DAMUDA SERIES: BARAkARS. 15 



At the point where the fault strikes the river, there is a much 

 crushed seam of coal, thickness about one foot. 



The next seams of any importance, disclosed by the Damoo- 

 dah, are those occurring near the mouth of the Murumgudha nuddee. 

 The bottom of the lowest of these is not seen, the details of the 

 portion seen are— 



(Dip 25° to S.S.W.) Ft. In, 



Carbonaceous shale .,, ,,, ... ,,. 5 2 



Coal 4 



Carbonaceous shale witb bands of Coal ... 7.. 6 6 



CoaZ good ... ... ... ... ... 5 



Remainder not seen. 



This seam is on the north bank of the river. It is the only 

 one in the field which has been cut into by the Natives, and that to a 

 very small extent. 



On the south bank of the river we find higher in the series the 



following seams, one containing four feet eight 

 Other seams. 



inches of tolerable coal ; above it another in which 



there is at least one foot of inferior coal ; these have the same dip as the 



one above mentioned. At the next bend of the river there is another 



seam, but its existence is only indicated by a blackening of the surface. 



West of the mouth of the Murumgudha nuddee we come almost 



immediately upon the Iron-stone shales and above 



Iron-stone shales, ,, ,, n l.^ -r\ " ^ 



them the upper group oi the iJamuda series. 



Owing, however, to a cross-fault which has cut out these higher rocks, 



we find Bardkars again occupying the bed of the Damoodah. 



Various coal seams occur within this small area, some containing 



superior coal ; but, owing to the crushing and con- 



tortious they have been subjected to, it is extremely 



improbable that any of them are in a workable condition. The largest 



of them is on the north boundary, and is cut obliquely by the fault ; it 



contains some good coal, which, however, is in nearly vertical beds, 



strike 10° N. of E. 



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