

1. 



Top soil 



Kope, 



2. 



Damaged coal 



No. 33.* 



3. 



Soft black shale 





4. 



Hard sandstone 





6. 



Black shale 



HUGHES : KUEHURBARf COAL FIELD. 25 



Above this seam, a damaged bed of coal was struck near a large 



dyke, probably the continuation of the one that occurs south of the 



confluence of the Purtdiha and Puthrodiha nullahs. The section in 



the trial shaft- was : — • 



Ft. la. 



... 6 6 



... 4 6 . 



2 0, 



... 9 



... 11 



Komaljore nnclcU. — As before stated, nothing is seen of the thick 



beds of coal in the ground where this river takes its rise. In passing 



southwards down the valley of the stream, we find thick-bedded 



friable sandstones with thin beds of shale and shaly coal. These rocks 



have, on the whole, a slight south and south-easterly inclination, but in 



many places they are horizontal. A reverse northerly dip with a decided 



angle is well seen near the boundary, but a corresponding thickness of 



beds, after allowing for the throw of the southern fault is not exposed. 



There is probably an overlap of some of the strata, — a phenomenon of 



no uncommon occurrence in the Barakar group. 



No workable beds of coal crop out in the banks of the main 

 river or its feeders ; but if trial shafts of sufiicient depth were sunk, 

 I have little doubt that the representatives of the thick seams would be 

 met with. A shallow pit north of Buniadih was sunk down to 

 50 feet, but only sandstone was cut. The section was :— 











Ft. In. 







1. 



Top soil ... 



5 



Buniadih, 



5. 



2. 



Soft grey and brown sandstone with streaks 





No. 29.* 





ofiron ... ... ... 



30 







3. 



Hard grey sandstone ... 



15 









Total . ... 



50 



Khahlio middi. (A.) BomaJiani glidt. — At the confluence of the 

 Khakho and Sooknid rivers theye are two seams of coal; the lowest of 

 D . ( 233 ) 



