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HUGHES : KURHURB^Ef COAL FIELD. 



■which is 9 feet, and the upper 2 feet 6 inches dipping 10° to the north. A 

 shaft was sunk on the east side of the Sooknid to work them, 

 and the section was : — 





1. 



Top soil ... 





2. 



Sandstone ... 



Domahanee, 



3. 



Coal, shaly 



-No. 14* 



4. 



Hard black shale 





5. 



Sandstone ... 





6. 



Coal, good 



Ft. 



In 



8 







... 34 







2 



6 



8 



6 



... 13 



6 



9 







The quality of the coal of the lower seam is stated to be good, but 

 it varies. The upper seam is said to yield tolerably good coal. 



The out-crop of the bottom seam is visible in the Khakho. It is 

 affected a good deal by trap,'^ but as much" of the coal as is free, looks 

 of fair quality. Columnar structure has been induced in the coal, 

 and capital specimens of this can be procured from the bed of the river. 



(B.) Oopurdaha gMt.—M Oopurdaha ghat three seams occur, 

 and from thence their outcrops are partially seen to extend as far as 

 Sati gh§it. 



The lowest seam is exposed where the road from Kurhurbari 

 crosses. Its dip is 11° to north-north-west and the horizontal extension 

 of its out-crop measured at right angles to its strike is 42 feet, making 

 the seam by calculation a little over 8 feet in thickness. The quality of 

 the coal seems poor. 



The other two beds are seen closer to tlie top of the bend of the 

 stream, showing an increased angle of inclination owing to the contraction 



* In a shaft report, furnished by the East Indian Railway Company to the Survey, 

 through Mr, Cockburn, this trap is stated to have caused great inconvenience in mining the 

 coal. 



It may be well to state, that in quoting the returns of these sinkings by the East Indian 

 Eailway Company, the spelling of the names adopted by them has been retained. 



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