than Government. 



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