4,8 BOKAEO COAL-FIELD. 



the coui*se of the one which passes nearest to the villages oF Jhcerna and 

 Ghurkay or Ghurnkeea, These villages are prominent marks and in- 

 dicate best the locality of the section. The dip of the beds here is 

 slightj and in many instances rolling takes place, so that the large spread 

 of the Barakars can easily be accounted for. Some way north of Ghur- 

 kay, we only meet with sandstones, all of which are of Barakar type. 



The first coal seen in the river is a small band two inches thick, with 

 concretionary carbonaceous shales above and below. About eight feet 

 lower in the series is a seam two feet four inches. About 200 yards 

 further down the river is another seam four feet, with carbonaceous shale 

 capping it. 



The quality is excellent; and when the seam is first seen it is 

 perfectly horizontal. It is exposed four times, and the last time has a 

 south-westerly dip at a very small angle. 



Below the coal comes— 



1. Carbonaceous shale ... ... ... 



2. Coal 



3. Carbonaceous shale with slightly ferruginous bands thickening in places 



4. Felspathic sandstones 



5. Concretionary carbonaceous shale 



6. Coal (good) 



7. Concretionary carbonaceous shale 



8. Coal (good) 



9. Carbonaceous shale ... 



10. Felspathic sandstone 



11. Coal (good) ... 



Dip 8° 



12. Sandstone ... ... ... 



13. Carbonaceous shale ... 



14. Coal 



15. Sandstones and carbonaceous shales ... ... ... 



Thirty yards — stream joined by a small feeder west of Jheerna ; in this 

 there is a seam exactly opposite the village of very good quality. 



Under it the section is — 



Intermediate beds (about) 

 Coal 



Carbonaceous shales passing into are- 

 naceous shales (about) 



Coal seam (middling) about 

 Sandstones, micaceo-felspathic 



Then Jheerua or Piuili'a NuUah, 

 IG. Sandstones, &c. ... ... ... ... ... 30 



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