42 BALL : GEOLOGY OF THE EAJMEHAL HILLS. 



a dozen carts were being loaded with some very poor stuff which had 

 been left exposed to the weather for the previous twelve months. 



Underneath the hill south of Dakyte, there is a seam of about 9' of 

 coal similar in character to that at Bora ; in fact 



Seam at Dakyte. ., . . . , , , .. . ., 



it is by no means improbable that the two may 

 be identical. Both are capped by the same pebbly grits and felspathic 

 sandstones; still further, it is possible, though less probable, that the 

 Hura seam may also be the same. 



Throughout its further extension northwards no other coal has been 

 met with in this area of Barakar rocks. It is quite possible, however, that 

 some may exist. 



Towards the north-east, in the direction of Colgong and Pathar- 

 Hills at Colgong and' ghata, several of the gneiss hills are capped by 

 Patharghata. Barakar rocks of similar character to those just 



described. Coal has not been discovered associated with them. 



At Patharghata there is an illustration of the utterly absurd way 

 in which researches for coal are sometimes conducted. A shaft has been 

 sunk from the top of the hill in the hope of finding coal. This, notwith- 

 standing that the edges of all the beds from the trap above to the gneiss 

 below are fully exposed on the flanks of the hill where there is not the 

 slightest trace of coal, or even of carbonaceous shale. 



The section from the banks of the Ganges to the top of Patharghata 

 hill is as follows : — 



1. Gneiss ... ... ... ... 26' 



2. Coarse conglomeratic grit, irregularly bedded ... 20' 



3. White pottery clays 



4. *feandstones, argillaceous at base, passing up into 



more silicio-felspatbic rock with, gritty layers 



6. Clay, witb debris of rocks, and much kunkur to 

 base of bungalow ... ... ... ... 25' 



o a V 80' 



150' 



* In this band there are a number of cells, or rock temples, which were probably cut 

 by Buddbists. 



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