22 hughes: kurhurbXri coal field. 



The upper bed was cut in No. 32 shaft. 



Ft. In. 

 1. Top soil... ... ... ... 4 3 



Booreeadeeh, ^ ^^^^ ^^ __ ... 9 6 



tvq 32* 

 ■^ ■ 3. Black highly carhonaceous ") 4 fi 



shale (not cut through) •' 



The quality of this coal is said to be good, but an assay of it gave 

 as much as 10*7 per cent, of ash; a light line of rail is being laid down 

 to the pits, which will give them an advantage in carriage when they 

 are re-opened. 



To the north-west of the mines, not far from the boundary, there is 

 a carbonaceous outcrop, but when sunk into it does not appear to have 

 turned out of any value. The strata, however, near the edge of the 

 field, follow the curvings of the boundary which are very rapid here, 

 and trustworthy results will only be obtained by exploration further west, 

 where the rocks have a steady strike, and are free from local contortions. 



Higher in order of succession than the two seams at Buriadih, is 

 the one south-east of Puthrodiha dipping at 5° to south by west. 



Its section in a trial shaft was almost identical with that of the 3 

 feet seam of the Purtdiha nullah. 



1. Soft sandstone 



2. Black coaly shale ... ... 



3. Hard sandstone ... ... 



4. Coal ... 

 Hard shale ... 

 Coal 



5. Shaly sandstone (not cut through) ... 



No coal is seen further down the river, a steady succession of the 

 felspathic sandstones, and shales occurring as far as the junction of the 

 Puthrodiha nullah with the Purtdiha. 



Chunjka. — A mine is situated on the north side of the Suni 

 nuddi, close to its junction with a smaller stream flowing from the south. 

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