DAMUDA SERIES : BAUaKARS. 9 



Commencing to examine the Bardkar rocks upon the eastern boun- 

 dary, we find that throughout the greater part 

 Overlap. n • i i 



of it they have over-lapped the Talchirs. This is 



very distinctly exemplified in a section seen in the Damoodah about one 

 and a half miles north-west of the village of Heshapoora, where a con- 

 glomerate, consisting of small white quartz pebbles bound together in a 

 matrix of white felspar rests upon the gneiss. 



Ft. In. 



25 







14 







7 







4 



6 











91 







6 



2 



13 



2 



14 





13 





40 





? 





? 





4 







Tbe following is the section, 



1 Conglomerate, Dip 40° N. W. ... 



2 Sandstones witli bands of pebbles 



3 Carbonaceous shale, possibly some coal 



4 Siliceous sandstone with pebbles , . . 



5 Interval, no rocks seen ,., ... 



6 Sharp sandstones ... . . , 



7 Carbonaceous shale, parts coaly ... 



8 Grits and sandstones .. 



9 Thin-bedded sandstones and carbonaceous shale 



10 Sandstone ... .., 



11 Carbonaceous shales, slightly coaly 



12 Grits: nearly horizontal 



13 Conglomerate 



14 Grits with conglomerate bands ... 



15 Carbonaceous shale ... 



16 Sandstones ... ... ... 



After this the river follows the direction of the curved outcrop of 



Coal seam with curved ^ ^°^^ ^^^"^ ^^^^^ ^^PP^^^ ^^'"^ ^'^ ^^^^ P^^^eS 

 outcrop. round by north until the last dip seen is nearly 



due east. The total thickness of this seam, including some bluish carbo- 

 naceous shales seen in the bank above, is probably not less than thirty feet, 

 with a general dip of 10°. The burnable coal contained is in bands of 

 from two to ten inches thick ; the remainder of the seam consists of hard, 

 slightly coaly shale containing runs of ironstone. Below this are two 

 seams having a dip of 12° to the East; the higher one contains some 

 good coal. Here as elsewhere in this virgin field where the coal is 

 sodden by water or half covered with sand and has never been cut into 

 it would be impossible to speak with any degree of certainty as to the 

 value of individual seams. 



( 117) 



