IC BOKARO COAL-FIELD. 



Flexuring accompanies the increase of dip in the neighbourhood 

 of Amlo, and to it is due the complicated charac- 

 ter of the stratigraphy. The strongest marked 

 rocks are false-bedded sandstones, micaceous and felspathic, containing 

 pebbles. The large accumulation of these pebbles on the surface is 

 due to the length of time which the matrix from which they are 

 derived has been undergoing denudation. 



Near Foosro the dip is east by south, which corresponds to the 

 west lie of the beds near Dhooree. South of Foosro 

 the rocks are reversed at angles of 42° and 45° 

 to north-east and east-north-east. 



This river, which for want of a name I have called the Foosro 

 nuddee, is formed by the confluence of two streams, 

 one of which flows between Amlo and Karo, and 

 the other west of the latter village. 



In the Karo branch a seam occurs about 25 feet thick, dipping at a 

 small angle, 7° west-south-east. Above it are sandstones. T-iis is the 

 only coal seen in the stream, and its position is between south-west and 

 south-south-west of Karo. 



A large seam injured by trap is exhibited at the junction of the two 

 branches. The dyke is a large one, and forms near Amlo an elevation 

 of baked argillaceous shales. 



In the Amlo branch, the lowest seam occurs somewhat north of the 

 village of Amlo ; its outcrop is obscure, but the thickness appears to be 

 four feet or so. Another seam is observable just north of the pathway 

 between Karo and Amlo. Reddish brown slightly felspathic quartzose 

 sandstones are then passed over, until we reach the same seam of coal 

 occurring at the junction of the two branches of the Foosro, which was 

 referred to above. As previously stated, it is of large size, and probably 

 contains some good coal, 



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