154< FOOTE : SOUTH MAHRA.TTA COUNTRY. 



since the country was denuded into its present shape, may have been in- 

 duced to some extent by the presence of oblique planes of jointing, 

 which are very strongly developed in the underlying shales. 



The general color of the limestones is grey, but, as already mentioned. 



Generally prevalent ^^^^^ ^°^°^^ prevail locally, 6. g., at Maileshwar 

 '^°^°^^' (Mylaishwar) , two miles east of Talikot, drab and 



cream-colored limestone with bands of pink and purplish color is found 

 covering a considerable area. The pale cream-colored variety is most 

 valued locally as a building stone, and commands a higher price. This 

 predilection seems to apply solely to the color, for the grey variety 

 is of tougher and more durable character. 



Another locality where the pale drab and cream-colored limestone 



, , ,. occurs is the rising ground south of Channur on 



Cream-colored lime- ® ® 



stone at Channur; ^he road between Talikot and Sorapur, and four- 



teen miles from the latter place. Several hundred acres of limestone are 

 here exposed, and form a surface singularly bare of vegetation, the 

 beds dipping north at an angle of from 3 to 3 degrees. 



To the west of the village of Agani (Ugani)"^ is a quarry in which 



cream-colored and drab waxy limestone is quarried 



to a large extent as building stone. Some beds 



here are also pinkish and purplish in color, as those found near to 



the village of Maileshwar above named, while a few are of a French 



grey tint. 



Purple limestone occurs south of Maileshwar and also at Tirth 



, , , along the southern edge of the singular peninsula- 



l^ase. ijjje extension of the limestone area south of 



Salwargi. In both cases the purple beds are close to the base of the 



limestone formation and rest upon purplish shaley sandstone. 



* The quarry here referred to lies about a mile east of the boundary of the Kaladgi 

 district, on the south side of the stream, 

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