

1. 



Top soil 





2. 



Coarse soft sandstone 



Choonjka, 



3. 



Coal 



No. 16*. 



4. 



Shale 





5. 



Hard grey sandstone 





6. 



Grey sandstone (not cut through) 



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Two seams of coal were worked here, tte lowest of which is 11 to 

 14 feet thick, the upper 6 feet. They strike about 25° north of west, 

 and dip to the north-east at an angle of 15°. They are both of average 

 quality, but some of the coal is stated to be as good as that raised at 

 Mohlichuan. 



The upper seam was cut by a shaft situated about a hundred paces 

 north of the mine. The section is as foUows : — 



Ft. In. 

 ... 9 



... 24 



... 6 



... 1 



... 8 



... 9 



South-east of the above locality, the lower bed was cut in another 



shaft. Its thickness here is 14 feet, but elsewhere it is 11 feet, some of 



the coal being replaced by sandstone. 



Ft. In. 



1. Top soil ... ... ... ... 5 



Choonjka, 2. Soft sandstone ... ... ... ... 5 



No. 26.* 3. CoaZ(good) ... ... ... ... 14 



4. Black shale ... ... ... ... 2 



5. Grey sandstone (not cut through) ... ... 9 



If the section of this shaft be compared with those at Passarabhia, 

 it will be seen that there is a similarity in one or two points between 

 them. 



The lower bed of coal at Passarabhia is of the same thickness as that 

 at Chunjka ; and in both localities the coal rests upon 2 feet of black 

 shale with sandstone underneath. 



KhundiJia. — To the south of the village of Khundiha, and below 

 the junction of the Purtdiha and Puthrodiha nullahs, there is a bed of 

 inferior coal of some thickness with a thin seam above it. The section, 



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