164 IRON ORES OF KUNJAMULLAY. 



can be utilized only on a small scale ; the limestone near Sunkeglieny 

 Droogj where several beds cross the line of railway, would afford an 

 excellent flux, easily and cheaply procured, and both the railway and the 

 river Cauvery would afford ready means of transport for the produce. 

 But the want of fuel is the great difficulty. Coal, even from the nearest 

 point, Bengal, would cost, for carriage alone from Calcutta to Madras, 

 from 25 to 30 shillings per ton (12^ to 15 Rupees), and this coal would 

 be of inferior quality; charges which appear prohibitive of its use. 



O. T. Cutter, Military Orphan Press,— 1864. 

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