5 HUGHES : DEOGHUR COAL FIELDS. 



shaft. The dip was gentle^ and in the same direction as that of the 

 other rocks in the neighbourhood. I saw some of the coal which had 

 been raised from the mine at the pit's mouth, and although not equal in 

 quality to that which Dr. Waldie analysed and that gave a percentage 

 of 37* of ash, still it was quite capable of being emploj^ed in rough work 

 such as burning bricks, limestone, and ordinary kunkur. 



The shale accompanying the coal contains many fine specimens of 



Glosso^teris. 



There are no outcrops of coal between .the villages of Sahajori 

 and Tarabad ; but if experimental borings were made, it is not improbable 

 that the continuation of the seams near Sahajori, or perhaps new seams, 

 would be discovered. 



Immediately south of Dudhi Chuan, there is a burnt ridge that 

 may indicate coal. It is nearly on the same line of strike as the 

 Sahajori seams. 



A trial pit has been sunk near Tarabad, but I believe with no satis- 

 factory result. A fault passes close to the pit which must vitiate any 

 coal near it. 



Byhes. — Besides the dyke north of Kura in the Talchirs, there is 

 only one, and that is found in the Barakars south of Dudhi Chuan. 



C, The Kundit Kuraiah Coal-field. — The third outlier, which for 

 distinction may be termed the Kundit Kuraiah Coal Field , from the 

 name of the Pergunnah in which it occurs, is about a mile and a half 

 east of the last field, and 14 miles north of the Ranigunj field. 



1. Talchir series. — Out of a total area of 8^ square miles, this series 

 covers 3 miles. The conglomerate is more conspicuously exposed than 

 in either of the other outliers, and there is a slight preponderance of 

 sandstones over shales. 



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