DAMUDA SERIES: BARAKARS. 21 



This is the largest tributary of the Damoodah yet met with, and it 



extends far up into the metamorphie country north 



of the field. The lower Bardkars are, as usual, 



admirably seen, resting upon a thin band of Talchirs. The river where 



it enters the field passes through precipitous hills, the base of which are 



gneiss and the upper portion coal measures. 



A tributary joins the Godo on its left bank, about a mile and a half 



north of Berembo. Between this point and the boundary the Godo 



exposes five seams, but not one of them contains good coal. The largest 



seam is the one a little north of the junction of the tributary. It has 



been on fire, and its outcrop produces a high hill on both sides of the 



river. No coal occurs until within a quarter of a mile of Berembo, when 



we get a seam; the upper and lower portions 

 Coal near Berembo. 



appear to be the best, the middle part being stony. 



It is impregnated by iron, as are indeed most of the seams here. It 



has a total thickness of 30 feet, and dips at an angle of 7°. - Above 



come — 



1. Stony carbonaceous shale ... ... ... 



2. Micaceo-felspathic siliceous sandstone 



3. Sandstone and shale — the former thin-bedded 



4. Coal seam ... ... ... 



Then 67 yards are concealed — 



5. Coal seam 

 For 433 yards the rocks are covered by water ; calculated thickness 



6. Micaceo-felspathic siliceous sandstone 



7. Dark carbo-siliceous shales 



8. Coal 



9. Concretionary carbo-siliceous shales which become quite horizontal, 



and then dip slightly to the north. The coal eight inches thick, 

 reappears, and so do the shales under it. 

 The measurements on the south side of the synclinal are — 



Ft. In. 

 No. 9. ... .. 16 



» 8. .. ..0 8 



„ 7. .. ... 4 (not 6 6) 



„ 6, ... ... 4 (not 3 0) 



On the north side of the synclinal it is hid by water ; 

 here it ia at top — 



Ft. In. 

 Slaty carbonaceous shale ... ... 1 6 



Coal seam, partly seen ... ... 9 8 



Crushed part ... ... ... 1 8 ) 



Good Coal ,„ ,„ ... 8 ) 



(59) 



Ft.: 



In. 



1 







42 







60 







11 







130 







3 







6 



6 







8 



