3^ HUOIIES. — KARANPUllA COAL-FIELDS. 



The amount of coal that occurs iu this group is very small ; and the 

 localities in which I met outcrops can soon be enumerated. 



Chano river. — In this stream there are four seams near Rikba. The 

 third in ascending- order is 7 feet thick^ and contains good coal. The 

 dip is high throughout^ the lowest inclination which I noticed being 37°. 



Another outcrop is visible further up the river^ which is possibly the 

 continuation of one of the four beds near Rikba. 



The Raniganj rocks overlap the ironstones in the neighbourhood of 

 Chano. 



In the main portion of the field, there is a seam 5' 8" thick, in the 

 river south-west of Ballia. It crops out a short distance from the .Hoharu, 

 This seam does not appear to be of much value, but there- is a certain 

 amount of interest attaching to it, from the fact of its having been 

 noticed by Mr. Williams. 



Another seam is mentioned by that gentleman as cropping out near 

 Palandu, but I could not find it. 



In the neighbourhood of Koilan, Patra, Palandu and Kuuaru, there 

 ar-e some thin seams of coaly shale. I refer to them, because it does not 

 always follow, that when the outcrop is small, the seam may not be 

 thicker underneath, and consequently there is a chance of these beds 

 being of workable dimensions. 



Between the Dokatand river above-mentioned as containing coal, 

 and the Sahar nadi, the rocks are poorly exposed, and no coal occurs. 

 Two very small outcrops are visible in the Sahar dipping south-west. 

 The next coal is met with in the Chuudru or Tendwa river. There are 

 two seams dipping east-south-east at 15°. Near the village of Tendwa 

 the dip is 45°, but decreases in the immediate neighbourhood of the houses. 



The complete overlap of the ironstones takes place just west of the 

 Chundru river. 

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