123 MALLET, VINDHYAN SERIES. 



does not exist in either Kymores or Lower Vindhyans, or in any other 

 part of the formation. 



Salt was also believed to occur in the Vindhyans by some of 

 the earlier observers, chiefly it would appear from 

 the supposed agreement of these rocks in age with 

 the new red sandstone of England. No salt, however, exists in any part of 

 the Vindhyans yet surveyed, nor is there any prospect of its being found. 

 The salt wells of the Bhurtpur district owe their saline properties to the 

 alluvium itself that they are dug in, and even if the mineral were derived 

 from the rocks beneath, the latter are not Vindhyan. 



Near Sohagi ghkt and at Ginga hill heavy spar, sulphate of 



barytes, has been found in little strings in the 

 Barytes. . „ . 



lower E/Cwahs, but not in. sufficient abundance to 



supply fair cabinet specimens, far less to be of any commercial value. 



Fluor spar also has been observed in the Bundair limestone, but in 



too minute quantity to be of any value, beyond 

 Fluor spar. 



indicating the possible existence of the mineral 



in larger amount. 



( n% ) 



