26 HUGHES. KARANPUEA COAL-FIELDS. 



obtained from the three seams^ but the steepness of the dip is a great 

 drawback. If only a limited supply of fuel, however, be required, it can 

 be easily procured by surface workings. 



In the Pindarlcone stream, close to its confluence with the Bisanpur 

 river, there is a seam about 29 feet in thickness, including the top shale. 

 Its angle of dip is 30°, and a part of it is let in by two faults trending 

 north north-west. The eastern extension of the bed is met with in 

 the Bisanpur river. 



I have now mentioned all the outcrops of coal which I met' with 

 in my examination of the north and north-western part of the field, 

 and I shall now return to the east again, and describe the seams which 

 occur in the southern division of the Barakars. 



As before, I will refer to the coal beds in connection with the 

 different rivers in which they are seen. 



Commencing with the Bamudd, the first outcrop is visible 



opposite the mouth of the Durga sote, 8 feet 

 Coal in Damuda. . ^ • ^ i t • 



6 inches thick ; and dipping northwards at an 



angle of 7°. The coal of this seam is of fair quality, and the amount 



of shale in it is small. 



Nearly in the same horizon is another bed measuring 3' 9", and 



having a dip of 9°. It occurs at the bend of the Damuda west of the 



Hapwa tributary. 



These two seams are conveniently placed in proximity to the iron 

 ores which occur near Hesahar, where there now are numerous native iron 

 reducing furnaces. And the angle of dip is low enough to enable the 

 seams to be easily worked. 



The next coal bed is at least nine miles up the Damuda, measuring 

 by river distance. It is seen in the right bank 

 and opposite the village of Jamdih. The dip 



Coal near Jamdih. 



is north north-east. 

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