SI HUGHES.— KaRANPURA COAL-FIELDS. 



Before proceeding- further witli my description of the coal seams, 

 I wish to refer to some quartz reefs^ which occur south-east of Sanba. 

 The question of most interest with reg-avd to them is that of their age 

 relative to the coal-measures. The test seems to me to be the contact 

 phenomena. If there be crushing or brecciation along the lines of 

 contact^ then I should assume that the quartz reefs were younger than 

 the coal-measures. Where I made my examination^ however^ I saw 

 nothing" which convinced me that they were younger; the Barakars seem 

 to have been quietly deposited against them. These reefs run into the 

 crystalline rocks^ and one of them^ as ma}^ be seen by the map, extends 

 some way. In the Honhi and NowdcUh streams, which fall into th'e 

 Amahar north of Saradho, there are two seams about lialf a mile above 

 the confluence. The highest bed measures 6' 8", and dips at an angle 

 of 8° in a direction slightly to the west of south. There is a slight 

 fault in the seam running north-west south-east. 



In the Amahcir river there is a seam of coal a short way south 'of 

 the ghat between Manatu and Barkota. I cannot state what its thick- 

 ness is, but it dips to the east. Somewhat higher in the series, east of 

 the ghat, between Kurliinga and Siiparan, there is a small bed of 

 coal measuring 1', and dipping at an ang-le of 10° east. A few feet 

 above is coaly shale 2 feet 3 inches thick. 



From this point to the confluence of the Amahar and Chundru, 

 nothing but sandstones "and two beds of carbonaceous shale occur. I 

 saw nothing resembling coal. The strike of the rocks in this river is 

 not constant, but the changes are indicated on the map. 



A seam of coal occurs close to the west boundary in the Pakariid 

 nadi, immediately south of the Banwar and 



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Manatu road, it dips to the east at an angle of 

 25° to 30°, which decreases as the seam recedes from the boundary. 



In the Amdkat river there is a seam of coal which is exposed for 

 more than half a mile when followed up in the direction of Arrah. Its 



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