60 TALCHEER COAL FIELD. 



residence on the Brahmini. In the first-mentioned place, near Patrapara, 

 the section exposed was the following, in descending order : — 



Thickness (q- p.) 



Clay (containing Vertebraria,) 10 to 20 feet. 



Carbonaceous Shale, 6 „ 



Blue Grey Nodular Shale (Underclay 1) 4 „ 



Carbonaceous Shale ? 



This is all that is visible, the beds being nearly horizontal and covered 

 by alluvium in the lower part of the valley, while, ib its upper part, 

 higher beds succeed. Probably the carbonaceous shales exist below 

 this section, the blue nodular clay not appearing to belong to the lower 

 beds and being probably an underclay. 



In Talcheer the section is somewhat obscure, but appears to be essen- 

 tially the following. 



Coarse sandstones belonging to the lower bed (2 c. of Section) are seen 

 in the Brahmini, beneath the Kajah's residence, dipping at very low angles 

 to W. N. W., i. e., towards the mouth of the nullah in which the coal shales 

 are seen : for about 400 yards from the junction of this nullah with the 

 Brahmini no section is exposed, and then carbonaceous shales of no 

 great thickness appear in the banks, and these dip under sandy and 

 shaly beds, somewhat micaceous and rich in vegetable impressions. 



At Gopalprasad alone does a good section appear of this bed, affording 

 clear evidence of its position in the series. 



The bed there extends for 4; or 5 miles along the Tengria NuUah 

 above Gopalprasad, and again re-appears for a short distance below, being 

 probably brought up by a small fault. Along aE the small nullahs to 

 the West of Gopalprasad, between that village and Kunkerai, which runs 

 from the South into the Tengria, these beds are seen dipping Northwards, 

 and below them are found the shaly upper beds of the underlying grits. 

 At Kunkerai the carbonaceous beds are suddenly cut off, whether by a 

 ault or an overlap it is not very easy to decide from the want of suffi- 

 cient sections ; probably by the latter. 



