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Aimánat. It has been to a small extent cut into, as it burns with a 
certain amount of freedom, and wood in the neighbourhood 1s scarce. 
In tracing out the upper and the lower seam to the west, they both 
exhibit a decrease of thickness; the lower one becomes reduced to 2’ 5^, 
there being a proportionate increase to the carbonaceous shale underneath, 
and the upper one becomes a mere thin band. Neither of these seams 
crop out in the Koel. "They appear rather to occur in a small basin of 
whieh Singra forms the western extremity of the major axis. 
Jinjoí river.—In the Jinjoi, these seams again show at the surface, 
un varying in section as they did in the Amánat. 
D. The upper seam is of unimportant thickness, It 
is separated by about 20 feet of sandstone from the lower, which exhibits 
in two places measured a short distance apart, and a little north of 
Meral, the following sections :— 
From top to bottom. 
Ist SECTION. 2ND SECTION. 
ll; Sandstone. 1. Sandstone. 
2. a. Coaly shale .. © 10" 2. a. Coaly shale nat tos me d UA 
b. Micaceous clay shale... 0’ 3" b. Micaceous sandy carbonaceous shale 5' 0" 
e. Coal A. ede 17 c. Coal de X a OVO 
d. Carbonaceous shale. d. Carbonaceous shale ... ses AO MAN 
3. Sandstone. 9. | Sandstone. 
The variance in the above sections proves that we cannot expect to 
find any uniformity in the respective amounts of coal and partings of 
this seam, and that nothing like a reliable estimate could be made as to 
its yield of fuel. This seam and that above it possess several advan- 
tages, viz., their proximity to the Koel, their lowness of dip, and their 
accessibility from the surface, and as the coal is very fair, the land in 
which they occur is of value. In the absence, however, of a large quan- 
tity of coal, it would be unprofitable for any Company to make these 
seams the sole basis of their operations. 
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