30 HUGHES : KURHURBAllf COAL FIELD. 



Jogitand nullah. — In this nullah which flows east of Jogitand, 

 there are two outcrops of coal^ but so obscure are they^, a foot or so only 

 of thickness being exposed^ that I can do no more than indicate their 

 occurrence. Passing eastward and southward of Kuldiha, there is a 

 great deal of broken ground through which the head-waters of the 

 Komaljore nuddi flow. Felspathie grits and sandstones are strongly re- 

 presented, but there is no sign at the surface of the thick seams worked 

 more to the north at Passarabhia. Two thin beds of coal and one of 

 stony coal occur which are indicated on the map. 



PurtdiJia nullah. — In the Purtdiha nuUahy however, there is an in- 

 ferior coal seam determined to be 10' 4" thick by a shaft sunk on the left 

 bank, which is very possibly the representative of one of the larger beds. 

 The section is — • 







Ft. 



In. 



Ft. In. 





1. Topsoil 



... 





5 8 





2. Coal, inferior 



... 7 









Purtdiha, No. 42.* 



Hard black shale ... 



... 



8 



' 





Coal, shaly 



... 2 



8 







3. Hard black shale ... 







2 





4. Blue sandy shale (not cut through). 









The roof of this seam consists of coarse grey shingly conglomerate, 

 precisely similar to the rock which, in parts, forms the roof to the 14 feet 

 seam of coal at Passarabhia. In both localities, the coal rests upon 2 feet 

 of black shale. 



Further down the river, another seam of coal occurs, averaging about 

 3 feet in thickness. It lies east and a little north of the village of Purt- 

 diha and dips at an angle of 5° to the south-west. 



Its section at the outcrop is— 



Ft. In. Ft. In. 



1. Top soil ... ... ... 3 



2. Coal ... ... ... 3 



3. Sandstone (not cut through). 



( 22S ) 



